The following terms are defined for the purposes of this chapter.
"Food facility" means any business, organization, entity, group, or individual (or any combination thereof) providing prepared food and/or beverages for public consumption on or off its premises within the City of Signal Hill.
"Ready-to-eat food" means food that is in a form that is edible without additional preparation to achieve food safety.
"Refillable self-service dispenser" means a container or equipment that is used to hold disposable foodware accessories for customers to obtain at their discretion, and which dispense one item at a time to allow for single-use foodware accessories to be obtained.
"Single-use" means designed to be used once and then discarded, and not designed for repeated use.
"Single-use foodware accessory" means all of the following single-use items provided alongside ready-to-eat food: (1) Utensils, which is defined as forks, knives, spoons, and sporks; (2) Chopsticks; (3) Condiment cups and packets; (4) Straws; (5) Stirrers; (6) Splash sticks; (7) Cocktail sticks.
"Standard condiment" means relishes, spices, sauces, confections, or seasonings that require no additional preparation and that are usually used on a food item after preparation, including ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, soy sauce, hot sauce, salsa, salt, pepper, sugar, and sugar substitutes.
"Third-party food delivery platform" means a business engaged in the service of online food ordering and delivery from a food facility to a consumer. For purposes of this section, a food facility does not include a grocery store.
(Ord. 2022-06-1536 § 2 (part), 2022)