HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1959-943 Adds § 41 to Ord. 707, food vending vehicles (Repealed by 1366)ORDINANCE NO. 943
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 707 OF NATIONAL CITY TO
REGULATE PREPARED FOOD VENDING VEHICLES
The City Council of the City of National City does ordain
as follows:
Section 1: There is hereby added to Ordinance No. 707
of National City a new section to read as follows:
Section 41: PREPARED FOOD VENDING VEHICLES
(a) For the purpose of this section, the term
Vending Vehicle means any vehicle selling or offering
for sale at retail prepared food to the consumer, This
shall not include vehicles used by caterers or vehicles
dispensing bakery products, ice cream, ice cream pro-
ducts or unprepared produce, meats, fish, poultry or
sea food.
(b) Vending vehicles shall comply with all
ordinances of National City regulating food handling
establishments in so far as such regulations are
applicable to vending vehicles and the operation
thereof.
(c) Any owner or operator shall maintain,
conduct, manage or operate a vending vehicle only in
strict compliance with the following requirements
hereby established:
1. Every owner or operator of a vending
vehicle shall establish within the City of National
City a service room which shall be used for the
preparation of food sold from a vending vehicle.
No food shall be sold from a vending vehicle
except food prepared in such service room. A
service room shall meet the requirements of the
ordinances of City of National City covering food
handling establishments.
2. Every vending vehicle shall be equipped
with mechanical refrigeration to protect perishable
food and to maintain such food at a temperature
of not more than 50°F. Refrigerator storage com-
partments shall have no seams or cracks. Food
storage containers shall have no open seams.
3. The inside and outside of the vending
vehicle and all equipment therein shall have
smooth washable surfaces and shall be maintained
by the owner or operator in a sanitary manner and
in good repair.
4. Every vending vehicle shall be constructed
in such a manner that all foods are protected from
dust, dirt, flies, and other injurious materials.
Each vending vehicle shall carry a trash disposal
can having a capacity of not less than twenty gallons.
5. No hot prepared foods, except coffee,
shall be served from a vending vehicle.
6. No prepared foods shall be sold more than
24 hours after preparation. All prepared foods
shall show thereon the date and time of preparation.
This requirement shall not apply to doughnuts and
coffeecake.
7. Single service disposable wrapped cups,
plates, forks, and spoons shall be provided. No
dishes, cups or utensils capable of being re -used
shall be provided for the customers.
8. Each vending vehicle shall be inspected
monthly on scheduled dates by the Health Officer.
The vending vehicle shall be loaded and ready for
operation at the time of inspection. The Health
Officer shall issue a certificate of inspection
for the inspected vending vehicle if his inspection
discloses that the vending vehicle and the opera-
tion thereof conform to the requirements of this
Ordinance. The certificate of inspection shall
expire one month from and after the date of
its issue and shall specify the particular food
products or beverages which will be sold from
the vending vehicle.
9. There shall be displayed in each
vending vehicle the valid certificate of inspec-
tion therefor and no food shall be sold from a
vending vehicle unless that vehicle displays such
a certificate.
10. There shall be displayed on the exterior
of each vending vehicle a card, printing, or
lettering, not less than four (4) inches in
height, designating the name of the owner or the
fictitious name under which the owner operates,
the business address, and telephone number of
the owner and a distinctive identifying number
or symbol assigned by the Department of Public
Health for that vending vehicle.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
National City, California, this 1th day of t�' y, 1959,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hart, Hollingsworth, Hodge
NOES: Fessman
ABSENT: Allen
ATTEST:
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MAYOR
CITY CLERK
I hereby approve the foregoing Ordinance this IOth day
of February, 1959.
Mayor of the City o1 National
City, California