Alameda Municipal Code § 6-28 Restaurants

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, controlling, leasing, acting as agent for, conducting, operating or managing any restaurant, cafe, lunch counter, cafeteria, soda fountain, ice cream parlor, soft drink stand, fruit stand, grocery or other place in the City, where food is prepared for sale, sold, distributed or displayed for sale, to conduct or operate, or to cause or permit to be conducted or operated, such restaurant, cafe, lunch counter, cafeteria, soda fountain, ice cream parlor, soft drink stand, fruit stand, grocery, or other place where food is prepared for sale, sold, distributed, or displayed for sale, or for any such person to sell, or offer for sale, or to cause to permit to be sold or offered for sale, or to give away or to cause or permit to be given away any food or drink therein or therefrom without first applying for and receiving from the County Health Officer a permit therefor, in the manner hereinafter provided.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. 12-521; Ord. No. 1335 N.S.)

Every applicant for such permit shall file with the County Health Officer written application which shall state the name and address of the applicant, a description of the property by street and number, wherein or whereon it is proposed to conduct such restaurant, cafe, lunch counter, cafeteria, soda fountain, ice cream parlor, soft drink stand, grocery or other food distributing place, also the character of business which is proposed to be conducted, and such other information as the County Health Officer may require.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. 12-522; Ord. No. 1335 N.S.)

Upon receipt of such application, it shall be the duty of the County Health Officer to investigate the matters set forth in such application and the sanitary conditions in and about the place wherein or whereon it is proposed to conduct the business mentioned in the application, and if it shall appear to the County Health Officer that the statements contained in the application are true, and that the existing sanitary conditions in the place mentioned in the application comply with the provisions of the ordinances and State laws in force at the time such application is considered, and conform to the rules and regulations of the County Health Department, a permit shall thereupon be granted; provided, however, that such permit shall be granted only on the express condition that it shall be subject to revocation or suspension by the County Health Officer upon a showing satisfactory to him/her of a violation by the holder of such permit, his/her employee, servant or agent, or any other person acting with his/her consent or under his/her authority, of any provision of any ordinance of the City, or any law of the State of California, or any rule of the County Health Department regulating places of the character set forth in subsection 6-18.1.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. 12-523; Ord. No. 1335 N.S.)