Cathedral City Municipal Code Ch. 5.92 Children's Meals

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: "Children's meal" means a combination of food items, or food item(s) and a beverage, sold together at a single price, primarily intended for consumption by children.

"Default beverage"

means the beverage automatically included or offered as part of a children's meal, absent specific request by purchaser of the children's meal for an alternative beverage.

"Restaurant"

means a food establishment that serves food to customers for consumption on or off the premises, including fast food and full service dining establishments. It includes, but is not limited to, drivethrough or walk up counters, coffee shops, cafes, pizza parlors, and dine in establishments. A restaurant, for purposes of this chapter, may provide alcoholic beverage sales for drinking on premises provided that such sales are ancillary to food service.

(Ord. 803 § 1, 2017)

A. A restaurant that sells a children's meal that includes a beverage shall make the default beverage offered with the children's meal one of the following:

1. Water, sparkling water, or flavored water, with no added natural or artificial sweeteners.

2. Milk or non-dairy milk alternatives, such as soy milk or almond milk.

B. Nothing in this section prohibits a restaurant from selling, or a customer from purchasing, a substitute or alternative beverage instead of the default beverage offered with a children's meal, if requested by the purchaser of the children's meal.

C. All restaurants shall complete an initial self-certification certifying whether they offer children's meals and if so, certifying that they comply with the provisions of this section. Subsequently, restaurants that sell children's meals shall complete an annual self-certification, certifying that they comply with the provisions of this section, as may be modified from time to time at the discretion of the city.

(Ord. 803 § 1, 2017)

In addition to all other available remedies at law, this chapter shall be enforceable through the use of administrative citation procedures set forth in the Cathedral City Municipal Code Chapter 13.60.

(Ord. 803 § 1, 2017)

This chapter shall be construed so as not to conflict with applicable federal or state laws, rules or regulations. Nothing in this chapter authorizes any city agent to impose any duties or obligations in conflict with limitations on municipal authority established by federal or state law.

(Ord. 803 § 1, 2017)