East Palo Alto Municipal Code Art. IX Food Equipment

The city health officer shall adopt rules and regulations setting standards for design and sanitation of food equipment. Such standards shall incorporate appropriate national norms for such equipment.

(Prior code § 6-1.901)

No person, firm or corporation shall install or make use of newly installed food equipment unless such food equipment complies with the standards therefor set by the rules and regulations of the city health officer.

(Prior code § 6-1.902)

No person, firm or corporation shall install or make use of newly installed food equipment unless the proposed actual location of such equipment allows easy cleaning and maintenance both of it and of the surrounding area.

(Prior code § 6-1.903)

Where any person, firm or corporation intends to construct, remodel or install food equipment in a restaurant or other food establishment or in an itinerant restaurant, he/she shall, prior to such construction, remodeling or installation, submit to the city health officer for his approval the following data:

A. Two copies of a scale drawing showing the proposed or actual location of the food equipment to be constructed, remodeled or installed, along with the location of floor drains and sinks;

B. Two copies of such specifications, forms, data sheets, drawings and sketches as are necessary to show that the design, materials and methods of construction, remodeling or installation of the food equipment meet with the standards imposed by this chapter and by other applicable laws and regulations.

(Prior code § 6-1.904)

No person, firm or corporation may proceed to construct, remodel or install any food equipment until the plans therefor have been approved by the city health officer.

(Prior code § 6-1.905)