Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 7.26 Cold Storage Warehouses

As used in this chapter:

A.

"Article of food" means any article of food used for human consumption. It includes fresh meat and fresh meat products (except in process of manufacture), fresh and dried fruits or vegetables, fish, shellfish, game, poultry, eggs, butter and cheese, but not malt beverages.

B.

"Cold storage" means a place artificially refrigerated to a temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or below. It does not include any such place in a private home, hotel, restaurant, or exclusively retail establishment not storing articles of food for other purposes.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 2 Art. 5 §§ 501 and 502, 1951.)

Every person maintaining a cold storage or refrigerating warehouse for storing articles of food for a period exceeding 30 days shall first procure a license and pay an annual license fee in the amount set forth in Section 7.14.010, under the appropriate

heading.

(Ord. 11209 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 8608 § 1 (part), 1964: Ord. 7159 § 6 (part), 1957: Ord. 5860 Ch. 2 Art. 5 § 505, 1951.)

This chapter does not apply to any brewery.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 2 Art. 5 § 503, 1951.)

This chapter does not apply to any cold storage or refrigerating plant or warehouse which is maintained or operated by a restaurant, hotel, or exclusively wholesale or retail establishment not storing articles of food for other persons.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 2 Art. 5 § 504, 1951.)