Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 9.08 Restaurants

The ordinance codified in this Chapter is enacted pursuant to Section 27503 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California for the purpose of protecting the public health, and regulating certain kinds of business transacted and carried on in the unincorporated territory of the County of Mendocino, State of California.

(Ord. No. 3656, adopted 1987.)

For the purpose of this Chapter, the following definition applies:

(A) "Restaurant" means any food establishment issued a permit to operate as a restaurant by the Division of Environmental Health.

(Ord. No. 3656, adopted 1987.)

All restaurants which do not come within the definition of a temporary food facility, mobile food preparation unit or food vehicle shall install and make available at least one hand washing or toilet facility for patrons; provided, however, that any such restaurant which is in operation as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Chapter shall have six (6) months from such date within which to comply with this Section. Any such restaurant which already has as of such date either a hand washing facility or toilet facility, or both, shall be required to make such facility available during such six (6) months.

(Ord. No. 3656, adopted 1987.)

Failure to comply with the provisions of this Chapter shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months or both the fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 3656, adopted 1987.)