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Title 8 — HEALTH AND SAFETY

Article 1 — General Provisions

Orinda Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-29 · Orinda

8.08.010 - Purpose and authority.

Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 510, the City Council determines: A. That the expenses of the Health Officer, in the enforcement of statutes, orders, quarantines, embargoes, rules and regulations, prescribed by state officers and departments relating to public health, are not met by any fees prescribed by the state; and B. That the fees prescribed herein will help pay the Health Officer's reasonable expenses incurred in such enforcement. (CCCC § 413-3.204)

8.08.020 - Area of application.

Licenses required by this chapter shall be required of every activity described herein, within the city and the Health Officer shall enforce any state statute, order, quarantine, embargo, rule or regulation relating to public health. (CCCC § 413-3.206)

8.08.030 - California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law implemented.

Public health licenses for food facilities shall serve as valid permits to operate as provided in Section 27551 of the California Health and Safety Code. Any reference to license, or public health license, as used in this chapter in reference to licensable food establishments, also means "permit to operate." To the extent that the fees imposed pursuant to this chapter are fees authorized under Section 27551 of the California Health and Safety Code such fees are imposed pursuant to Section 27551. (CCCC § 413-3.208)

8.08.040 - Definitions.

A. Unless otherwise specifically provided, or required by the context, the following terms have the following indicated meanings in this chapter. B. Terms not defined herein but defined in the California Health and Safety Code have the meanings given in that code. "Activity" means every business, occupation, operation, activity, machine, vehicle or object engaged in or used for the purposes and things regulated hereunder. "Area of application" means the geographical area described in Section 8.08.020. "Health officer" means the city Health Officer, his or her medical deputies, and his or her duly authorized subordinates. "Incidental confectionery" means activity incidental to the main nonfood business operations (e.g., department, drug, variety or bait stores), for the sale of candy, gum, peanuts or similar confectionery and food or beverage, with less than three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) retail value of food in stock. "License year" means March 1st through February 28th(29th). "Retail food vehicle" means any vehicle designed or used or intended to be used by or for any one or more of the following persons and/or uses: bakery distributor, fish peddler, food salvage distributor, fruit and/or vegetable distributor, grocery distributor, industrial catering, mobile food preparation unit, and itinerant restaurant. It includes any vehicle from which animal food, bakery products, fish, shellfish, seafood, fruits, vegetables, meats, poultry, preserves, jelly, relish, milk or any other dairy products, food or food products, ice or beverages, whether in bulk, canned, wrapped, bottled, packaged, or any other form, are sold or kept for sale at retail, or are distributed to the consumer.

"Septic tank-chemical toilet cleaner" means a person engaged in the business of cleaning septic tanks, individual sewage systems, holding tanks, pit privy, cesspools or seepage pits, or of providing or cleaning chemical toilets. "Small water system" means a utility system which furnishes water for domestic purposes to from two through one hundred ninety nine (199) service connections inclusive and includes "Public Water Systems" as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 4010.1 and its applicable regulations under Title 22 of the California Administrative Code. "Vending machine business" means the activity of selling food or drink by vending machine(s), regardless of the number of machines or locations. Except as exempted by Section 8.08.200(D), "hazardous waste generator" means any business which is principally engaged in any of the following activities: 1. Textile mill products. Businesses engaged in performing any of the following operations: a. Preparation of fiber and subsequent manufacturing of yarn, thread, braids, twine and cordage, b. Manufacturing broad woven fabric, narrow woven fabric, knit fabric, and carpets and rugs from yarn, c. Dyeing and finishing fiber, yarn fabric and knit apparel, d. Coating, waterproofing, or otherwise treating fabric, e. The integrated manufacture of knit apparel and other finished articles from yarn, and f. The manufacture of felt goods, lace goods, nonwoven fabrics, and miscellaneous textiles; 2. Lumber and wood products, except furniture. Logging camps engaged in cutting timber and pulpwood; merchant sawmills, lath mills, shingle mills, cooperage stock mills, planing mills, plywood mills and veneer mills engaged in producing lumber and wood basic materials; and businesses engaged in manufacturing finished articles made entirely or mainly of wood or wood substitutes; 3.

Furniture and fixtures. Businesses engaged in manufacturing household, office, public building and restaurant furniture or cabinets and office and store fixtures; 4. Paper and allied products. Businesses engaged in the manufacture of pulps from wood and other cellulose fibers and from rags; paper and paperboard; and paper and paperboard into converted products such as paper coated off the paper machine, paper bags, paper boxes, and envelopes; 5. Printing, publishing and allied industries. Businesses engaged in printing by one or more of the common processes, such as letterpress, lithography, gravure or screen; businesses which perform services for the printing trade, such as bookbinding, typesetting, engraving, photoengraving and electrotyping, establishments engaged in publishing newspapers, books and periodicals, regardless of whether or not they do their own printing; 6. Chemicals and allied products. Businesses producing basic chemicals, and businesses manufacturing products by predominantly chemical processes, including three general classes of products: a. Basic chemicals, such as acids, alkalis, salts and organic chemicals, b. Chemical products to be used in further manufacture such as synthetic fibers, plastics materials, dry colors and pigments, c. Finished chemical products to be used for ultimate consumption such as drugs, cosmetics and soaps; or to be used as materials or supplies in other industries such as paints, fertilizers and explosives; 7. Petroleum refining and related industries. Businesses engaged in petroleum refining, manufacturing paving and roof materials, and compounding lubricating oils and greases from purchased materials; 8. Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products. Businesses manufacturing from natural, synthetic or reclaimed rubber, gutta percha, balata, or gutta siak, rubber products such as tires, rubber footwear, mechanical rubber goods, heels and soles, flooring and rubber sundries; 9.

Leather and leather products. Businesses engaged in tanning, currying and finishing hides and skins, leather converting and establishments manufacturing finished leather and artificial leather products and similar products made of other materials; 10. Stone, clay, glass and concrete products. Businesses engaged in manufacturing flat glass and other glass products, pottery, concrete and gypsum products, cut stone, abrasive and asbestos products, etc., from materials taken principally from the earth in the form of stone, clay and sand; 11. Primary metal industries. Businesses engaged in the smelting and refining of ferrous and nonferrous metals from ore, pig or scrap; in the rolling, drawing and alloying of ferrous and nonferrous metals; and in the manufacture of nails, spikes and insulated wire and cable; 12. Fabricated metal products, except machinery and transportation equipment. Businesses engaged in fabricating ferrous and nonferrous products such as metal cans, tinware, hand tools, cutlery, general hardware, nonelectric heating apparatus, fabricated structural metal products, metal forgings, metal stampings, ordnances (except vehicles and missiles), and all metal and wire products not elsewhere classified; 13. Machinery, except electrical. Businesses engaged in manufacturing machinery and equipment other than electrical equipment and transportation equipment, including machinery powered by built-in or detachable motors, portable tools, both electric and pneumatic powered; but not including electrical household appliances; 14. Electrical and electronic machinery, equipment and supplies. Businesses engaged in manufacturing machinery, apparatus and supplies for the generation, storage, transmission, transformation and utilization of electrical energy, including household appliances, but not including industrial machinery and equipment powered by built-in or detachable electric motors; 15. Transportation equipment. Businesses engaged in manufacturing equipment for transportation of passengers and cargo by land, air and water, including motor vehicles, aircraft, guided missile and space vehicles, ships, boats, railroad equipment and miscellaneous transportation equipment such as motorcycles, bicycles and snowmobiles; 16. Measuring, analyzing and controlling instruments. Businesses engaged in manufacturing instruments (including professional and scientific) for measuring, testing, analyzing and controlling, and their associated

sensors and accessories; optical instruments and lenses; surveying and drafting instruments; surgical, medical and dental instruments, equipment and supplies; ophthalmic goods; photographic equipment and supplies; 17. Other (miscellaneous) manufacturing industries. Businesses engaged in manufacturing jewelry, silverware and plated ware; musical instruments; toys, sporting and athletic goods; pens, pencils and other office and artists' materials; buttons, costume novelties, miscellaneous notions; brooms and brushes; caskets; beauty shop and barber shop equipment; hair work; tobacco, pipes and cigarette holders; coin-operated amusement machines; matches; candles; lamp shades; dressed and dyed furs; umbrellas, parasols and canes; and other manufactured articles not elsewhere classified; 18. Scrap and waste materials. Businesses primarily engaged in assembling, breaking up, sorting and wholesale distribution of scrap and waste materials. This industry includes auto wreckers engaged in dismantling automobiles for scrap; 19. Hospitals and laboratories. Businesses primarily engaged in providing diagnostic services, extensive medical treatment including surgical services, and other hospital services as well as continuous nursing services. These businesses have an organized medical staff, inpatient beds and equipment and facilities to provide complete health care; 20. Medical and dental laboratories. Included in this group are businesses engaged in providing professional analytic or diagnostic services to the medical profession, or to the patient on prescription of a physician as well as businesses primarily engaged in making dentures and artificial teeth to order for the dental profession; 21. Transportation by air. Businesses engaged in the operation and maintenance of airports and flying fields and/or the servicing, repairing (except on a factory basis), and storing of aircraft at such airports; 22. Communication. Businesses furnishing point-to-point communication services, whether by wire or radio, and whether intended to be received aurally or visually, and radio and television broadcasting; 23. Electric services. Businesses engaged in the generation, transmission and/or distribution of electric energy for sale; 24.

Dry cleaning plants. Businesses engaged in dry cleaning or dyeing apparel and household fabrics; 25. Photofinishing laboratories. Businesses engaged in developing films and in making photographic prints and enlargements for the trade or for the general public; 26. Automotive repair shops. Businesses engaged in the repair of automobiles including brake relining, carburetor and radiator repair, painting and refinishing, tire retreading, and body repair; 27. Motion picture production and service. Businesses engaged in the production of motion picture films and tapes, including film processing, editing and titling, and services relating to the manufacture of props or production of special effects. (CCCC §§ 413-3.402 — 413-3.416)

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