San Fernando Municipal Code Art. III Health Code

Title 11, Health and Safety, of the Los Angeles County Code, as amended and in effect on May 1, 1996, is adopted by this express reference thereto as the health and safety code for the city. A copy of the health and safety code has been deposited in the office of the city clerk and shall be at all times maintained by the clerk for use and examination by the public.

(Code 1957, § 11A.1)

The following rules shall govern the interpretation of the health and safety code adopted in section 42-81:

(1) Whenever the term "county" or any abbreviation thereof appears in the health and safety code, it shall be interpreted and deemed to be the term "city."

(2) Whenever the term "Los Angeles" or any abbreviation thereof appears in the health and safety code, it shall be interpreted and deemed to mean the term "San Fernando."

(3) Whenever there is a conflict between any of the provisions of the health and safety code and other sections of this Code or other adopted city ordinances relating specifically to the same subject matter, the provisions of the code or ordinance imposing the more restrictive condition shall apply and shall prevail.

(4) The definition or regulation of any activity, condition or structure in the health and safety code shall not be interpreted or deemed to permit or allow the conduct of any such activity or the construction or maintenance of any such condition or structure as may be otherwise prohibited or restricted by any other sections of this Code or other adopted city ordinances.

(Code 1957, § 11A.2)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1537, § 12, adopted Oct. 21, 2002, repealed § 42-83 which pertained to violations and penalties and derived from Code 1957, § 11A.3.

Sections 8.04.165, 8.04.225, 8.04.275, 8.04.337, 8.04.405, 8.04.752, 8.04.755, 8.04.930, and 8.04.943 of title 8 and the provisions of chapter 11.11 of title 11 of the Los Angeles County Code, as enacted by and referenced in Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 97-0071, effective January 16, 1998, fully express the will and intention of the city council as to those matters relating to public health which are contained therein and are adopted and are incorporated in this article by reference. Subsections 42-82(1) and (2) and section 42-83 of this article shall not apply to the Los Angeles County Code provisions adopted by reference pursuant to this section.

(Ord. No. 1493, § 1(11A.5), 5-18-1998)

Editor's note— The sections of the Los Angeles County Code adopted by the preceding section read as follows: §§ 8.04.752, 8.04.930, 8.04.943, 11.11.020, 11.11.50.

The letter grade card and the inspection score card shall not be defaced, marred, camouflaged, hidden or removed. It shall be unlawful to operate a food establishment unless the letter grade card, the inspection score card, or both, as determined by the county health officer, is or are in place as set forth under this section. Removal of the letter grade card, the inspection score card, or both, is a violation of this chapter and may result in the suspension or revocation of the public health permit and shall be punishable as specified in section 42-86.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1537, § 12, adopted Oct. 21, 2002, repealed § 42-86 which pertained to violations and penalty and derived from Ord. No. 1493, § 2(8.04.930), adopted May 18, 1998.

The notice of closure shall remain posted until removed by the county health officer. Removal of the notice of closure by any person other than the county health officer or the refusal of a food establishment to close upon issuance of the written notice of suspension of the public health permit is a violation of this chapter and may result in the suspension or revocation of the food establishment's public health permit and shall be punishable as specified in section 42-86.

(Ord. No. 1493, § 2(8.04.943), 5-18-1998)

Failure to have a certified food service handler on site at all times during operating hours of the food service operation and as specified in this section within one year from the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the operation's public health permit pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Code and shall be punishable as set forth in section 42-86.

(Ord. No. 1493, § 2(11.11.020), 5-18-1998)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1537, § 12, adopted Oct. 21, 2002, repealed § 42-89 which pertained to violation and derived from Ord. No. 1493, § 2(11.11.150), adopted May 18, 1998.