Ord. 0145 1968-02-15FOOD DEALER'S PERMIT FEES - ORDINANCE NO. 145
The following Food Dealer's Permit Fees as provided in applicable
provisions of Ordinance No. 145, heretofore adopted, are hereby
approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Pearland,
Texas, and shall remain in effect until amended by proper order of the
City Council.
Permit Fees:
Food dealer's permits shall be issued annually, on or before the
first day of January of each year, or thereafter at such other time as
a new food establishment begins operating.
The Permit Fees shall be determined by the number of persons
employed in a food establishment, as follows:
Food establishments having:
One to twenty-five employees $ 25.00 per year
Twenty-six to fifty employees 50.00 per year
Fifty-one to one hundred employees 75.00 per year
One hundred and one employees or more150.00 per year
Mobile Food Vendor 25.00 per year
Nursing Home 25.00 per year
Child Care Center 25.00 per year
Mental Health Facility 25.00 per year
School (non-profit) 25.00 per year
Passed and adopted by the City Council this
, A. D., 1986.
/,3 day of
CITY OF PEARLA
ORDINANCE NO. ,t~L~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF ANNUAL
HEALTH PERMITS, RENEWAL THEREOF, FOR
INSPECTION FEES, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY
FOR VIOLATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Every person whose work brings him in contact with
the production, handling, storage, or transportation of food or
,for public use
food products/shall hold a health certificate in accordance with
the provisions of this Article.
It shall be unlawful for any person to produce,
/for public use
handle, store or transport any food producffin the City unless
he possesses a valid health certificate complying with the State
Law and the terms of this Article and it shall be unlawful for
the owner or manager of any establishment where food is produced,
handled, stored, or transported to employ therein any person who
does not possess such a certificate·
sECT~N:2~ Every person desiring to apply for a health certificate
shall first be examined by a duly licensed physician and shall
procure an examination certificate certifying to the fact that
within the next preceding six (6) months, laboratory and other
examinations, including the test required by Section 4, have
been made indicating that such perso~ is free from tuberculosis,
and that such person is not a carrier of typhoid fever and that
such person is free 6f any disease capable of being spread through
food and food products.
If an examination certlflcat , otherwise complying
,~,~a~ t~a ~e~rements of this Section, has been obtained pursuant
or State examination certificate..
SECTION 3: No examination certificate required by this Article
shall be issued to any person until the blood or sputum of the
applicant for such certificate shall have first/tested and
examined in a recognized manner by a licensed physician or a
reputable pathologist from specimens personally secured by
the physician or pathologist, and found to contain no indication
that the applicant for such certificate had, on the date of same,
any contagious, infectious or communicable diseases.
SECTION ~: The health officer, or his assistant, may cite the
holder of any health certificate required by this Article to
a re-examination, at any time such holder of such certificate
is known or suspected to be affected with any of the diseases
or conditions mentioned in Section 2.
Re-examination shall be without cost to the holder
and shall not extend the time of such certificate beyond the
date for which issued.
SECTION ~: If, upon re-examination under Section 4, the
holder of a certificate required by this Article is found to be
infected with or affected by any contagious, infectious or
communicable disease, his health certificate shall be cancelled
by marking upon the original or the duplicate kept in the office
of the city health officer in indelible pencil or ink, the
w~rd "cancelled" with the date of cancellation and the city
health officer's signature. Such certificate shall thereafter
be null and void and of no force and effect.
SECTION 6: Ail physicians and pathologists shall keep records
of the tests required by this Article for a time period of eight-
teen months, which records shall be subject to the inspection
permit
ploy~d
accordance with the provisions of Section ~.
SECTION 8: Permits required: It shall be unlawful for any
person to operate a food establishment within the incorporated
limits of the city, without first having obtained a permit
therefor from the City of Pearland. Such permit shall here-
after be known as a "Food Dealer's Permit:" and shall be posted
in a conspicuous place in such food establishment.
- Permit fees: Food dealers~ permits shall be issued
annually, on or before the first day of January of each year,
beginning effective for the year 1968, or thereafter at such
other time as a new food establishment begins operating. At
the time of issuance of an ~ original permit and each renewal
thereof, the party requesting a food dealer's permit shall pay
to the City of Pearland a permit fee for one complete calendar
year from January first to December thirty-first, both inclusive,
provided, however, if a new food establishment begins operation
after July 1, of a year, the permit fee for such food establish-
ment for that year shall be one-half of the fee provided for
herein. No other pro rata permit fees shall be allowed. The
fees shall be determined on the number of persons em-
in a food establishment, as follows:
Food establis~.ents having:
One to twenty-five employees ........ $~.00 per year
Twenty-six to fifty employees ....... 10.00 per year
Fifty-one to one hundred employees.. 1~.00 per year
One hundred and one employees or
more ................................ 2~.00 per year
Requirements: Such permits shall be issued by
the 0ity of Pearland or someone so designated or any food inspector
appointed by the City, upon being shown that the food establishment
reasonable time wherein such conditions shall be corrected, and
if, after such notice, such conditions are not corrected within
the time allotted, then the permit may be suspended or revoked.
The city inspector shall be the person to make
complaints and cause proceedings to be commenced against any
person for the violation of any of the laws relating to unsanitary
conditions existing in any food establishment as set out in this
ordinance and shall furnish evidence of such violation to the
city attorney, who shall prosecute all persons violating any of
the provisions of this article.
Penalty for violation of provisions: Any person,
firm, corporation or organization who shall violate any of the
provisions of this division shall be fined not less than five
dollars and not more than two hundred dollars and each day of
such violation shall constitute a separate offense.
-December
PASSED ON FIRST READING THIS 14 DAY OF A.D. 1987
PASSED ON SECOND READING THIS 28' DAY 0F December A.D. 196~
PASSED ON THIRD READING THIS l~ DAY OF ~ebruary A.D. 19 '68
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE l~ DAY 0F Feb.
D. 1968.
ATTEST:
CITY 0F
BY :~
Mayo¥ v, ~