§ 12-1. Definitions.

In construing this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them:

Food establishment means a buffet, lunchroom, lunch counter, restaurant, cafe, dining room, hotel, bakery, soda fountain, soft drink stand, grocery store, fruit stand, meat market, packinghouse, poultry market, fish market, hamburger stand, ice cream wagon, and every other public place where food is processed, served, prepared, sold, given in exchange, given away or consumed on the premises, and all establishments where food is prepared, stored or manufactured for use.

Health certificate means a certificate from the county health department stating that the establishment where applicant conducts such business, or proposes to conduct such business meets with the requirements of this chapter and other ordinances of the city and the regulations of the state board of health pertaining to said business. Said health certificate shall also be considered a permit.

(Code 1962, § 11-1)