Ordinance 3925 - Laserfiche WebLink

(k) CONSUMER shall mean and include all persons procuring or acquiring meat ' solely for consumption by themselves, their families or guests. (1) PERSON shall mean and include any individual of either sex, any firm, corporation, partnership or association whether acting individually or through agents or employees. The singular shall include the plural. (m) MEAT INSPECTOR shall mean a veterinarian who has graduated from an accredited veterinary college and is licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the State of Washington. (n) HEALTH OFFICER shall mean the health officer of the City of Everett. (o) MEAT SALESMAN shall mean any person cutting, cutting or preparing for sale, selling or disposing or offering to sell or dispose of fresh, cured, or frozen meat and/or fish to a consumer. Section 2. RETAIL MEAT AND FISH SHOP LICENSE AND FEE. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to open up, conduct, manage, operate, or maintain a retail meat and fish shop without first having obtained and being the owner and holder of, and having posted and displayed in a conspicuous place in said shop, a valid and subsisting retail meat and fish shop license, authorizing the person therein named to conduct and operate a retail meat and fish shop in and upon'the premises therein described. CO Any person desiring to obtain a retail meat and fish shop license shall make application to the Health Officer on a form to be provided by him, setting forth the name of the applicant, the location by street and number of the premises to be so occupied. Upon the filing of such application, the same shall be referred to the Health Officer who shall inspect the premises therein described and the fixtures and equipment to be used therein. If the said premises, fixtures and equipment comply with the requirements of this ordinance, said Health Officer shall so certify, and, upon payment of the required license fee, shall thereupon issue such license. In the event the same do not so comply, the Health Office shall thereupon reject such application in writing, giving his reasons therefor. (c) Every retail meat and fish shop license shall authorize the person named therein to conduct and operate a retail meat and fish shop in and upon premises described therein and to sell inspected meats until the 31st day of December next following the issuance of such license, unless sooner revoked for cause, and shall be non-transferable from one location to another location or from the owner or operator thereof to another owner or operator. (d) The permit fee for retail meat and fish shops employing 4 or more meat salesmen shall be and is hereby fixed in the sum Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for such shops which sell cured meats and prepare, process, cut and package fresh meats. (e) The permit fee for retail meat and fish shops employing 3 or less meat salesmen shall be and is hereby fixed in the sum Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for such shops which sell cured meats and prepare, process, cut and package fresh meats.