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rr ORDINAITCE No. AI` 011,1DINANCE amending Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2730 of the City of Everett, entitled as follows: "An Ordinance relating to the public health and providing for the inspection of animal meats intended for human consumtition, regulating and licensing the preparation, handling and sale of such meats, defining offenses, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof," and declaring ng an emergency. T tCITY._pF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1 That Section 3 of Ordinance ITo. 2730 of the City of ;.,verett be , and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 3: Regulations governing Retail neat Shops: Every bleat Shop shall be constructed, equipped, maintained and operated in accordance with the following rules and regulations, to-wit : Every such shop shall be equipped with a refrigerator or cooling room containing a minimum of Forty (40 ) square feet of floor space with a six foot overhead clearance end door six foot in height , so constructed as to be capable of maintaining a temperature therein of not to exceed 40 degrees above zero Fahrenheit, provided, however, that the foregoing requirements shall not be deemed or construed to be a prerequisite to the issuance of a beat Shop License for the use of any premises by any person who was, on the 1st day of April, 1934, in good faith, occupying and using, ±br the preparation for sale , or for the sale or disposition of "uncooked meat" to consumers , any such building , premises and/or part thereof, provided the same is equipped with a refrigerator or cooler capable of maintaining the temperature above described and containing not less than Twenty (20) cubic feet of space. Every such shop shall contain dressing rooms, toilet rooms conforming to the requirements of the Building Code , lavatory facilities in or adjacent to toilet rooms in the building , and hot water tank capable of providing hot water under pressure for cleaning purposes. Every such establishment shall be maintained in a sanitary condition, shall be free from flies, rats, mice and veriin, and every shop hereafter established shall be equipped with meat racks of hard material , and adequate supply of hot water artificial refrigeration, and where meats and/or sausages are sold to the public , the meat shall be contained in artificial refrigerating counters with glass protection and front aria • covers, meat blocks, scales and meat choppers, end all knives, cleavers , saws arid other instruments and utensils used therein shall be thoroughly cleaned after each day's work.