§ 5.64.050. Definitions of certain businesses and activities subject to inspection fees under this chapter.  


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  • (a)

    Apartment House. The term "apartment house" shall include all dwellings classified as "apartment houses" for purposes of part 1.5 of division 13 of the California Health and Safety Code, except that for fee purposes only such buildings with four or more dwelling units on a parcel of land shall be required to pay the listed fees. The term "complex" shall mean apartment buildings located on continuous parcels of land owned by the same person, firm or corporation.

    (b)

    Backflow Prevention Device Tester. The term "back-flow prevention device tester" shall mean a person who is certified by the County Health Officer in writing as competent to test backflow prevention devices.

    (c)

    Chemical Toilet Agency. The term "chemical toilet agency" shall include all companies which install, lease, rent or service chemical toilets.

    (d)

    Cross Connection. The term "cross connection" shall have that meaning defined in Section 7583(e) of title XVII of the California Administrative Code. To paraphrase that definition, it is any physical connection or arrangement between two otherwise separate piping systems, one of which contains potable water and the other water of unknown or questionable safety, whereby water may flow from one system to the other, the direction of flow depending on the pressure differential between the two systems.

    (e)

    Food Facility. The term "food facility" shall have the same meaning as that defined in Section 113789 of the California Health and Safety Code.

    (f)

    Hot Tub. The term "hot tub" shall include all tubs constructed of wood, fiberglass, plastic, or Acrylic, containing a device to circulate hot water, designed for emergence of human beings and open on a regular basis to the public.

    (g)

    Hotel. The term "hotel" shall include all dwellings classified as "hotels" for purposes of part 1.5 of division 13 of the California Health and Safety Code.

    (h)

    Licensed Health Facility. The term "Licensed health facility" shall include hospitals as defined in California Health and Safety Code, Chapter one, Division II, and "skilled nursing facilities" as defined in California Health and Safety Code, Chapter Two, Division II, and authorized by Title XXII, Section 66835.

    (i)

    Massage Business. The term "massage business" shall include the businesses defined in Section 5.44.020.

    (j)

    Medical Waste. The term "medical waste" shall have the meaning defined in Section 25023.2 of the California Health and Safety Code.

    (k)

    Mobilehome Park. The term "mobilehome park" shall have the meaning as that defined in Section 18300 of the California Health and Safety Code.

    (l)

    Mobile Food Facility. The term "mobile food facility" shall have the meaning defined in Section 113831 of the California Health and Safety Code.

    (m)

    Motel. The term "motel" shall include all dwellings classified as "motels" for purposes of part 1.5 of division 13 of the California Health and Safety Code.

    (n)

    Organized Camp. The term "organized camp" shall have the same meaning as that defined in Section 18897 of the California Health and Safety Code.

    (o)

    Public Swimming Area. The term "public swimming area" shall include all "public swimming pools" as defined in Section 24100 of the California Health and Safety Code.

    (p)

    Risk Category. Risk Category shall be the same meaning as that defined in the FDA Food Code.

    (q)

    Rodent Bait Stations. The term "rodent bait station" shall mean a designated location where a specified quantity of rodenticide is placed and maintained under the direction of the County Health Officer for the purpose of controlling rodents. The term shall include, but not be limited to, designated areas of municipal sanitary and storm sewer systems, natural drainage creeks, tidelands, solid waste disposal sites, wastewater treatment plants, and other locations determined by the Health Officer to require rodent baiting.

    (r)

    Septic Tank, Cesspool, Chemical Toilet, and Sewage Seepage Pit Cleaning and Pumping Vehicle. The term "septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet and sewage seepage pit cleaning and pumping vehicle" includes all vehicles to which Chapter 6 of Division 20 of the California Health and Safety Code applies and which are used for cleaning and pumping waste material from septic tanks, cesspools, chemical toilets, and sewage seepage pits.

    (s)

    Small Water System. The term "small water system" shall include all "public water systems" as defined in Section 4010.1. (e) of the California Health and Safety Code which have fewer than 200 service connections.

    (t)

    Subfacility. The term "subfacility" shall be defined as an additional preparation area within a food facility that is owned and operated under the same owner as the food facility. The space and equipment within the additional preparation area are adequate for proper operation of a food facility, including storage, preparation and cleaning and the additional preparation area can operate in compliance with the California Retail Food Code.

    (u)

    Vending Machine. The term "vending machine" shall have the same meaning as that defined in Section 113938 of the California Health and Safety Code.

    (v)

    Unless otherwise defined in this section, the terms used in this chapter shall have the same meanings as given those terms in Chapter 6.5 of the Health and Safety Code, and Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations as it relates to any person engaged in the producing, handling, storing, treating or disposal of hazardous waste.

(Ord. No. 04657, § 1, 5-7-2013)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 04657, § 1, adopted May 7, 2013, repealed the former § 5.64.050, and enacted a new § 5.64.050 as set out herein. The former § 5.64.050 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from prior code § 5522.1; Ord. No. 2324, adopted July 8, 1975; Ord. No. 2514, adopted June 20, 1978; Ord. No. 2524, adopted July 25, 1978; Ord. No. 2546, adopted November 28, 1978; Ord. No. 2738, adopted July 14, 1981; Ord. No. 3004, adopted July 24, 1984; Ord. No. 3267, adopted September 25, 1990; Ord. No. 3357, adopted January 7, 1992; Ord. No. 3527, adopted December 14, 1993 and Ord. No. 04601, adopted January 31, 2012.