HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 7919-1979 - Amending Sec. 13-1 Of Art. 1, Chpt. 13 Of Code Defining "Food Service Est." - 09/13/1979DGV:pc ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC. 13-1 OF ARTICLE 1 CHAPTER 13 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, BY AMENDING THE DEFINITION
OF A "FOOD-SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT"; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it would be in the
best interest of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to amend Sec. 13-1
of the Code of Ordinance to insure the permitting and inspection of all
conu:nercial food handlers within the City of Lubbock; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that such permitting and inspection
should commence immediately in the best interest of the health, safety
and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Lubbock, which creates
an emergency which requires immediate passage of this measure, NOW
THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Chapter 13 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Lubbock BE and is hereby amended by amending the definition of a
"Food-service establishment" in Sec. 13-1 to read as follows:
Food-service establishment. 11Food-service establishment" shall
mean any fixed or mobile restaurant; coffee shop; cafeteria; short-order
cafe; lunch-eonette, grill; tea room; sandwich shop; soda fountain;
tavern; bar; cocktail lounge; night club; roadside stand; industrial-
feeding establishment; private, public or non-profit organization or
institution routinely serving food; catering kitchen; commissary or
similar place in which food and drink is prepared for sale or for service
on the premises or elsewhere, including ·any "food-processing establishment",
as is elsewhere defined; and any other eating or drinking establishment
or operation where food is served or provided for the public with or
without charge.
SECTION 2. THAT should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid
for any reason, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected
thereby.
SECTION 3. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to
cause publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an
alternative method as provided for by law.
SECTION 4. That the fact that public necessity and convenience
requires that this Ordinance be passed as an emergency measure for
reasons set forth in the preamble hereof, the rule requiring that no
Ordinance shall be finally passed on the day of its introduction be
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suspended, and this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure to
take effect from and after its passage and publication as set forth
hereinabove.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by City Council this 13th day of September , 1979.
--APPROVED AS ·TO CONTENT:
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Marjoi?'ie K. 'orr, M.D., City Health Officer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
~~X\.'ZL&~ Donald G. Vandiver, First Assistanteit'y Attorney