1995-182E:\WPDOCS\ORD\FOOD.FEE
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~/g ORDINA/gCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING SECTION 13-22 OF
CHAPTER 13 "FOOD AigD FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF DENTON; PROVIDING FOR PERMIT FEES FOR RESTAURANTS,
GROCERY STORES, AND DAY CARE CENTERS; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED $2,000.00; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLJ~USE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; A_ND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COLTNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That subsection (a) of Section 13-22 "Permit
Issuance" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-22. Permit Issuance.
(a) Upon receipt of an application and payment of the applicable
fee, the health officer shall make an inspection of the pre-
mises where the business is to be conducted. If the premises
comply with the terms of this article and with all require-
ments of the zoning ordinance, other ordinances and state law,
a permit shall be issued to the applicant upon payment of the
permit fee. An applicant shall submit the applicable permit
fee as set forth in the following table before a permit will
be issued:
For a Restaurant:
Number of
Employees Amount
0-5 $ 75 00
6-10 95 00
11-15 115 00
16-20 135 00
21-25 170 00
26-30 190 00
31-35 210.00
36-40 230.00
41 or more 240.00
For a Grocery Store:
Number of
Employees Amount
0-5 $ 75.00
6-10 95.00
11-15 115.00
16-20 135.00
21-25 170.00
26-30 190.00
31-35 210.00
36-40 230.00
41 or more 240.00
For each Day Care Center: Forty-five dollars ($45.00)
plus one dollar ($1.00) per child of licensed capacity.
For a seasonal establishment: Twenty-five dollars
($25.00) .
For a temporary establishment: Ten dollars ($10.00).
A temporary food service establishment which operates more
than once during any consecutive twelve-month period shall pay
a permit fee for each separate period of operation.
SECTION II. That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sen-
tence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City
Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it would have
enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
SECTION III. That any person violating any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding
$2,000.00. Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
SECTION IV. That save and except as amended hereby, all the
sections, sentences, and clauses of Section 13-22 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas shall remain in full force
and effect.
SECTION V. That this ordinance shall become effective four-
teen (14) days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary
is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be
published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official news-
paper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the
date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~day of~, 1995.
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ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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