HomeMy WebLinkAbout201223 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE H OF THE LITTLE
4 ROCK REVISED CODE OF 1988 AS TO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF
5 FOR - PROFIT FOOD ESTABLISHMENTSJO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY;
6 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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8 WHEREAS, currently only non -profit food establishments are required to obtain a State Department
9 of Health permit before obtaining a business license from the City; and
10 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has concluded that it would be beneficial to the health and public
11 safety of the City to require all food establishments to obtain a permit from the State Department of
12 Health before obtaining a business license from the City to enable the City to assure that all food
13 establishments have a license subject to regulation and to promote the public health and welfare.
14 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
15 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
16 Section 1. Section 17 -58 of the City of Little Rock Revised Code of 1988 is hereby amended to read
17 as follows:
18 (a) All non -profit and for -profit food service establishments, including but not
19 limited to restaurants, mobile canteens, and caterers now or hereafter required to obtain a
20 State Department of Health food establishment permit shall also be required to obtain a
21 City business license.
22 (b) The required state permit must be presented to the treasury manager before
23 the business license can be issued.
24 (c) The fee for the business license shall be waived for all non - profit food
25 service establishments with the exception of non -profit corporations that operate as
26 private clubs and have acquired a permit from the State of Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage
27 Control Board.
28 (d) Any non - profit corporation that operates as a private club and has
29 acquired a permit from the State of Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall be
30 responsible for payment of the business license as set forth in this chapter.
31 Section 2. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
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32 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such dec
33 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in 1
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To Amend Chapter 17, Article II, of the Little Rock Code, as ♦ '� J ,�
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effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part
of the ordinance.
Section 3. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
Section 4. Emergency. In order to properly provide and support the public peace, health and safety
of the City, it is essential that the City have an accurate record of all persons, firms, individuals and
corporations conducting business within the City and that such persons, firms, individuals and
corporations maintain their business licenses and required State permits; to ensure that food
establishments obtain their proper State permits before obtaining their business licenses, this ordinance
should be given effect immediately; an emergency is, therefore, declared to exist and this ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage.
PASSED: June 16, 2009
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an gley, Acting City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, City orney
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ORDINANCE
To Amend Chapter 17, Article IL of the Little Rock Code, as
to business licenses
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APPROVED
Mark Stodola, Mayor