1972-0130 0
ORDINANCE NO. 72 -/j-
FOOD VENDING VEHICLE ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
Whenever in this Ordinance, the following terms are used,
they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in
these sections:
(a) "PREPARED FOOD VENDING VEHICLE" means a food vending
vehicle from which any prepared food or beverage product is sold,
given away, displayed, or offered for sale at retail or wholesale.
(b) Health Official shall mean the Health Officer of the
Village of Buffalo Grove or his legally authorized agent.
(c) Health Department shall mean the Health Department of
the Village of Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
SECTION 2. PARKING AND STOPPING
No person shall stop or park a food vending vehicle on a public
thoroughfare for the purpose of selling, giving away, displaying,
or offering for sale, any food or beverage product except for a
period of time sufficient to consummate an immediate sale or sales.
No person shall stop, park, or cause any food vending vehicle to
remain on any public property except pursuant to the order of a
lawful authority or for the purpose of making emergency repairs
to the vehicle; in no event shall any person sell or give away
any food or beverage product from a food vending vehicle while on
public property other than a public thoroughfare. No person shall
stop, park, or cause a food vending vehicle to remain on any pro-
perty for the purpose of selling, giving away, displaying, or
offering for sale, any food or beverage product to any person
other than the owner of such property or his agents, customers,
or employees, and then only for a period of time sufficient to
consummate immediate sales.
SECTION 3. APPLICATION OF ORDINANCES
The provisions of this Ordinance and of other Village
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ordinances and State laws and regulations relative to health and
sanitation shall apply to food vending vehicles.
SECTION 4. REFRIGERATION
No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, a food
vending vehicle unless it is furnished with mechanical refrigera-
tion equipment in good working order sufficient to maintain perish-
able food and beverage products at a temperature not in excess of
45 degrees Fahrenheit. Refrigeration compartments shall be kept
clean, shall be constructed of tile, metal or other approved
materials, and shall have no seams or cracks. Wet refrigeration
is prohibited.
SECTION 5. FOOD PROTECTION
All food, while being stored, prepared, displayed, served or
sold, or during transport shall be protected from contamination.
Perishable foods shall be stored such that spoilage will be mini-
mized. All potentially hazardous foods shall be maintained at a
safe temperature (45 degrees Fahrenheit or below, or 140 degrees
Fahrenheit or above), except during necessary periods of prepara-
tion and service.
SECTION 6. CERTIFICATE AND IDENTIFICATION
No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, a food
vending vehicle that does not display a valid certificate of
inspection and that does not display on each exterior side of the
vehicle, in letters not less than four inches high, the name of
the owner or the assumed name under which he operates, the busi-
ness address and telephone number of the owner, and the distinctive
identifying number or symbol assigned to.that vehicle. Such
lettering shall be permanently affixed to the vehicle by painting,
decal, or other method approved by the Health Officer.
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The interior and the exterior of every food vending vehicle
and all equipment therein, shall have smooth washable surfaces and
shall be maintained in good repair and in a sanitary manner.
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SECTION 8. PREPARED FOOD VENDING VEHICLES
No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, a prepared
food vending vehicle without complying with all of the following
requirements.
(a) Such persons shall establish, ."4'___i.. ^� - ,
a service room which meets all of the requirements of the ordinance
applicable to food establishments. The service room shall be used
for the preparation and /or temporary storage, at temperatures as
required by the Food Establishment Ordinance, of food and beverage
products prior to the delivery thereof to a food vending vehicle.
Unless written authorization from the Health Officer to do other-
wise is first obtained, food vending vehicles shall be stocked
only at and with food and beverage products prepared or stored at
the service room. No food or beverage product shall be sold or
otherwise distributed from a prepared food vending vehicle unless
such product was prepared in a service room or in a food estab-
lishment, for either of which a valid permit is held, or in some
other sanitary location appropriate for such preparation, which
is regularly inspected by some recognized Health Department
inspection service or as approved by the Director of Public Health
of the State of Illinois. Food and beverage products not prepared
in such a service room or establishment shall be stored at a
service room prior to delivery to the prepared food vending
vehicle.
(b) Every prepared food vending vehicle shall be inspected,
on dates scheduled by the Health Officer, as often as he deems
such inspections to be necessary. The vending vehicle shall be
fully loaded and ready for operation at the time of such inspec-
tion. The Health Officer shall issue a certificate of inspection
annually if his inspection discloses that the vehicle conforms to
the requirements of this and other applicable ordinances.
SECTION 9. RESTRICTION ON VEHICLE USE
Food vending vehicles shall be used for no purpose other
than those purposes permitted by this ordinance.
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SECTION 10.
LICENSE
It shall be unlawful to use, or permit the use of any vehicle
described herein, unless a Business License is first secured and
the provisions of this and all other applicable ordinances are
fully complied with. Applications shall be made to the Village
Clerk and shall recite the name and address of the owner and such
other information that is required.
SECTION 11. PENALTIES
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00 for each day that
the violation exists, in addition thereto, such persons may be
enjoined from continuing such violations. Each day that a viola-
tion continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The
President may revoke a license issued hereunder for any violation
of this Ordinance in addition to any fine imposed..
SECTION 12.
VALIDITY
Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of
this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any
reason, by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of
said ordinance shall not be effected thereby.
SECTION 13.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval and publication according to law.
AYES: & NAYES:
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ATTEST:
Clerk
PUBLISHED:
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS, INC.
A Corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the
State of Illinois, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY That it is the publisher
of Buffalo Grove Herald
That said Buffalo Grove Herald is a secular
newspaper and has been published daily in the Village
B1-3-fflfIa r gr e , County of Cook
and State of Illinois, continuously for more than one year prior to, on and since
the date of the first publication of the.notice hereinafter referred to and is of gen-
eral circulation throughout said Village, County and State.
I further certify that Buffalo Grove Herald
is a newspaper as defined in "an Act to revise the law in relation to notices" as
amended by Act approved July 17, 1959 —Ill. Revised Statutes, Chap. 100,
Para. 1 and 5.
That a notice of which the annexed printed slip is a true copy, was published in
Buffalo Grove Herald
said on the
25th day of April , A.D. 19�.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, the said PADDOCK PUBLICA-
TIONS, Inc., has caused this certificate to be signed and its corporate seal affix-
ed hereto, by MARGIE FLANDERS, its Treasurer, at Arlington Heights, Illinois,
this 25th day of April , A.D. 19 72
PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS, INC.
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By _Treasurer.
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April 20, 1972
Miss Marge Flanders
Paddock Publications
217 West Campbell
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Dear Miss Flanders.*
Please publish the attached legal notice in the
next possible issue of the Buffalo Grove Herald
and send the certificate of publication to me.
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Enclosure
Sincerely,
Verna L. Clayton
Village Clerk
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LEGAL NOTICE
On April 3, 1972, the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Buffalo Grove approved Ordinance
#0 -72 -13 (Food Vending Vehicle Ordinance) and Ordinance
#0 -72 -11 (Temporary Food - Service Establishments). These
ordinances are available in pamphlet form from the
Village Clerk, 50 Raupp Blvd., Buffalo Grove.