§ 418-12.002. Findings.  


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  • The Environmental Health Division of the Health Services Department enforces the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law and issues environmental health permits to food establishments open for business. The board of supervisors finds that the proliferation of trash, litter and sometimes garbage in neighborhoods located near food establishments, including fast food restaurants, is unsightly, unhealthy and has a negative effect on property values. Therefore, the board declares that the provisions in this chapter declaring trash, litter and garbage originating from food establishments to be a public nuisance and requiring abatement of that nuisance, are in the best interest of the public and are necessary to protect public health and safety, promote civic pride, and preserve property values.

(Ords. 2002-48 § 18, 89-49 § 3).