§ 16-52. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Food establishment.

(1)

The term "food establishment" means an operation that:

a.

Stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends directly to the consumer or otherwise provides food for human consumption, including, but not limited to, a restaurant, catering food service establishment, food service establishment, temporary food service establishment, itinerant food vending establishment, market, conveyance used to transport people, institution or food bank; or

b.

Relinquishes possession of food to a consumer directly, or indirectly through a delivery service, including, but not limited to, home delivery of grocery orders or restaurant takeout orders or a delivery service that is provided by common carriers.

(2)

The term "food establishment" does not include a vending machine, as defined in C.G.S. § 21a-34, a private residential dwelling in which food is prepared under C.G.S. § 21a-62a or a food manufacturing establishment, as defined in C.G.S. § 21a-151.

(3)

The term "food establishment" includes class 1 food establishments, class 2 food establishments, class 3 food establishments and class 4 food establishments, as those terms are defined in P.A. 17-93.

(4)

The term "food establishment" shall not include farmers and gardeners whose sales are limited to the produce of their farms and gardens. The Director of Health shall not require any farmer to apply for or purchase a license to operate a food establishment if such farmer holds a valid permit or license issued by another municipal health department or health district and is in compliance with the provisions of C.G.S. § 22-6s(b).

Seasonal market vendor license means a license issued to a person who operates a food establishment and who prepares or serves foods at a Connecticut certified farmer's market. The dates of a seasonal market vendor license shall coincide with the dates of operation of the particular farmer's market for which the food establishment operator is applying, but shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) consecutive days.

Seasonal vendor license means a license issued to a food establishment that is seasonal in nature and operates in a single location for a period of time not to exceed three months. Seasonal periods are defined as follows:

(1)

The term "Spring" means April, May and June.

(2)

The term "Summer means July, August and September.

(3)

The term "Autumn means October, November and December.

(4)

The term "Winter" means January, February and March.

(Code 1961, § 8A-1; Ord. No. 246, § 1, 8-7-1979; Ord. No. 393, 6-5-1990; Ord. No. 451, 12-1-1992; Ord. No. 34, § 8A-1, 11-8-2017)