Ordinance Regulating and Licensing the Selling of Food

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owner of such food, stating the reason therefor, and such authorized agents of the Department of Public Health .shall not be held in for damages arising therefrom. SECTION 12. That it shall be unlawful to keep, maintain, operate, or conduct any food establishment in the City of South Bend, unless all the doors, FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS windows, or other openings shall be fitted with TO BE SCREENED proper screens, covered with wire not coarser than 12 -mesh wire gauze, between May 1 and October 1 of each year and all such screen doors shall be so hung as to open outwardly and close tightly by means of self - closing devices: Provided, however, that such screens may be omitted if electric fans are used and provided such electric fans shall effectively prevent flies from coming into such place of business. Such electric fan system shall be approved by the Director of Public Health before being installed. SECTION 13. That it shall be unlawful to cause, permit, or suffer any decayed food or meat or vegetable matter UNFIT FOOD NOT TO BE KEPT WITH OTHER of any kind to remain in any receptacle, ice box, or FOOD other compartment wherein any fruits, meats, vegetables or other food intended for human cons:;mption is kept for sale or other disposition. SECTION 14. That it shall be unlawful to operate, maintain or conduct any food establishment in the City of South Bend unless the person so owning, conducting, managing or operating such business shall provide or cause to be provided a sanitary toilet approved by the TOILETS REQUIRED Department of Public Health which shall be located in a separate room partitioned off from the rest of the establishment by a tight partition with a tight- fitting Page %C I.