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File #: ORD 19-73    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 9/3/2019 Final action: 9/3/2019
Title: Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 8 ("Business Licensing"), Article 24 ("Food and Food Establishments") of the Oak Park Village Code Regarding Food Program Definitions and Enforcement Provisions as Required by the Illinois Department of Public Health as Reviewed at the July 22, 2019 Regular Meeting
Attachments: 1. Ordinance Amending Ch. 8, Article 24, 2. 45 -question -food code (1), 3. Section 2-201- FDA-Food_Code-2017
Submitted By
Mike Charley, Public Health Director

Reviewed By
LKS

Agenda Item Title
Title
Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 8 ("Business Licensing"), Article 24 ("Food and Food Establishments") of the Oak Park Village Code Regarding Food Program Definitions and Enforcement Provisions as Required by the Illinois Department of Public Health as Reviewed at the July 22, 2019 Regular Meeting

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Overview
Overview
The Health Department is recommending the Village Board amend Chapter 8 ("Business Licensing"), Article 24 ("Food and Food Establishments") of the Oak Park Village Code to update the definitions and food program enforcement provisions as required by the Illinois Department of Public Health. A First Reading was held on July 22, 2019.

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Body
Staff Recommendation
Approve the ordinance.

Fiscal Impact
N/A

Background
As a State Certified Health Department the Illinois Department of Public Health is requiring that the Village amend the Village ordinance to adopt the 2017 FDA Food Code and all its applicable enforcement provisions. As of January 1, 2019 the Village has transitioned to utilizing the new Illinois Food Code inspection document and to the provisions of the Illinois Food Code & newly referenced FDA Food Code 2017. This transition necessitates an amendment of Chapter 8 ("Business Licensing"), Article 24 ("Food and Food Establishments") of the Oak Park Village Code. The recommended amendments are necessary so that our ordinance more accurately follows and reflects the FDA Food Code 2017 provisions.
Chapter 8 ("Business Licensing"), Article 24 ("Food and Food Establishments") of the Oak Park Village Code provides for definitions and general provisions for operating the Village's food inspection program. Under Village Code section 8-24-2 M it states that "The Sanitation requirements for food establishments shall be regulated in accordance with the terms of the Food Service Sanitation Code". The Illinois Food Cod...

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