HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 2257 - 7/28/1992 - FOOD VENDING MACHINES, AUTOMATICORDINANCE NO. 2257
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE J.
AUTOMATIC FOOD VENDING MACHINES OF THE OFFICIAL CODE
OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois:
Section 1: That Chapter 5, Article J., Section 3-5J-1 be amended to
read as follows:
A. Bulk Food/Beverage Vending Machine shall mean each container
or device used for the sale of any bulk beverage or article
of food, the operation of which is governed or controlled by
the deposit of U.S. currency or token. All containers or
devices mounted on, or included in one framework, shall be
considered as part of one bulk vending machine for licensing
purposes.
B. A Packaged Food/Beverage Vending Machine shall mean a
container or device used for the sale of any prepackaged
beverage or article of food, the operation of which is
governed or controlled by the deposit of U.S. Currency or
token.
Section 2: That Chapter 5, Article J., Section 3-5J-5 be amended to
read as follows:
A. It shall be the responsibility of the Health and Police
Departments to make or cause to be made such inspections as
may be necessary to insure compliance with the provisions of
this article and all other ordinances relating thereto.
B. Any vending machine, the owner or owners of which have a
total of ten (10) or more unpaid citations, issued within
a thirty (30) day period, charging that such machine owned
by the same owner or owners is operating in violation of
any Ordinance of the Village shall be deemed a public
nuisance, and the Police Department or any other agent of
the Village are hereby authorized to remove, or cause to be
be removed and impound the offending machine at the sole
cost and expense of the owner or owners thereof.
C. Any machine impounded pursuant to this Section will be
released to its lawful owner or owners upon the showing
of adequate evidence of the right of possession and upon
the payment of all licenses required, accrued fines and
costs for each outstanding unpaid citations or judgement
against the person or persons owning the machine. In lieu
of payment of the amount due on the unpaid citations, the
owner may wish to appear in court to contest the violation,
and may do so by completing a request for a court appear-
ance in the Circuit Court of Cook to answer- said violations.
The release must be signed by the Licensing Officer of the
Village.
Section 3: That the Village Clerk is hereby authorized to publish
this Ordinance in pamphlet form.
Section 4: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law.
VOTES: AYE: 4 NAY: 0 ABSENT: 2
PASSED this 28th day of July 1992.
APPROVED this 28th day of July 1992.
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
ATTEST:
Patricia S. Smith
Village Clerk
PUBLISHED this 30th day of July , 1992 in Pamphlet Form.
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