§ 38-242. Permit authorizing pet dogs in outdoor dining areas of restaurants.

The owner or proprietor of any restaurant which maintains an outdoor dining area may apply to the county clerk's office for a permit authorizing persons to allow pet dogs to be present upon the premises of the outdoor dining area subject to the following terms and conditions:

(1)

No pet dog shall be present in the interior of any restaurant or in any area where food is prepared;

(2)

The restaurant shall have the right to refuse to serve the owner of a pet dog if the owner fails to exercise reasonable control over the pet dog or the pet dog is otherwise behaving in a manner that compromises or threatens to compromise the health or safety of any person present in the restaurant;

(3)

All public food service establishment employees shall wash their hands promptly after touching, petting, or otherwise handling a pet dog. Employees shall be prohibited from touching, petting, or otherwise handling pet dogs while serving food or beverages or handling tableware or before entering other parts of the public food service establishment;

(4)

Employees and patrons shall be instructed that they shall not allow pet dogs to come into contact with serving dishes, utensils, tableware, linens, paper products, or any other items involved in food service operations;

(5)

Patrons shall keep their pet dogs on a leash at all times and keep their pet dogs under reasonable control;

(6)

Pet dogs shall not be allowed on chairs, tables, or other furnishings;

(7)

Accidents involving pet dog waste shall be cleaned immediately and the area sanitized with an approved product. A kit with the appropriate materials for this purpose shall be kept near the designated outdoor area;

(8)

A sign or signs reminding employees and patrons of the applicable rules shall be posted on the premises in a manner and place as determined by the local permitting authority; and

(9)

Pet dogs shall not be permitted to travel through indoor or nondesignated portions of the public food service establishment, and ingress and egress to the designated outdoor portions of the public food establishment shall not require entrance into or passage through any indoor area of the food establishment.

(Ord. No. O-10-6-102, § 1, 7-26-10)