47.1.1 ADOPTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH CODE.
That certain document in book form entitled Los Angeles County Public Health Code of which code not less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the Office of the City Clerk of the City, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended by this Chapter, is hereby adopted by the City Council of the City as the Public Health Code of the City.
47.2.1 TATTOOING ESTABLISHMENTS.
Section 320 of the Los Angeles County Health Code entitled Tattooing Establishments is hereby deleted.
47.2.2 RUBBISH.
Section 603 of the Los Angeles County Health Code entitled Rubbish is hereby deleted.
47.2.3 BURIAL OF OFFENSIVE MATERIAL.
Section 604 of the Los Angeles County Health Code entitled Burial of Offensive Material is hereby deleted.
47.2.4 HOUSING AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Chapter XI of the Los Angeles County Health Code entitled Housing and General Requirements is hereby deleted.
47.2.5 PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND ATTIRE.
(Added by O-2380)
Section 376 of the Public Health Code as adopted by the City of Torrance is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
SECTION 376 PERSONAL CLEANLINESS AND ATTIRE.
a) All operators, while engaged in the preparation of food or the washing of utensils, (1) shall wear clean, washable outer garments, (2) shall keep their hands and fingernails clean, (3) shall wear head bands, caps, or similar devices for retaining falling hair, (4) shall not engage in, or permit the use of, tobacco in any form, and (5) shall not engage in or permit the discharge of any substances from the mouth, nose, or other part of the body upon the walls or floors of such food handling operations.
b) Shaving, hair-brushing, or combing shall not be permitted in any restaurant, itinerant restaurant, food establishment or slaughterhouse except in a toilet room or dressing room, separate from any room in which food is prepared or served or in which utensils are washed.
c) No operator or any other person infected with any communicable disease shall engage in the serving of food or beverages or the washing of utensils in any public premises.
d) No operator or any other person who is naked or wearing a costume which leaves exposed his or her breasts below the top of the areola, buttocks, genitals or pubic area shall be engaged in the serving of food or beverages in any public premises.
47.2.6 READOPTION OF COUNTY CODE; FOOD FACILITY GRADING.
(Added by O-3532; Amended by O-3753)
a) Sections 11.02.010 to 11.38.610, inclusive, with the exception of Sections 11.02.192, 11.04.030 to 11.04.330, 11.15.010 to 11.15.050, 11.16.060, 11.16.110, 11.91.010 to 11.19.040, 11.28.010 to 11.28.060, 11.36.010 to 11.36.080, 11.38.470 and 11.38.460, and Chapter 11.20 of the Health and Safety Code of the County of Los Angeles and all subsequent ordinances amending the incorporated sections of Title 11 of the Los Angeles County Code, are adopted and incorporated by this reference as if set forth in full in this Section. The adopted provisions of the Health and Safety Code fully express the will and intention of the City Council of the City of Torrance as to those matters relating to public health that are contained in the sections of the Los Angeles County Code incorporated and adopted by this Section.
b) Sections 8.04.142, 8.04.165, 8.04.200, 8.04.225, 8.04.275, 8.04.306, 8.04.311, 8.04.337, 8.04.339, 8.04.403, 8.04.405, 8.04.595, 8.04.720 (to the extent that the fees set forth in this Section apply to food official inspections), 8.04.728, 8.04.752, 8.04.755, 8.04.790, 8.04.810, 8.04.817 and 8.04.943 of Title 8 of the Los Angeles County Code (Consumer Protection and Business Regulations) and all subsequent ordinances amending the incorporated sections of Title 8 of the Los Angeles County Code, are adopted and incorporated by this reference as if set forth in full in this Section. The adopted provisions of Title 8 of the Los Angeles County Code fully express the will and intention of the City Council of the City of Torrance as to those matters relating to public health that are contained in the sections of the Los Angeles County Code incorporated and adopted by this Section.
c) The provisions of this Section, insofar as they are substantially the same as provisions of the Torrance Municipal Code relating to the same subject matter existing immediately preceding adoption of this Section, shall be construed as restatements and continuances, and not as new enactments.
d) The issuance of a permit, certification, or approval under the provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of any other requirement contained in the Torrance Municipal Code or any other law or ordinance, and all such requirements shall be complied with in addition to the obtaining of a permit, certification, or approval under the provisions of this Section.
e) The issuance of a permit, certification, or approval under the provisions of this Section shall not constitute an approval of any violation of any provision of this Section, or any law or ordinance, and a permit, certification, approval, or other document purporting to give authority to violate any law or ordinance shall not be valid with respect thereto.
f) Any person, group, corporation or association which prepares food for, or dispenses food to, members of the public shall comply with the provisions of the Los Angeles County Health and Safety Code, which are adopted and incorporated by this Section and which impose requirements for food handling, preparation, storage and treatment and for the packaging of box lunches, sandwiches and other prepared food.
g) In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or ambiguity arises between the provisions of Title 8 and Title 11 of the Los Angeles County Code as adopted by this Section and any other provision of the Torrance Municipal Code, the provisions of the Torrance Municipal Code shall govern.
h) A copy of Title 8 (Consumer Protection and Business Regulations) and of Title 11 (Health and Safety) of the Los Angeles County Code is on file in the Office of the City Clerk.