Official:Amending Section 6-103 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Penalties and Cease Operations Orders" to authorize the Department of Licenses and Inspection to suspend for up to 120 days the food license of any licensee that receives two or more cease operations orders in any twelve month period; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell
Introduced: February 2, 2006
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
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This bill allows the city to temporarily suspend food licenses for up to 120 days if a business receives two or more 'cease operations' orders in a year due to health code violations.
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