Title
Ordinance amendment for the Lake County Health Department Environmental Health Fees Schedule (as authorized in Lake County Code of Ordinances Chapter 178).

Staff Summary
* Proposed revisions to the Environmental Health Fees Schedule clarify requirements, add fees for farmers' market sales permits (as recently implemented by State statute), add a fee for cottage food operation registrations (as required by State Statute), add a fee category for high risk (category 1) temporary food service multiple event permits, and support fee and procedural changes to temporary food service permits, including additions, changes and clarification of late fees. Specifically, the proposed revisions are as follows:
* Language is added to specify that fees established or controlled by Illinois statute or other authorized agencies are not subject to annual adjustment by the Lake County Consumer Price Index.
* Terminology for single and multiple temporary food service event permits is made consistent throughout; other terms are amended for clarity.
* Fees for Farmers' Market Sales Permits (egg sales and full sales) are added, as recently established by Illinois statute.
* A fee for a high risk (category 1) Temporary Foodservice Multiple Event Permit (Food Trucks Only) is added.
* Language is added to clarify that Temporary Multiple Event Permits are valid for 6 months.
* The timeframe when a late fee is due for a temporary food service event permit is shortened from seven days to three days; the late fee is increased from $37 to $50.
* A late fee of $200 is added and may be charged for temporary food service permit applications made the same day of the event.
* A fee is added for the registration of a Cottage Food Operation of $50, per Illinois statute.

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ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department is authorized to enforce a local ordinance regulating food service facilities to protect the public's health; and

WHEREAS, the ordinance that authorizes...

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