Stockton Municipal Code
Chapter 7
HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE

Part I
FOOD PRODUCTS AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS

Division 7
ILLUMINATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS DISPENSING FOOD AND BEVERAGES

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SEC. 7-033. ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION IN ROOMS WHERE FOOD AND BEVERAGES ARE SOLD TO THE PUBLIC:
All rooms in the City of Stockton in which food or beverages are served to the public, shall be provided with artificial illumination equivalent to a minimum of five-tenths (5/10) of a foot-candle of light on a vertical plane at a distance of five (5) feet from the floor as measured by a standard light meter. Such artificial illumination must be in use except when equivalent natural light is present.

SEC. 7-033.1. ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION IN ROOMS WHERE FOOD IS STORED OR PREPARED:
All rooms in the City of Stockton in which food is stored or prepared or in which utensils are washed in connection with the serving of food or beverages to the public, shall be provided with artificial illumination, equivalent to at least ten (10) foot candles of light at a distance of thirty (30) inches from the floor or working surface as measured by a standard light meter; and such artificial illumination must be in use except when equivalent natural light is present.

SEC. 7-033.2. SWITCHES FOR CONTROL OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT:
The switches for controlling the artificial light circuits shall be so located that they will be inaccessible to patrons.