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Ordinance No. 2056 Page 2 EXHIBIT A Title 18 Zoning Chapter 18.08 Definitions Section 18.08.117 Cottage Food Operation "Cottage food operation" means an enterprise within the registered or permitted (by the Alameda County Department of Environmental Health Food Safety Division) area of a private home or apartment, or other multi-family housing (i.e. condominiums or townhomes), where the individual, who proposes to operate the cottage food operation in his or her private residence and is the owner of the cottage food operation, prepares and /or packages cottage food products that are not potentially hazardous foods for direct or indirect sale to consumers. See California Health & Safety Code §113758. Chapter 18.105 Cottage Food Operations Chapter 18.105 Cottage Food Operations 18.105.010 Purpose. 18.105.020 Procedure. 18.105.030 Application — required information and maps. 18.105.040 Action of zoning administrator. 18.105.050 Standards. 18.105.060 Additional procedures. 18.105.010 Purpose. The City is required by 2012 State laws AB 1616 (cottage food operations) and AB 2297 (California retail food code) to allow cottage food operations in residential areas under specific circumstances. This chapter is intended to comply with State law, and adopt the reasonable standards allowed by State law to provide that cottage food operations in residential areas do not create unreasonable impacts. 18.105.020 Procedure. Applications for cottage food operations shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. 18.105.030 Application — required information and maps. An application for a permit to engage in a cottage food operation shall be filed with the zoning administrator on a form prescribed by the city and shall include the following information and maps: A. Name and address of the applicant, who must be the proposed cottage food operator (the individual who proposes to operate the cottage food operation in his or her private residence and is the owner of the cottage food operation) (see Cal. Health & Safety Code §113758(b)(2)); B. Statement of whether the applicant is the owner or a tenant of the property on which the use is proposed to be located; and if a tenant, the name and contact information for the property owner, landlord, or management company; as well as the signature of the property owner, landlord or management company consenting to the application;