Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 19 - Public Health and Safety
13-B
Chapter II - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Toilet and Handwashing Facilities at Public Buildings, Places of Public Assembly, Places Dispensing Food and Beverage for Consumption on the Premises, and for the Patrons of Large Stores and Shopping Centers
Section 19-13-B105 - Definitions
Current through September 9, 2024
The following definitions shall apply for the purposes of sections 19-13-B106 to 19-13-B113, inclusive:
(a) "Public Building" means any building owned, leased or occupied by the state or any of its subdivisions, or by any town, city or borough in the state such as a courthouse, town or city hall, statehouse, or offices used for public transactions.
(b) "Places of Public Assembly" means structures where fifty (50) or more persons assemble for the purpose of discussing and acting upon some matters in which they have a common interest, transaction of some business of a common interest, religious worship, or attending a recreational, entertainment or educational event. The term shall include but not be limited to churches, chapels, meeting houses, auditoriums, assembly halls, theaters, sports complexes.
(c) "Places Dispensing Food and Beverages for Consumption on the Premises" means any place where food is prepared and intended for individual portion service to patrons, and includes the site at which individual portions are provided. The term includes but is not limited to restaurant, luncheonette and delicatessen-type operations that prepare sandwiches for individual portion service.
(d) "Large Store" (Mercantile) means a commercial establishment where goods are kept for sale, having five thousand (5,000) sq. ft. or more of space for the display of goods for patrons to purchase.
(e) "Shopping Center" or "Shopping Mall" means more than one store forming a central retail market, and situated within the same basic structure having common ownership.
(f) "Patron" means a client or customer of a large store or shopping center or place dispensing food and beverages for consumption on the premises.
(g) "Easily Cleanable" means that surfaces are readily accessible and made of such materials and finish as to be smooth and impervious to water and cleaning agents.
