To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Introduce Ordinance No. 2024-05 to Establish a Two-Year Pilot Program for Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
INTRODUCE Ordinance No. 2024-05, establishing a two-year pilot program for permitting Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations within Contra Costa County, WAIVE reading, and FIX May 21, 2024, for adoption.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The costs to administer the Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations program will initially be absorbed by the existing budget of the Contra Costa Health, Environmental Health Division (EHD) and supplemented by an upcoming Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations grant program allocated in the 2022 State budget. On the proposed ordinance adoption date of May 21, 2024, EHD also intends to present a resolution to the Board to establish new permit fees to cover the cost of the Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations program. There likely will be no impact to the County's general fund, as EHD is fully cost-covered by permit fees established via Board resolution.
BACKGROUND:
On January 1, 2019, California Assembly Bill 626 (AB 626) went into effect and Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation was established as a new type of retail food facility that allows an individual to operate a restaurant in their private residence.
In October 2019, California Assembly Bill 377 (AB 377) made some changes to AB 626 and provided regulatory clarity. This Bill provided each county full discretion to authorize the Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations program within its jurisdiction.
In July 2023, California Assembly Bill 1325 (AB 1325) further modified state law relating to Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations, increasing the maximum amount of gross annual sales and increasing the limit on the number of individual meals that can be sold by a Microenterprise Home Kitchen Oper...
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