MARKET SURVEY, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 19 



REGULATIONS GOVERNING RETAIL SALE OF FRESH FISH IN 



JACKSONVILLE 



The retail sale of fresh fish in Jacksonville is regulated by city 

 ordinances. Ordinance No. T-14, bill No. T-3, states, in part, as 

 follows : 



Sec. 2. (a) That the place of business wherein such fresh fish are kept and 

 offered for sale shall be located within the sewered district of the city of Jackson- 

 ville and have connection with the public sewerage system of said city. 



(6) That the place of business wherein such fresh fish are kept and offered for 

 sale shall be well lighted, having windows equal in area to 10 per cent of the floor 

 space. All windows, doors, and other openings shall be fully screened, and said 

 place of business shall have good ventilation, and said premises shall be kept 

 free from insects and vermin. 



(c) That wherever there are sold or offered for sale undressed fish or fish that 

 have not had their scales removed, but are dressed to the extent of having their 

 gills and entrails taken out, an ice box shall be supplied within which the fish 

 shall be kept with a layer of ice and a layer of fish alternating so that a tempera- 

 ture of 40° Fahrenheit shall at all times be maintained, and said ice box shall 

 stand on a cement base raised 9 inches above the original floor to support said 

 ice box and to afford connection to a sand trap, which shall be connected with the 

 public sewer. 



(d) That wherever there are sold or offered for sale fish that are completely 

 dressed, i. e., fish that have been scaled and had the gills and entrails removed, 

 there shall be suppUed a double-compartment box having adequate insulation 

 and having brine or mechanical refrigeration in one compartment in which said 

 fish are kept; and said compartment in which the fish are kept shall maintain a 

 temperature which shall at no time rise above 40° Fahrenheit; and all parts of 

 said box shall be accessible for cleaning and the box shall have a faucet for 

 removal of the brine or shall be connected with the public sewer. 



(e) That no fish, except as held for sale under subparagraph (c) of section 2 

 hereof, shall be dressed on the premises, or cut up on meat blocks, or displayed 

 in cases with other foods of any kind, and scales shall be maintained in said prem- 

 ises which shall be used for weighing fish only. 



(/) That fish shall at no time be kept in meat boxes on said premises. 



REGULATIONS GOVERNING PEDDLING OF FRESH FISH IN 

 JACKSONVILLE 



Peddling of fishery products is regulated by city ordinance No. 

 K-122, bill No. N-197, which states in part: 



Section 1. No person shall anywhere within the city limits at any time hawk, 

 peddle, or offer for sale at retail to consumers, from house to house, upon any 

 street in the city, or from docks or boats within the city, any fish, oysters, crabs, 

 or shrimp, unless such person has actually caught the same, except as hereinafter 

 provided. Fish, oj'sters, shrimp, or crabs so hawked, peddled, or offered for 

 sale must be kept in a closed and thoroughly sanitary receptacle, and they shall 

 be kept at all times in ice and so screened as to exclude flies and dust. 



No license tax shall be required for doing business under this ordinance by 

 persons who hawk or peddle fish, oysters, shrimp, or crabs of his own catch, but 

 each person desiring to hawk or peddle fish, oysters, shrimp, or crabs of his own 

 catch must first obtain a permit from the mayor to conduct such business. The 

 mayor shall have authority to revoke such permit at any time for a violation of 

 any of the provisions of this ordinance. 



Sec. 2. Each person who hawks or peddles fish, oysters, shrimp, or crabs not 

 of his own catch must pay an annual license tax of five dollars, as now provided 

 by ordinance, and if more than one vehicle is used he shall also pay a similar 

 license for each vehicle so used. 



