Food Service Licensing
Persons serving food to the public, (with or without charge) are required to be licensed, per State and local laws.
Examples: Restaurants, Temporary Food at events, food wagons, and food provided to the public by schools, churches, and non-profit organizations.
An application is required and sometimes plans are also necessary.
Click here for a Temporary Food Service License Application
Click here for Additional Food Service Information
For regulations on Bakeries, Grocery Stores, Gas Stations, Convenience Stores, or Processing plants contact the Michigan Department of Agriculture regional office, please dial the following toll-free number: 1-800-292-3939.
Sanitation Services
The city sanitarian regulary inspects public swimming pools, group day cares', adult foster care homes, water wells, and septic tanks as required by local and state codes or permit.
For information about this program please contact our office.
Smoke Free Air Law(effective May 1, 2010)
For information on the new smoking laws, visit the Michigan State website at http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2940_2955_2973_55026---,00.html. If you have additional questions you may call Amy Oosterink, Health Educator for the Ottawa County Health Department, at 616-393-5793.