Mount Prospect, IL Public Health Rules: Restaurant Grade Cards (2026)

Article III of Chapter 12 of the Mount Prospect Village Code is the inspection and licensing framework. Section 12.302 makes it unlawful to do business in the village as a food processing establishment, food service establishment, retail food store, or seller of milk or cream without first obtaining a license under Chapter 10 for each location. Section 12.303 designates these businesses as Class II establishments, and those otherwise inspected by the United States Food and Drug Administration as Class I. Under Section 11.408 B a Class II establishment receives up to four inspections or reinspections per year without additional charge. From the fifth on, the licensee pays an additional charge of $50.00 or one-quarter of the annual license fee, whichever is greater.

Section 12.306 governs the record. An inspectional report form is used that indicates violations of the rules promulgated under the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the Sanitary Inspections Law by representative item numbers 1 through 45. The violated item numbers and a statement describing each violation go in the remarks section. Section 12.301 defines a serious violation as a violation of a four (4) or five (5) point weighted item on the report of inspections.

The standards behind the form are adopted by reference. Section 12.102 A adopts the 1989 edition of the state department of public health food service sanitation rules and later editions or amendments, and Section 12.103 adopts the 1987 retail food store rules. Section 12.304 adopts Chapter 10, Compliance Procedures, of the FDA Food Service Sanitation Manual for issuing, suspending and revoking licenses, except sections 10-601 and 10-602.

Two enforcement tools sit beside the report. Section 12.308 lets the Department of Community Development place a hold order on equipment or a utensil in disrepair or unsanitary, with a request for hearing due within ten days and the hearing held within twenty days of the request. Section 12.309 allows a conditional license when health code defects are not imminent health hazards, never more than two consecutive twelve month periods and never beyond twenty four consecutive months. Section 12.310 provides informal office conferences.