Form CCS-FRM-446, Food Establishment Permit (Short Form) – Dallas, TX

Form CCS-FRM-446, Food Establishment Permit (Short Form), is the City of Dallas application, headed "Department of Code Compliance Application Receipt," on which a business owner applies for a permit under the City of Dallas ordinance for a food establishment.

The form is short. It records the name and address of the business, the legal owner as it appears on the Texas Sales & Use Tax Permit, the owner's type and mailing address, and the approximate square feet of the establishment. Below those entries is a statement the applicant certifies by signing with name, title and date.

That statement sets out the conditions that come with the permit:

• You must contact the Department of Code Compliance to secure an inspection of the establishment, which determines all defects that must be corrected before approval to operate.
• An on-site Certified Food Service Manager is required before permit approval.
• Once the permit is approved, an annual permit fee invoice is mailed each year and is due on December 31; a late fee is due if payment is received after December 31.
• All fees are non-refundable.

The bottom of the form is for city use: inspector approval, date approved, card code, the amount received and who received it. The form lists four copies: white (file), canary (Plan Section), pink (Auditor) and goldenrod (Citizen). This form is not a building permit application.

The owner or operator of a food establishment in the City of Dallas who is applying for a permit to operate it completes Form CCS-FRM-446. The form asks for the legal owner of the business as it appears on the Texas Sales & Use Tax Permit, so the owner's details must match that permit.

Conditions attached to the application:

• The applicant signs with name, title and date, certifying that they have read and understand the statements on the form. The form does not say who else may sign for the owner.
• The establishment must pass an inspection arranged through the Department of Code Compliance, and all defects found must be corrected before approval to operate.
• An on-site Certified Food Service Manager is required before the permit is approved.

The form is the short application for a food establishment permit only. It does not cover other kinds of City of Dallas permits, such as building permits.

Submit Form CCS-FRM-446 when you apply for a permit to operate a food establishment in Dallas, before the facility operates: the form states that the inspection must find no uncorrected defects and that an on-site Certified Food Service Manager must be in place before the permit is approved. No separate application due date is printed on the form.

After approval, the timing that matters is the annual permit fee. The City mails an invoice each year, due on December 31, and an additional late fee is due if payment is received after December 31. Fees are non-refundable, so confirm the establishment is ready for inspection before paying.

The form prints no mailing address, online portal or office address of its own, so it names no submission channel beyond contacting the Department of Code Compliance.

• Inspection: contact the Department of Code Compliance to secure an inspection of the establishment. The form says this is required to determine the defects that must be corrected before approval to operate.
• Application: ask the Department of Code Compliance how it takes the signed Form CCS-FRM-446; the form itself does not say. The City's page for the document is the official source link on this page.
• Fees: fees apply. After approval, the City mails the annual permit fee invoice, due December 31 each year, with a late fee if received after that date. All fees are non-refundable. Ask the City for current amounts, since the form does not print them.

The white, canary, pink and goldenrod copies noted at the bottom are the City's internal and applicant copies. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the City of Dallas channels described above.