Who inspects commercial kitchens in Alpine County?

Alpine County Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division -- Food Safety Program is the food safety authority for Alpine County. Reach them at 530.694.2235. California Retail Food Code (CRFC) provides the statutory base; the agency conducts inspections and documents findings through narrative violation reports.

How are inspection results communicated in Alpine County?

Alpine County Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division -- Food Safety Program documents inspections through narrative violation reports; no letter grade or numeric score is assigned. Results are available to the public through the agency's published portals.

Who enforces fire and hood-cleaning rules in Alpine County?

Alpine County Fire Departments is the fire authority having jurisdiction (AHJ). They enforce 2025 CFC and NFPA 96 (2021 edition) for commercial kitchen exhaust. Hood cleaning default frequency: quarterly.

What fire code edition applies in Alpine County?

2025 CFC is the adopted edition. NFPA 96 (2021) governs commercial kitchen exhaust systems. Local amendments: none recorded.

Where can I verify Alpine County inspection records?

Primary source: https://alpinecountyca.gov/200/Environmental-Health. EvidLY ScoreTable mirrors the latest jurisdiction-published results at https://www.getevidly.com/scoretable/california/alpine.

California Jurisdiction

Alpine County commercial kitchen compliance

California's 62nd-largest county by commercial kitchen population. Alpine County Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division -- Food Safety Program is the authority. Here's the methodology, the thresholds, and the fire code overlay.

Authority chain

Alpine County → Alpine County Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division -- Food Safety Program → California Retail Food Code

Alpine County is a smaller California jurisdiction. Inspection volume is lower than the metro counties, but the statutory framework — California Retail Food Code — is identical. The jurisdiction oversees approximately 20 permitted food facilities. The county seat is Markleeville. Seasonal drivers include Bear Valley ski resort, Kirkwood ski resort, Summer Tahoe spillover tourism. Most food facilities likely seasonal/resort-adjacent. Borders Lake Tahoe basin (south side); overlaps El Dorado's Tahoe operations. CAL FIRE AEU for entire county. No city AHJs.

Standard 01

Food Safety

Authority

Alpine County Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division -- Food Safety Program

Phone: 530.694.2235
Website: alpinecountyca.gov/200/Environmental-Health
Scoring type: None
Grading type: None
Permitted facilities: ~20
Office: 75 A Diamond Valley Rd, Markleeville, CA 96120

Methodology

Alpine County operates a CalCode-only food safety program through Environmental Health. No local placard ordinance, no letter grade system, no numeric scoring overlay, no rating tier, no public-facing inspection portal. Inspections produce narrative CalCode reports listing violations only; reports available via direct EHD request. Authority: California Retail Food Code. Smallest CA food safety jurisdiction by every measure -- approximately 20 retail food facilities total serving a county population of roughly 1,100. Effectively a single-inspector operation: CUPA inspector Jerry Sipe handles the EH inspection workload across food, hazmat, USTs, and liquid waste. Director: Dennis Lampson. EH program scope: Food Safety, Cottage Food Operations, Temporary Food Facilities, Hazardous Materials Management & CERS Reporting, Liquid Waste, Guidelines for Engineered Systems.

Inspection results published by the agency are mirrored at Alpine County on ScoreTable.

Primary source

Arthur direct research + Alpine County sitemap inventory + CalEPA 2025 CUPA Performance Evaluation. Direct fetch of alpinecountyca.gov pages was blocked this session; methodology absence inferred from search snippets and is consistent with single-inspector small-county operational scale.

Last verified by JIE: May 21, 2026

Published inspection data for Alpine County is mirrored on ScoreTable, direct from the agency.

Jurisdiction detail

What makes Alpine County distinct

Smallest CA food safety jurisdiction by both population and facility count: ~20 retail food facilities and ~1,100 county population. Single-inspector operational model handles all EH programs (food, hazmat, USTs, liquid waste) across the county. Institutional artifacts (dedicated portal, published methodology document, scoring system) do not exist at this scale.
No public-facing inspection portal: Reports available via direct EHD request only; no online lookup. Same as Berkeley, El Dorado, Mendocino, and other small CA jurisdictions in the same classification family.

Standard 02

Fire Safety

Authority having jurisdiction

Alpine County Fire Departments

Phone: (530) 694-2241
Website: alpinecountyca.gov
Fire code edition: 2025 CFC
NFPA 96 edition: 2021
Hood cleaning default: Quarterly
Permit type: Operational Fire Permit — annual renewal, pass/fail

Hood cleaning frequencies

Frequencies enforced by Alpine County Fire Departments per NFPA 96 (2021).

Cooking volume / type	Frequency
Solid-fuel cooking	Monthly
High-volume / 24-hour / charbroil / wok	Quarterly
Moderate-volume	Semiannually
Low-volume / seasonal / place of worship	Annually

Hood cleaning enforcement

LOW

Reference

Frequently asked

Who inspects commercial kitchens in Alpine County?: Alpine County Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division -- Food Safety Program is the food safety authority for Alpine County. Reach them at 530.694.2235. California Retail Food Code (CRFC) provides the statutory base; the agency conducts inspections and documents findings through narrative violation reports.
How are inspection results communicated in Alpine County?: Alpine County Health and Human Services, Environmental Health Division -- Food Safety Program documents inspections through narrative violation reports; no letter grade or numeric score is assigned. Results are available to the public through the agency's published portals.
Who enforces fire and hood-cleaning rules in Alpine County?: Alpine County Fire Departments is the fire authority having jurisdiction (AHJ). They enforce 2025 CFC and NFPA 96 (2021 edition) for commercial kitchen exhaust. Hood cleaning default frequency: quarterly.
What fire code edition applies in Alpine County?: 2025 CFC is the adopted edition. NFPA 96 (2021) governs commercial kitchen exhaust systems. Local amendments: none recorded.
Where can I verify Alpine County inspection records?: Primary source: https://alpinecountyca.gov/200/Environmental-Health. EvidLY ScoreTable mirrors the latest jurisdiction-published results at https://www.getevidly.com/scoretable/california/alpine.

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