Definitions.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 812-102
in effectSec. 812-102. - Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
Delivery fee means a fee charged by a third-party food delivery service for providing a retail food establishment with a service that delivers food from such establishment to customers. The term does not include any other fee that may be charged by a third-party food delivery service to a retail food establishment, such as fees for listing or advertising the retail food establishment on the third-party food delivery service platform or fees related to processing the online order, including, but not limited to, service fees, fees for facilitating online orders for pick-up, and credit card processing fees.
Online order means an order placed by a customer through or with the assistance of a platform provided by a third-party food delivery service, including a telephone order, for delivery or pick-up within the city.
Purchase price means the price, as listed on the menu, for the items contained in an online order, minus any applicable coupon or promotional discount provided to the customer by the retail food establishment through the third-party food delivery service. This definition does not include taxes, gratuities, and any other fees or costs that may make up the total amount charged to the customer of an online order.
Retail food establishment shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Indiana Administrative Code under 410 IAC 7-24-79, including but not limited to a restaurant, a catering operation, a grocery store, a tavern, or a food bank.
Third-party food delivery service means any website, mobile application, or other internet service that offers or arranges for the sale of food and beverages prepared by, and the delivery or pick-up of food and beverages from, no fewer than twenty (20) retail food establishments located in the consolidate city-county that are each owned and operated by different persons.
(G.O. 10, 2021, § 1)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIVBUCORELI_CH812THPADESEREFOES_S812-102DEFetched: 10/27/2026