It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate to
conduct a retail food establishment as defined in and governed by
Chapter 24, Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments and Food and
Beverage Vending Machines, of the State Sanitary Code, N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1
et seq., established hereunder without first having procured a license
from the local health department.
Application for such license shall be made to the Department
of Health on forms furnished by the Department for that purpose, and
all such licenses shall be signed by the Commissioner in charge of
the Department of Health and by the Health Officer.
A separate license shall be required for each establishment.
Such licenses shall not be transferable either as to the holder thereof
or as to the location thereof. The person, firm or corporation named
on the license must be the actual operator of the business.
There shall be no fee charged to those organizations which enjoy
tax-exempt status. However, the facilities of the tax-exempt organizations
shall be subject to inspection by the local health authorities.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by
a fine of not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail
for a period not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
and each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and each
day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate
and distinct offense.
This chapter and the standards established hereunder shall be
enforced by the Health Officer and/or Registered Environmental Health
Specialists of the Township of Nutley.