It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate to
conduct a retail food establishment as defined in and governed by
the State Sanitary Code, without first having procured a license to
be issued annually by the Health Officer on or before November 1 of
each year, or without complying with any or all of the provisions
concerning operation and maintenance of the same as contained in the
State Sanitary Code.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1611-00; Ord. No. 1771-03]
A. The annual license fees of retail food establishments are hereby fixed and may be found in Chapter
156 of this Code.
B. The following shall be exempt from payment of the aforesaid license
fees, but shall otherwise comply with the provisions of this section:
(1) Food establishments conducted by churches, veterans' organizations,
volunteer fire and first aid organizations, and Lawrence Township
Parent Teachers Organizations, and charitable organizations operating
food pantries.
C. Any applicant for renewal of a license issued pursuant to §
192-3 who shall fail to make payment of the foregoing fees on or prior to the expiration date of the license being renewed shall, in addition to the fees herein provided, pay a penalty of $1 per day for each day of the delinquency commencing on November 15 of the then current licensing year.
No provision of this section shall be applied so as to impose
any unlawful burden on either interstate commerce or any activity
of the state or federal government.
All licensees under §
83-1 who sell alcoholic beverages shall prominently post on their premises a warning of the dangers to the unborn children of women who consume alcoholic beverages while pregnant. The nature and type of warning signs shall be determined by the Lawrence Township Department of Health, which shall prepare and distribute the warning signs. Any licensee violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine as provided by law.