[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee (now Mayor and Council)
of the Township of North Brunswick 12-2-1957. Section 123-16
amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions. Other
amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined
as follows:
Any and all premises upon which is conducted one or any combination
of the following practices when done upon the scalp, face or neck for cosmetic
purposes and not for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments,
and when done for payment either directly or indirectly or without payment
for the public generally: shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair;
giving facial and scalp massage or treatment with oils, creams, lotions or
other preparations, either by hand or mechanical appliances; singeing, shampooing
or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonics; applying cosmetic preparations,
antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to scalp, face or neck. The term
"barbershop" shall not include beauty shops limited to the practice of hair
and beauty culture and catering to female persons and as further defined in
N.J.R.S. 45:4A-5.
No person shall engage as an operator in the business of a barbershop,
nor shall any person employ any other person as an operator in connection
with the business of a barbershop, in the township, unless every such person,
whether employer or employee, shall have previously filed with the Secretary
of the Board of Health of the Township of North Brunswick a medical certificate
from a physician duly licensed to practice medicine in the State of New Jersey,
setting forth that such person, both employer and employee, is free from tuberculosis,
syphilis and any other contagious or communicable disease, and unless all
such persons shall have obtained from the Board the customary health certificate.
The medical certificate referred to in the preceding section shall be
filled out and completed upon forms to be supplied by the Board and, when
filed, shall be effective for the balance of the calendar year of issuance.
In lieu of the medical certificate required in this chapter, satisfactory
evidence may be furnished that a similar examination or certificate has been
had or obtained by or from the State of New Jersey, and in such case the effective
period shall be concurrent with that provided in the state certificate.
Every health certificate, as issued, shall be prominently displayed
at all times in the place where the person to whom the same has been so issued
is employed or engaged in the business aforesaid.
All barbershops shall be well lighted and ventilated, and all furniture,
equipment, tools and utensils therein and the floors, walls and ceilings thereof
shall at all times be kept clean.
It shall be unlawful to own, manage, operate or control any barbershop
except under the following conditions:
A.
There shall be readily available at such shop, school
or college an adequate supply of hot and cold water, and where a public water
supply under pressure and a sewerage system is available, there shall be provided
in such barbershop a supply of hot and cold running water under pressure.
B.
No towel shall be used on any patron which has been used
upon another patron unless such towel shall have been relaundered and thoroughly
dried, and no towel shall be used on any patron which has been placed in a
steamer or sterilizer.
C.
The headrest of a barber chair shall be covered with
a clean covering such as a towel or paper before being used by any patron.
D.
There shall be placed about the neck of each patron served
a clean towel or other clean material to prevent the cut hair from touching
the skin of the patron.
E.
Any tool or part thereof which comes into contact with
the head, face or neck of a patron, such as razors, scissors, tweezers, combs
and parts of vibrators, shall be immersed in boiling water or in alcohol of
a strength of 70% or higher or treated by some other equally effective method
before being used on each patron.
F.
Any shaving mug and shaving brush shall be thoroughly
rinsed in hot water immediately before use in serving a patron.
G.
If any cuspidor is provided, it shall be thoroughly cleaned
at least once each day and there shall be kept in such cuspidor a disinfecting
solution.
H.
At least two receptacles for soiled towels and waste
shall be provided. Only used towels shall be deposited in one, and wastes
such as used shaving paper shall be deposited in the other.
I.
No styptic pencils, finger bowls, sponge, lump alum or
powder puff shall be used except those of the individual applicator type.
J.
No room used as a barbershop shall be used as a sleeping
room nor be located in any sleeping room, food store, restaurant or lunchroom
unless separated therefrom by a substantial partition extending from floor
to ceiling.
K.
There shall be at least 78 square feet of floor space
in every barbershop having one barber chair, and there shall be at least 60
square feet of floor space for each additional barber chair.
L.
Any barbershop maintaining toilet facilities for public
use shall maintain such facilities in a clean and sanitary condition.
Attendants, while attending any patron, shall wear clean outer garments.
Immediately before serving a patron, all attendants shall thoroughly
wash their hands with soap and water.
No common drinking cup or glass shall be maintained, kept or used.
No barbershop shall open for business earlier than 8:30 a.m., nor shall
any barbershop close later than 6:00 p.m. throughout the year, except on Saturdays
and days preceding the following named legal holidays, to wit: New Year's
Day, Washington's Birthday, Decoration Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, when they shall close not later than 7:00
p.m.
All shops shall remain closed on the first day of the week, commonly
called Sunday, the above-mentioned legal holidays and Wednesday of each week,
excepting the Wednesday of the weeks in which the above-mentioned legal holidays
occur.
During the hours and on the days when barbershops are closed under the
provisions of this chapter, the entire interior of the shop shall be open
to full view from the public street; and no other business shall be conducted
in said shop during the hours and on the days when said barbershops are closed
under the provisions of this chapter.
All premises hereunder shall be subject to such conditions, restrictions,
rules and regulations as the Board of Health of the Township of North Brunswick
may see fit to impose in order to protect the health of the township.
[Amended 9-15-1997 by Ord. No. 97-11]
The fee for the operation of a barbershop is specified in Chapter 212, Licensed Occupations.
[Amended 9-6-1977; 4-17-2006
by Ord. No. 06-06]
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of
not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Judge. The
continuation of such violation on each successive day shall constitute a separate
offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation
of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
