[Adopted 12-13-1971 by Ord. No. 763 (Ch. VII, Sec. 7-4, of the 1971 Revised General Ordinances)]
[Amended 5-14-2003 by Ord. No. 1440]
A. 
All retail food establishments, including restaurants, diners and any other establishments regularly selling or serving food to the public in the Borough of Glen Rock, must obtain a retail food establishment license. Such license shall expire annually on December 31. License applications shall be submitted together with the required fee prior to February 1 of each year. Failure to obtain a license by January 31 will result in a late fee.
B. 
Nonprofit organizations. Whenever food is to be prepared at any of these facilities, a temporary permit must be obtained prior to the date of the function. To obtain this permit, the organization shall provide: date and length of function; type of food being prepared; location of preparation; approximate number of people being served. The Glen Rock Board of Health has the authority to restrict the types of food to be prepared or served.
[Amended 5-14-2003 by Ord. No. 1440]
In lieu of the requirements of Chapter 133, Licensing, the Board of Health shall investigate applicants, issue licenses and otherwise enforce the provisions of Chapter XII of the State Sanitary Code, entitled "Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments and Food and Beverage Vending Machines."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq.
[Added 4-26-1993 by Ord. No. 1209; amended 5-14-2003 by Ord. No. 1440]
A. 
As a prerequisite to obtaining an annual retail food establishment license, each owner, manager, or employee in charge of other employees serving food on each particular shift shall have current certification in either the eighteen-hour food manager's certification course or the three-hour food handler's course. The certificates of the food manager's course or the food handler's course shall be effective for three years from the date of issuance.
B. 
At least one person in each new establishment shall have taken the eighteen-hour food manager's certification course. After the initial course is successfully completed, recertification may be accomplished by completing either the eighteen-hour food manager's course or the three-hour food handler's course.
C. 
Certification shall be maintained at all times. Lapse of certification may result in a summons being issued.
D. 
If proper certifications are not current, the Glen Rock Board of Health may issue an interim retail food license until the required next available food manager's or food handler's certification courses have occurred. The fee for an interim retail food license shall be the normal fee plus a special surcharge. No part of the special surcharge shall be returned.
E. 
Any nonprofit organization which routinely prepares and serves food shall have a representative of the organization take the three-hour food handler's certification course.
F. 
Any nursery school which routinely prepares and serves food shall have a representative of the organization take the three-hour food handler's certification course.
G. 
A retail food establishment license issued by another jurisdiction is not transferable to the Borough of Glen Rock.
[Amended 4-8-1991 by Ord. No. 1174; 11-10-1992 by Ord. No. 1204; 4-26-1993 by Ord. No. 1209; 7-26-2006 by Ord. No. 1532]
The fees for licenses under this article shall be as set forth in Chapter 101, Fees.
[Amended 4-26-1993 by Ord. No. 1209; 9-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1291; 5-14-2003 by Ord. No. 1440]
In addition to the grounds for revocation set forth in Chapter 133, Licensing, § 133-9, any license issued under this article may be suspended or revoked as follows:
A. 
Failure to comply with any provision of Chapter XII of the State Sanitary Code, entitled "Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments and Food and Beverage Vending Machines."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq.
B. 
Any retail food establishment which receives an "unsatisfactory" rating after inspection shall immediately cease from serving any food or similar product until a "satisfactory" rating has been obtained.
C. 
The owners or managers of any retail food establishment which receives two consecutive "conditionally satisfactory" ratings may be called to appear before the next meeting of the Glen Rock Board of Health to show cause why the retail food license shall not be suspended in accordance with Chapter 12 of the New Jersey Sanitary Code. In addition, the owner or manager shall be required to complete the next available eighteen-hour food manager's certification course.