[HISTORY: Derived from Chapter BH-V and Section 5-5 of the 1972 Revised General Ordinances, as amended through 10-1-1998. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 55.
Licensing — See Ch. 112.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 130.
A. 
A code regulating retail food establishments authorized by N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq., commonly known as "Chapter XII of the State Sanitary Code,"[2] is hereby adopted and made a part of this chapter without the inclusion of the text herein, and provided further that only such matters are excepted from such code as shall be set forth herein either in the place of, or in addition to, the provisions of the code.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Chapter 24 of the State Sanitary Code, N.J.A.C. 8:24-1 et seq.
B. 
Three copies of said code have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Health of the township upon the introduction of this chapter for the use and examination of the public.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person shall conduct a retail food establishment as defined and governed by the aforesaid code without first having procured a license from the local Board of Health.
In addition to the requirements contained in Chapter 112, each application for a license under this chapter shall be investigated by the Board of Health, which shall report its findings in writing to the Township Council within a reasonable time. No license shall be issued unless the Board of Health reports that the applicant conforms to all provisions of the code.
In addition to the grounds for revocation set forth in § 112-9, a license issued under this chapter may be suspended or revoked for failure to comply with any provision of the code.
Organizations formed as nonprofit corporations under the laws of the State of New Jersey, and other organizations or associations which are not incorporated, but which are organized as associations for nonprofit purposes or as accessories to or in aid of any established churches, fraternal or civic or benevolent groups, which desire to serve food to the public on a temporary or irregular basis for one day or series of days not exceeding seven in any year, shall be exempt from payment of any of the license fees required herein and shall be further exempt from attending any seminars or courses otherwise required under the provisions of this chapter. To be exempt, however, any such organization shall notify the Health Officer of the township four weeks prior to the desired function where food will be sold, served or prepared and shall permit the Health Officer to check the site for the function and the equipment to be used and to furnish information about the health rules required of those organizations or associations conducting the sale or preparation of food.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $500. Each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, and each day such provision is violated, shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.
A. 
Licenses issued or approved under the provisions of this chapter shall expire annually on December 31 of each year and application for renewal thereof shall be submitted together with the required fee prior to January 1 of each year. Licenses issued or approved prior to the adoption of this chapter shall be allowed a credit for the fee previously paid to the local Board of Health.
B. 
Any licensee who has failed to renew his or her license by January 15 of the year following the year of expiration of the immediately preceding license shall pay an additional fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Township Council[1] for each calendar month or portion of a month during which said license is not renewed, which late charge shall be in addition to any penalty provided for in § 98-7. Any retail food establishment for which a renewal license has not been issued prior to January 1 of any year shall be subject to immediate closure and shall be considered as operating in violation of this code.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 88, Fees.