As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
FOOD AND BEVERAGE VENDING MACHINE OR MACHINE
Any device offered for public use which, upon insertion of
a coin, coins or token, or by other means, dispenses unit servings
of food or beverage, either in bulk or in package, without the necessity
of replenishing the device between each vending operation.
No person shall maintain or permit to be maintained
any food and beverage vending machine unless a license to sell or
dispense food or beverage from the machine has been obtained from
the Division of Health.
The sale of dispensing of food or beverages
from a machine shall be permitted only in a store, factory, theater,
school, office, club, lodge, community center, recreational building,
charitable institution, personal service establishment or building
of public assembly.
No person shall place, erect, operate or maintain any machine for the sale of food or beverage in any location except as permitted in §
146-11.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided
herein, any person who violates any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $50
nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days, or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on
each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.