The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be supplemental to
the provisions of the statute with respect to health and vital statistics
(N.J.S.A. Title 26), and the New Jersey State Sanitary Code as established
and revised by the public Health Council of the State of New Jersey, including
any changes or additions which may have been or which may be enacted hereafter.
Whereas certain commercial services or enterprises conducted in the
Borough are considered to involve potential hazard to the health and welfare
of Borough residents unless acceptable standards of cleanliness are maintained
with respect to quarters, equipment, methods and materials, the Board of Health
hereby designates particular types of commercial and business enterprises
over which it considers it essential to exercise some measure of sanitary
control and directs that the person, partnership or corporation or local manager
thereof responsible for the conduct of such enterprises in the Borough shall
apply for, obtain and display a Health Board permit or Health Board license,
or both, as set forth in this article.
The particular commercial services or enterprises for which a permit
must be obtained and displayed are enumerated, but not limited to, as follows:
A. Animals:
(1) Hospitals, kennels, pounds, shelters permit fee: $35.
(2) Pet shops permit fee: $50.
B. Ice/potable water vendors permit fee: $25.
C. Public swimming pools permit fee: $150.
D. Nursery school/day-care:
(1) Without food service permit fee: $75.
(2) With food service permit fee: $125.
E. Schools other than nursery school/day care:
(1) Grammar schools permit fee: $75.
(2) Middle and high schools - permit fee: $125.
F. Private and semipublic institutions:
(1) Without food service permit fee: $75.
(2) With food service permit fee: $125.
G. Boarding homes for children:
(1) Without food service permit fee: $75.
(2) With food service permit fee: $125.
H. Cosmetology/hairstyling, tattoos, tanning, piercing and
nail care permit fee: $50.
I. Milk and cream wholesalers/distributors:
(2) Each vehicle or vending machine permit fee: $5.
(3) Retail delivery permit fee: $20.
J. Drug dispensaries permit fee: $25.
K. Mobile/temporary food establishments:
(2) Temporary permit fee: $25.
L. Food and/or beverage vending machines:
(1) Machine owner permit fee: $10.
(2) Each additional machine permit fee: $5.
M. Frozen Dessert Machines permit fee: $10 each machine.
N. Permanent retail food establishment. The following shall
be general guideline descriptions of the classes of licenses and it should
be realized that there can be food service operations that do not exactly
fit the descriptions. The Board of Health will make the final determination
as to which class of license is applicable.
(2) Class 2 fee: $75.
(a) Prepackaged and/or fresh foods.
(b) Minimal food preparation and required food service equipment
(i.e., coffee service only, three compartment dish washing, paper service).
(3) Class 3 fee: $125.
(a) Prepackaged and/or fresh foods.
(b) Normal amount of food preparation and required food service
equipment (i.e., such as expected in a luncheonette, diner, deli, etc., involving
hoods, steam tables, fryers, oven).
(c) Seating for up to 25 people.
(4) Class 4 fee: $175.
(a) Prepackaged and/or fresh foods.
(b) Above normal food preparation operations (i.e., as above
except involving full-service menus and hazardous foods, multiple food operations
like supermarkets with bakeries, deli, meat, fish, etc).
(c) Above normal requirements for food service equipment
(i.e., as above except involving mechanical dishwashing, walk-in refrigeration,
etc.).
(5) Class 5 fee: $225.
(a) Prepackaged and/or fresh foods.
(b) Exceptional food preparation operations (all of the above
with the addition of exceptional quantities as seen in banquet halls, etc.,
and full service menus).
(c) Exceptional requirements for food service equipment (all
of the above with the addition of conveyor-type dish washing machines, equipment,
required for mass feeding operations; or multiple kitchens).
(d) Seating for more than 50 people.
O. Dry cleaning/laundries:
(1) Self-service permit fee: $50.
P. Hotels and motels permit fee: $50 per year, plus $5 per
room.
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NOTE: Retail foods shall pay an operating fee based on the size and
extent of the food service and the nature of its required food service equipment.
Such operating fee shall include the applicable milk permit. Frozen dessert
machine licenses will be in addition to the retail permit.
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The owners, managers and employees of all commercial services and business
enterprises required under this article to have permits or licenses, or both,
are hereby notified that the quarters in which they conduct operations, the
equipment they employ, the methods followed and the quality and wholesomeness
of materials used must, in all respects, conform to the detailed specifications
set forth in the State Sanitary Code or in other state laws or regulations
or codes applicable to the given type of business or service in which they
are engaged, and further, they must conform with such provisions of the Uniform
Construction Code of the Borough and with the applicable articles of this chapter.
When it shall be determined by the Board that any particular type of
commercial services not specifically listed in this article affects the public
health and well-being, the Board may by resolution and public announcement
thereafter require all existing and all new enterprises furnishing such commercial
services to comply, within a period of 60 days, with this article, as fully
as if such type of service had been listed at the time of enactment of this
chapter.
Nonprofit organizations proposing to provide a service or enterprise
for fund-raising purposes, and which, by virtue of the nature of the service
or enterprise proposed are required to obtain a license pursuant to the terms
of this chapter, shall not be required to pay the license fee when applying
for a license, providing all licensing requirements are met.