[HISTORY: Adopted Board of Health of the Town of Phillipsburg 6-19-1969 by Ord. No. 998 (Ch. 21 of the 1969 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code regulating the use, operation and maintenance of coin-operated dry-cleaning establishments, authorizing inspection of and operations connected therewith and fixing penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 26:3-69.6. A copy of said code is annexed and made a part hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
Said code, established and adopted by this chapter, is described and commonly known as the "Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishment Code of New Jersey (1962)."
Three copies of the said Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishment Code of New Jersey (1962) have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of this local Board of Health upon the introduction of this chapter and will remain on file there for the use and examination of the public until final action is taken on this chapter.
[Amended 6-18-1985 by Ord. No. O:85-13]
Any person who violates any provision of, or order promulgated under, this chapter or code established herein shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not more than $500 for each violation. Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
It shall be unlawful for any person, whether as principal or agent, clerk or employee, either for himself or any other person, or for any body corporate, or as an officer of any corporation, or otherwise, to engage in the operation of an establishment where one or more machines or devices offered for public use which, upon insertion of a coin, coins or token, or by other means, provide self-service dry-cleaning facilities, without first having applied for and procured a permit from the Board of Health of this municipality so to do, or without complying with any and all of the provisions of the Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishment Code of New Jersey (1962) as adopted or amended by said Board.
A. 
The fee for permits as required by § 275-1, above, for the purpose of raising revenue, for regulation and control to be paid annually to this municipality, is hereby fixed at $25 per machine per year.
B. 
All permits issued under authority of this chapter shall expire on the 31st day of December each year.
C. 
Permit fees shall be paid to the Secretary of Board of Health.
Application for and issuance of the permits referred to in § 275-5 above shall be made in conformity with the provisions of the Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishment Code of New Jersey (1962) as adopted or amended by the Board of Health of this municipality. Such permits are not transferable.
Permits issued under authority of this chapter may be suspended, revoked or reinstated by the Board of Health of this municipality.
No provision of this chapter shall be applied so as to impose any unlawful burden on either interstate commerce or any activity of the state or federal government.
[Amended 6-18-1985 by Ord. No. O:85-13]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, and each day the same is violated, shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.