It is intended that the terms "license" or "permit,"
wherever used herein, be synonymous if, in the interpretation of any
part hereof, such synonymy is required to carry out the manifest intent
and purpose of this chapter.
A.
All applications for licenses, permits or certificates
shall be made at the designated office of the Board, and the fees
of every license or permit shall be paid in advance at the time of
making the application therefor.
B.
The granting of any license, permit or certificate
may be withheld, at the discretion of the Board, pending examination,
investigation or inspection of the person who or the premises which
is the subject matter of the license, permit or certificate under
consideration.
All licenses, permits or certificates issued
under any of the several titles of this chapter shall be valid only
for the balance of the calendar year in which they are issued, unless
otherwise herein provided. No such license, permit or certificate
shall be transferable or assignable.
The Board shall evidence the granting of any
license, permit or certificate issued by furnishing to the licensee,
permittee or certificate holder a suitable card, sign placard, disc,
plate or other writing which shall convey information concerning the
nature of such license, permit or certificate, the serial number of
the same, the name of the person to whom the same has been issued,
the year in which the same is so issued, the premises or vehicles
so licensed, if that be material or required, and such other information
as the Board may deem pertinent.
A.
Every license, permit or certificate issued by the
Board shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the establishment,
premises or other place for which the same is issued and shall likewise
be so displayed on every vehicle or conveyance so licensed for the
period that said license, permit or certificate shall be in force,
unless the Board shall otherwise prescribe. The cost of display matter
required will be borne by the licensee, permittee or certificate holder.
B.
In every instance where it is required that the licensee,
permittee or certificate holder display portions or all provisions
of this chapter in his place of business or establishment, the Board
will provide adequate display signs, placard or other writing which
shall convey the required information. The cost of this service will
be borne by the licensee, permittee or certificate holder.
A.
Every license, permit or certificate issued hereunder
may, at any time during the term for which the same is so issued,
be suspended by the Board or its Health Officer, pending a hearing,
to be granted to the holder thereof, pursuant to a notice to show
cause to the Board why said license, permit or certificate should
not be suspended further or revoked.
B.
No such license, permit or certificate shall be suspended
unless the Health Officer shall file, with the Board, a complaint
or charges evidencing one or more violations of the article hereof
under which said license, permit or certificate was originally issued.
C.
During the period of any such suspension, every license,
permit or certificate so suspended shall be ineffective and the holder
thereof shall, during the entire period of such suspension, cause
the operations of any business or discontinue every activity or use
permitted under the license, permit or certificate suspended.
A.
Any license, permit or certificate issued under the
provisions of the chapter may be revoked at any time by the Board
for just cause, or if the licensee, permittee or certificate holder
or any of the employees, agents or servants of said licensee, permittee
or certificate holder shall violate:
B.
Before any license, permit or certificate may be revoked,
the holder thereof shall be given a hearing and an opportunity to
be heard on the complaint made or violation or violations charged
against him.
C.
The time and place for such hearing shall be fixed
at the discretion of the Board; provided, however, that an unreasonable
time shall not be permitted to elapse between the date of any suspension
of license and the date fixed for the hearing.
D.
Notice of the time and place of any hearing held under
this article shall be given by the Board to the holder of the license,
permit or certificate so involved, in writing, and served either personally
or sent to him by registered mail.
E.
A licensee, permittee or certificate holder who fails
to appear at the time and place fixed for such hearings shall not
be entitled to any further hearing, and, in that event, his license,
permit or certificate shall, as a matter of course, be forthwith revoked.
Each and every person who shall violate any
section of this code shall, except as otherwise provided, upon conviction
thereof, forfeit and pay a fine of not less than $10 nor more than
$100, in the discretion of the District Justice before whom said complaint
is made. Nothing herein shall be construed as denying to the Board
the right to abate any nuisance, enjoin any use deemed a nuisance
or suspend or revoke any license or permit issued under this code.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary in the within code, no use permitted or allowed herein shall be permitted or allowed if the same be a nuisance at common law or prohibited by any statute of the State of New Jersey or any rule or regulation of the State Board of Health or any code of the State Board of Health or Chapter 168, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Riverdale or any other ordinance of the Borough of Riverdale.
