A.
Applications for licenses shall be on forms provided by the Board of Health, which shall set forth the name, residence and business address of the applicant and the names of the persons operating the vehicle or establishment where the ice is manufactured, stored or processed.
B.
Every ice vendor shall, upon demand, furnish to the Board such additional information as this Board may require to enable it to determine whether the provisions of this chapter are being complied with. Failure to furnish such information promptly or failure to secure written permission to inspect or reinspect sources of ice shall result in the refusal to issue or the revocation of the ice vendor's license.
A.
License required.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or distribute to the public ice from an ice vending vehicle or from any other type of vending equipment, or to manufacture ice for sale, without obtaining a license from the Board of Health of Prospect Park.
(2)
The fee for a vending license shall be as fixed and amended from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council[1] per year (April 1 through March 31) and for a manufacturing license shall be as fixed and amended from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council per year (April 1 through March 31) or portion thereof.
[Amended 12-14-1993 by Ord. No. 1147, approved 12-14-1993[2]]
(3)
Such licenses shall not be transferable and shall be displayed at all times in a conspicuous place.
(4)
Application for renewal of license shall be made at least 10 days before the expiration of the existing license.
B.
A license will not be issued to any person until the Health Officer has inspected and approved the establishment and equipment from which the ice is to be obtained. Written permission for the Board to inspect or reinspect such establishment or equipment shall be secured by the applicant. Any such establishment shall be equipped and operated in compliance with the provisions of Article VI of this chapter or requirements of the Board now in effect or hereafter adopted.
C.
Revocation. Licenses may be suspended or revoked for violation by the holder thereof of these rules and regulations. No license shall be suspended or revoked without the licensee's being given a hearing before the Board of Health.
Ice plants and ice shall meet the following requirements:
A.
All ice plants shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition and be subject to inspection and approval by the Health Officer.
B.
The water from which ice is produced shall be obtained from an approved water supply.
C.
The ice at the time of delivery to a customer shall be free of all foreign substances.
D.
All equipment used for the manufacture, cutting, grinding, chipping, crushing, storage, transportation or delivery of ice which may come in direct or indirect contact with the ice or the water used while manufacturing ice shall be of a sanitary design approved by the Board of Health. Ice shall be so handled while in storage and delivery as to be protected from dust, dirt, filth and contamination.
E.
All cans, buckets, tubs, pails or other containers used in the manufacture, storage, transportation or distribution of ice shall be kept thoroughly clean by methods acceptable to the Health Officer.
F.
Paper containers shall be discarded after one use.
Any person owning or managing an ice plant shall maintain and submit to the Health Officer, on demand, such records concerning the course, processing, transportation and distribution of ice as the Health Officer may require for determining compliance with all applicable standards and requirements set forth in Article IV of this chapter. Records required under this section shall include a statement containing but not limited to:
A.
Record of any changes in structure or equipment.
B.
Record of the results obtained from analyses or tests of the ice or of the water used in manufacture of ice.
C.
Tons of ice manufactured or delivered.
D.
The names and addresses of owners of vehicles used for the transportation of ice.
E.
List of all establishments (private homes excluded) receiving service.
F.
Location of coin-operated vending machines.