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Editor's Note: For state law as to sanitation in food establishments see N.J.S.A. 24:15-1 et seq. As to authority of Township to license and regulate the sanitary conditions of restaurants, cafes, etc., see N.J.S.A. 26:3-31c. See also N.J.S.A. 40:52-1d.
[Ord. No. 1002, § 4; amended by Ord. No. 1439, § 1; Ord. No. 1748, § 1]
No person shall operate a retail or wholesale food handling establishment unless a permit or approval of an existing permit to operate the same shall have been issued by the Department of Health.
[Ord. No. 1748 § 1; amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The Health Department shall not issue or renew a retail or wholesale food establishment permit unless the owner or manager of the food establishment shall have completed within the previous year a two-hour food handler training program conducted by the Teaneck Health Department. Premises containing food or drink vending machines only and premises where only bottled soda or packaged candies are sold and liquor stores shall be exempt from the above provision.
[Ord. No. 1002, § 4; amended by Ord. No. 1010, § 2; Ord. No. 1259, § 5; Ord. No. 1439, § 2; Ord. No. 3073, 2-10-1987, § 1; Ord. No. 3246, 12-12-1989, § 8]
All fees are contained in Appendix III of Chapter 2.
[Ord. No. 3229, 9-26-1989, § 1; amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Failure to obtain any permit during the month of January in any calendar year shall cause the permit fee, as set forth in Appendix III of Chapter 2, to double. Failure to obtain any permit by the end of February in any calendar year shall cause the permit fee to triple.
[Ord. No. 1002, § 4]
Any permit or approval of an existing permit required by § 17-21 shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the establishment regulated thereby.
[Ord. No. 1002, § 4; amended y Ord. No. 1010, § 3; Ord. No. 3073, 2-10-1987, § 1; Ord. No. 3246, 12-12-1989, § 9]
Any person conducting an itinerant retail food handling business shall secure a permit therefor for each vehicle, or if such person is the holder of a permit issued by the Board or Department of Health of another jurisdiction, such permit may be approved by the Department of Health of the Township. The fee shall be as contained in Appendix III of Chapter 2.
[Ord. No. 1002, § 4; amended by Ord. No. 1010, § 3; Ord. No. 3073, 2-10-1987, § 1; Ord. No. 3246, 12-12-1989, § 10; Ord. No. 3471, 10-8-1996, § 1]
Any person conducting an itinerant ice cream vending business shall secure a permit for each vehicle, or if such person is the holder of a permit issued by the Board or Department of Health of another jurisdiction, such permit may be approved by the Department of Health of the Township. The fee shall be as contained in Appendix III of Chapter 2. The issuance or approval of any permit, as the case may be, shall be contingent upon a finding by the Township Health Officer that the applicant has not previously received notification of the commission of a nuisance in the Township, including but not limited to excessive noise, loud or continued sounding of music, horns, bells or other methods of announcing the presence of the vendor; or littering; and that such nuisances(s) remained uncured for a period of seven days or more.
[Ord. No. 1002, § 4]
Permits issued or approved under this article shall expire on December 31 of each year, and an application for renewal thereof shall be submitted together with the required fee prior to December 15 of each year.
[Ord. No. 1002, § 4]
A permit or approval of permit under this article may be suspended or revoked for a violation by the holder of any provision of this chapter after an opportunity for a hearing by the Department of Health or its authorized representative.