[Adopted 2-9-2006 as Ch. 252 of the 2006 Code of the Borough of High Bridge]
[Amended 6-13-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-13; 8-12-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-038]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate to conduct
a retail food establishment as defined in and governed by N.J.A.C.
8:24-1.1 et seq. without first having procured a license from the
Borough Clerk so to do or without complying with any or all of the
provisions concerning operation and maintenance of the same as contained
in N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq.
B. Application for a retail food establishment license shall be made
to the Borough Clerk's office prior to beginning of operations of
any retail food establishment, and no such operations shall commence
until a valid license has been issued by the Borough Clerk at the
direction of the High Bridge Board of Health. Such licenses shall
expire on December 31 of the year of issue.
C. Annual renewal of the retail food establishment license shall be required and shall be made by application to the Borough Clerk's office in November of each year. The Borough Clerk shall, upon receipt of such application, review the application to ensure proper fees have been paid and forward copies to the Health Officer or Sanitary Inspector for review. As directed by the High Bridge Board of Health, the Borough Clerk shall issue a license to each applicant whose application has been approved. Each license shall be effective from January 1 through December 31 of the succeeding year. In the event that an application for renewal is denied, the High Bridge Board of Health shall meet and specify the reasons for denial and grant a thirty-day period during which the applicant can correct any deficiencies specified or request a hearing. The hearing will be held in accordance with §
190-3B.
D. The High Bridge Board of Health and Municipal Clerk shall have discretion
in licensing and collection of fees for nonprofit or charity food
establishments.
E. A temporary retail food establishment license shall be required for
all events of one to three days in duration and shall be made by application
to the Borough Clerk's office. All applications and required fees
for licenses shall be made in full to the Borough Clerk no less than
14 days prior to said event.
F. Any approved permits in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
261, Parks and Playgrounds, more specifically §§
261-3, Request for use, and 261-4, Permit for use of Borough property, and any Borough-approved event by means of resolution, ordinance or formal action, shall include the licensee in order to conduct a retail food establishment otherwise prohibiting the licensee during the time of an such event.
[Amended 6-13-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-13; 5-27-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-023; 8-12-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-038]
The fees for licensure of retail food establishments are hereby
fixed as follows:
A. Temporary retail food establishment: $100. For all events of one
to three days in duration.
B. Category 1 License: $150. Newsstands, pharmacies, video stores, vending
carts, vending trailers, and other establishments handling commercially
prepared, prepackaged, nonpotentially hazardous foods as an incidental
part of their business.
C. Category 2 License: $150. Bed-and-breakfasts which serve full breakfasts;
agricultural markets (where there is no food preparation) where potentially
hazardous foods are offered for sale or where grocery food items account
for 50% or more of the sales area.
D. Category 3 License. All other retail food establishments: $250.
No provision of this article shall be applied so as to impose
any unlawful burden on either interstate commerce or any activity
of the state or federal government.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty; and each violation of any of the provisions of this article and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.
[Adopted 2-9-2006 as Ch. 255 of the 2006 Code of the Borough of High Bridge]
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 other corporation or otherwise to:
A. Engage in the operation of one or more machines or devices offered
for public use which, upon insertion of a coin, coins or token, or
by other means, dispenses unit servings of food or beverages, either
in bulk or package, without the necessity of replenishing the devices
between each vending operation, without first having applied to and
procured a permit from the Board of Health of this Borough so to do,
or without complying with any and all of the provisions of the most
current revision of N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq. as enforced by the Board.
B. Maintain or permit to be maintained on or in any location in this
Borough one or more machines or devices offered for public use which,
upon insertion of a coin, coins or token, or by other means, dispenses
unit servings of food or beverages, either in bulk or package, without
the necessity of replenishing the devices between each vending operation,
without first having applied to and procured a license for each such
machine or device from the Board of Health of this Borough or without
complying with any and all of the provisions of the most current revision
of N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq. as enforced by the Board.
Permits and licenses issued under authority of this article
may be suspended, revoked or reinstated by the Board of Health of
the Borough pursuant to the provisions of all applicable state law
and local ordinances.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty; and each violation of any of the provisions of this article and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.