[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Riverside 7-26-1967 by Ord. No. 1967-13 (Ch. 114 of the 1995
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person or persons shall conduct, maintain or operate a barbershop
or establishment for shaving, hair cutting or hair dressing within
the Township of Riverside, aforesaid, after the first day of January,
1932, without first obtaining a license therefor as herein provided.
Any person desiring a license, as aforesaid, shall make application
therefor, in writing, to the Township Committee of said Township,
stating the name of the applicant and the location of the premises
in said Township where said barbershop is to be conducted and agreeing
to maintain and conduct the same in such manner as to be sanitary.
Said Committee, upon receipt of said application, shall make
such investigation as may be deemed necessary of the applicant and
of the premises for which said license is sought and may direct the
Township Clerk of said Township to grant said license upon the payment
of a license fee of $2.
Said license shall be for the period ending on the 31st day
of December of the year in which the same was issued and, at the expiration
thereof, may be renewed by said Clerk for a further period of one
year upon the payment of the fee of $2, unless otherwise ordered by
said Township Committee.
Said license shall state the name of the person to whom and
the premises for which the same was issued and be kept conspicuously
displayed in said premises at all times during the terms thereof.
The premises for which said license is issued shall be so equipped
and so conducted as to be sanitary and shall be open to inspection
at all reasonable hours by the representatives of the Board of Health
of said Township and shall be under the supervision of said Board
of Health and conducted in accordance with the directions thereof.
If any person to whom a license be granted, as aforesaid, shall
not properly maintain and conduct said shop, and in a manner satisfactory
to the Board of Health of said Township, said license may, upon five
days' notice to the person to whom the same was issued, be revoked
by said Township Committee at any regular meeting thereof.
All fees imposed and collected hereunder shall be for the purpose
of costs of administration.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate
or keep open for business any barbershop or establishment for shaving
or hair cutting within the Township of Riverside aforesaid on the
first day of the week, commonly called "Sunday," nor on New Year's
Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Day or on Wednesdays, nor on any other day during hours
other than the following, namely: on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. It shall be lawful,
however, to keep open for business any barbershop on any Wednesday
in any week during which any of the aforesaid holidays shall occur.
B.
During the time which hereunder is unlawful for any barbershop or
establishment as aforesaid to be operated or kept open for business,
such shop or establishment shall remain closed, and a clear view of
the interior thereof shall be in no way obstructed by any screen,
shutters, blinders or merchandise or any door other than the regular
and ordinary door of such shop or establishment.
[Amended 9-25-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-10; 8-23-2006 by Ord. No.
2006-18]
