No person shall, within the Township of Mendham, operate or
conduct a retail food establishment as defined in N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.3
unless a currently valid license, either regular or temporary, has
been issued therefor by the Township Board of Health pursuant to this
chapter.
[Added 3-26-2001 by Ord. No. BH:1-01]
As a condition of the issuance or maintenance of a license to
conduct a retail food establishment, the owner of such establishment
or one of them if there be more than one, or in lieu thereof, the
person in charge of the day-to-day operation of the establishment,
shall attend the approved food handlers' course presently furnished
by the Bernard's Township Board of Health. In the alternative, proof of attendance at an equivalent
program shall be accepted by the Township Board of Health. Attendance
at such course or equivalent shall be an annual requirement.
The fee required by §
364-2 shall cover routine inspection of a retail food establishment. In the event that a retail food establishment is given a conditional or unsatisfactory rating as the result of any inspection, an additional fee as provided in Chapter
361, Fees, shall be paid to the Township Board of Health for each reinspection necessary to determine compliance with N.J.A.C. 8:24-11 and following. A reinspection fee shall be paid at the time that the reinspection is made, and in no event shall a placard evidencing a satisfactory evaluation be issued until all required reinspection fees have been paid to the Board.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter,
any provision of N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 and following or any order issued
thereunder shall upon conviction be subject to a penalty of not less
than $5 nor more than $500 for each and every violation. Each day
that a particular violation continues shall constitute a separate
offense.