[Amended 5-6-2013 by Ord. No. 2-2013]
A. No person shall conduct a retail food establishment (as defined in and governed by the New Jersey State Sanitary Code, Chapter
24, Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments and Food and Beverage Vending Machines) in the Borough of Rocky Hill, Somerset County, New Jersey, without first having procured a license from the Rocky Hill Board of Health or without complying with any or all of the provisions concerning operation and maintenance of such as contained in the New Jersey Sanitation Code, Chapter
24, Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments and Food and Beverage Vending Machines.
B. No license
shall be issued to a retail food establishment until it has passed
a preopening inspection by the Health Services Provider of the Rocky
Hill Board of Health.
C. When retail food inspections are conducted, the following grading
system shall apply:
(1) "A" shall mean that the retail food establishment is found to be
operating in substantial compliance with all local and state codes
and regulations.
(2) "B" shall mean that the retail food establishment is found to be
operating in acceptable compliance with all state Codes and regulations.
(3) "C" shall mean receiving a conditionally satisfactory inspection,
with three or more critical violations requiring correction and reinspection.
(a)
If the food establishment grade is "C" Conditionally Satisfactory,
upon subsequent correction of violations and reinspection, the establishment
can receive a grade of no higher than "B" Satisfactory until the next
routine inspection. '
(4) An "'unsatisfactory" rating shall mean that the retail food
establishment is operating with one or more violations that constitute
gross unsanitary or public health hazards.
(5) The assignment of grades shall be determined by a one-hundred-point
system in which violations are assigned a point value which is deducted
from the starting value of 100 points. Violation points are weighted
based on whether they are critical items, noncritical items, or public
health hazards. The grades are as follows:
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Satisfactory - A
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90-100
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Satisfactory - B
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86-89
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Conditional Satisfactory - C
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61-85
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Unsatisfactory
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<61 or uncorrected public health hazard.
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D. Inspections shall be performed annually, except retail that reinspections
shall performed where food establishment receives a grade of less
than "B" Satisfactory.
E. A retail food establishment may be inspected more than once annually
if the Health Services Provider deems it appropriate.
F. The retail food inspection evaluation placard shall be posted immediately
in a conspicuous place near the public entrance of the establishment
in such a manner that the public may view the placard.
The annual fees for licensing of retail food
establishments are hereby fixed as follows:
A. Retail food establishment, permanent locale.
(1) Restaurant, taverns, luncheonettes, soda fountains
and other establishments serving food on the premises:
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Number of Seats on Single Premises
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Annual Fee
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1 to 50
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$50
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51 to 200
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$100
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Over 200
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$150
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(2) The "seating capacity of each restaurant" shall mean
the total of each chair, stool, or other individual unit. Where benches
are used or standing space is offered at a bar or counter, each 20
inches of linear length of such bench, counter or bar shall constitute
a unit of serving capacity.
B. Retail food-handling establishments, other than those provided for in Subsection
A above:
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Number of Square feet on Single Premises
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Fee
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0 to 3,500
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$50
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3,501 to 5,000
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$75
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5,001 to 10,000
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$150
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More than 10,000
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$250
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C. Temporary or itinerant retail food establishments:
$50.
D. Nonprofit, religious, or emergency services organizations that on
occasion function as retail food establishments: $25.
[Added 10-4-2010 by Ord. No. 6-2010]
[Amended 5-6-2013 by Ord. No. 2-2013]
As a condition of licensing, each establishment where food is
prepared, handled or packaged must have on the premises at least one
person who has successfully completed a basic food handler's
program at all times during which the establishment is in operation.
Acceptable food handler's programs include those offered by the
Health Services Provider or a similar approved program offered within
the State of New Jersey. Said training shall be valid for a period
of three years. A copy of all current certificates of course completion
shall be maintained on site and be available to the Health Services
Provider on request.
No provision of this chapter 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 who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be liable for a penalty in
a maximum amount of $500 per violation. A separate violation may be
charged and a separate penalty assessed for each day such person is
in violation of this chapter.