It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate to
conduct a retail food establishment, as defined in and governed by
Chapter XXIV, Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments and Food and
Beverage Vending Machines (2007), established by ordinance of the
local Board of Health, dated March 21, 2007, without first having
procured a license from the local Board of Health to do so or without
complying with any or all of the provisions concerning operation and
maintenance of the same as contained in the aforementioned Chapter
XXIV, Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments and Food and Beverage
Vending Machines (2007).
[Amended 5-15-2015 by Ord. No. BOH 2015-2; 10-19-2022 by Ord. No. BOH 2022-01]
The fees for the licensing of retail food establishments are hereby fixed under Chapter
412, Fees.
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.
[Added 10-19-2022 by Ord. No. BOH 2022-01]
A. Definitions.
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
FOG (FAT, OIL, GREASE)
Liquid waste that contains animal or vegetable fat, oil and
grease originating as a by-product of cooking or food preparation
processes, including food scraps, meat fats, lard, sauces, cooking
oil, butter and margarine, that may impair the operation of the sanitary
sewer system.
GREASE TRAP
Shall be given its normal definition in the retail food industry.
A device used to collect oil and grease at the entrance of the wastewater
pipe system and preventing the oil and grease from traveling through
the wastewater pipe system and preventing the oil and grease from
traveling through the wastewater pipes into the wastewater system
of the Township. A grease trap must be installed in such a manner
as to facilitate easy inspection and cleaning.
RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
Shall be given its normal definition in the industry. A retail
food establishment includes all retail businesses which process and/or
serve food and food products and is also defined by Chapter 24 of
the Retail Food Code of New Jersey.
B. Maintenance
of grease traps.
(1) Retail
food establishment operators shall maintain all grease traps to assure
proper operation and efficiency. Maintenance of grease traps shall
include the complete removal of all contents, including floating materials,
wastewater, bottom sludge, and solids. The decanting or discharging
of removed waste back into the trap from which it was removed or any
other grease trap, for the purpose of reducing the volume to be disposed,
is prohibited.
(2) Grease
traps must be maintained to ensure that they are never allowed to
reach more than 3/4 of their capacity. The grease trap must be cleaned
completely at a minimum of every three months, or more frequently
as needed to prevent carryover of FOGs into the sanitary sewer system.
(3) The
waste material from the grease trap must be discarded in accordance
with applicable state, county, and local regulations. Retail food
establishment operators shall be responsible, after cleaning the grease
trap, to have the contents of the grease trap removed by a private
waste hauler firm hired by the food establishment. In no way shall
the waste material removed from the grease trap be returned to any
private or public portion of the Township's sanitary sewer system.
C. Maintenance
log; records retention.
(1) The
retail food establishment shall insure that a grease trap maintenance
log is maintained on premises for inspection by the Health Officer
or designee. Such log shall be maintained conspicuously on a wall
in the vicinity of the service area. The maintenance log shall be
maintained for 24 months from the maintenance date, noting the name
of the waste hauler, address, phone number, date waste was removed
and volume (in gallons) that was removed from the premises.
(2) No
retail food establishment will be issued a renewal license to operate
within the Township without presenting a copy of an updated maintenance
log to the Health Department with the license application, except
those establishments which sell packaged goods and/or do not produce
products that require a grease trap.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by
a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, 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.