[Adopted 2-3-1970 (Ch.
279 of the 1996 Township Code)]
[Amended 8-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-2479[1]]
A code regulating retail food-handling establishments, providing
for the inspection of such establishments and fixing penalties for
violations is hereby established pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:24, Sanitation
in Retail Food Establishments and Food and Beverage Vending Machines.[2]
A.
No person shall operate a retail food-handling establishment unless
a license or approval of an existing certificate, permit or license
to operate the same shall have been issued by this Department of Health
and Social Services. Such license or approval of existing certificate,
permit or license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in such establishments.
B.
There shall be a fee as set forth in Chapter 240, Fees, for such license or approval of an existing certificate, permit or license.
[Amended 8-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-2479]
C.
Licenses issued or certificates, permits or licenses approved under
the provisions of this chapter shall expire annually on the 31st day
of December of each year, and application for renewal thereof shall
be submitted, together with the required fee, prior to December 1
of each year.
D.
A person conducting an itinerant retail food-handling establishment
shall secure a license from the Department of Health and Social Services.
[Amended 8-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-2479]
E.
A license or approval of a certificate, permit or license may be
suspended or revoked for the violation by the holder of any provision
of this article after an opportunity for a hearing by the Department
of Health and Social Services.
F.
A license or approval of a certificate, permit or license issued
by the Middletown Department of Health and Social Services or another
Department of Health and Social Services/Board of Health is not transferable.
[Amended 8-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-2479[1]]
Any person who violates any provision of or order promulgated under this article or code established herein shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalties provided in § 1-4 of this Code. Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
