[1971 Code § 97-1]
This section and all amendments supplementary hereto and amendatory
hereof shall be known as the "Sanitary and Health Code of the Township
of Rockaway."
[1971 Code § 97-2; Ord. No. 11-10]
In the construction of this section or any amendments hereof
or any supplements hereto, words and phrases shall be read and construed
with their context; and unless inconsistent with the manifest intent
of the Department of Community Services, as expressed herein, or unless
another or different meaning is expressly indicated, such words or
phrases shall be given the meaning expressed herein, or if no such
meaning be given, their generally accepted meaning, according to the
approved usage of the language, shall be applied. Technical, trade
or commercial words and phrases, and words and phrases having a special
or accepted meaning in the law, shall be construed in accordance with
such technical, trade, commercial or special and accepted meaning.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this section:
Includes rabbits, hares, mink, dogs, guinea pigs or any other
animal kept or raised for commercial or sale purposes.
Includes every house, building or portion thereof which is
rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied or is occupied as
a house, home or residence by two or more families living independently
of one another and doing their cooking and sleeping upon the premises.
Any "person," as the word "person" is herein defined, engaged
in selling any "meat."
Includes any house, place or establishment intended to be
used or occupied as the living quarters, temporarily, by five or more
persons for a period of three or more consecutive days.
A plot of ground upon which two or more campsites are located,
established or maintained for occupancy by camping units of the general
public as temporary living quarters for children or adults, or both,
for a total of 15 days or more in any calendar year, for recreation,
education or vacation purposes.
Any person who harbors an infectious agent of disease, but
who at the same time may or may not have symptoms of the disease.
Includes cows, bulls, calves, horses, mules, asses, sheep,
goats and swine.
The lowest story of any building, "dwelling" or tenement
house, of which 1/3 or more of the height from the floor to the ceiling
is below ground level.
The thorough removal of contaminating material or materials.
Includes this ordinance and the Sanitary and Health Code
of the Township of Rockaway, unless some other Code is expressly indicated
or referred to.
Any infectious or contagious disease so declared or defined
by law or by this Code or which has been or may hereafter be declared
as "communicable disease" by this Board or by the State Department
of Health.
Any person who has been sufficiently near or exposed to any
infected person or "animal" to make probable the transmission of an
infectious or causative agent to such person.
Shall be synonymous with "package," as herein defined.
Smoke which is so heavy and thick as to prevent the seeing
of objects through it at the point of emission into the external air.
The application of any disinfectant materials to infected
materials in sufficient concentration and for a sufficient length
of time to destroy pathogenic organism.
That Division of the Department of Community Services.
Any building or portion thereof which is occupied or is intended
to be occupied as a residence or sleeping place of one or more individuals,
families or households.
Includes every part of any marine animal.
Includes any article used for food or beverage for man, and
every ingredient therein, and all confectionery, condiments and beverages
and articles used for components of any such article.
Includes any bakery, confectionery, cannery, packing house,
slaughterhouse, dairy, creamery, cheese factory, "restaurant," hotel,
grocery, "meat market" or other place used in the production, preparation,
transportation or handling of "food" intended for sale or distribution.
The accumulation of animal or vegetable waste, or both, liquid
or otherwise, that tends to decay.
"Food" which has neither been decomposed nor contaminated
and is of superior quality.
The executive officer so licensed by the State of New Jersey,
Division of Health who shall enforce the laws of the State relating
to public health, the provisions of the State Sanitary Code, the ordinances
adopted by the Township Council, and who shall perform the duties
assigned him by the Township Council.
Separation of a person affected or suspected of being affected
with a "communicable disease," or a "carrier" of the infectious or
causative agent of a "communicable disease," from other persons, in
such a manner as will prevent the direct or indirect conveyance of
the infectious or causative agent to other persons.
A display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the
immediate "container" of any article, and a requirement made by or
under authority of this Code that any word, statement or other information
appearing on the "label" shall not be considered to be complied with
unless such word, statement or other information also appears on the
outside "container" or wrapper, if any there be, of the "package"
of such article, or is easily legible through the outside "container"
or wrapper. The term "immediate container" does not include "package"
liners.
All "labels" and other written, printed or graphic matter
upon an article or any of its "containers" or wrappers, or accompanying
such article.
Includes every store, "cellar," stand and place at or in
which the business of buying, selling or keeping for sale of "meat,"
dairy products, fowl, "fish," vegetables or other "foods" for human
consumption is conducted or maintained.
Includes any home, house or other place conducted or maintained
by any "person" (as the word "person" is herein defined), advertised
or held out by such "person" as a maternity or obstetrical home, hospital,
sanitarium or place where one or more women, during pregnancy, labor
or lying-in period, are attended or intend to be attended, professionally
or otherwise, during any pregnancy, labor or lying-in period.
Includes every part of any "animal" (whether mixed or not
with any other substance).
A form to be supplied by the Board and filled out by a medical
doctor, after which it shall be good for a period of one year from
the date of issue.
A calendar month; Year shall mean a calendar year.
Any condition which is dangerous to human life or health
or that which renders air, water, soil or any type of "food" hazardous
or injurious to human life or health, and as otherwise herein defined.
Whenever, in describing or referring to any person, party,
matter or thing, any word importing the singular number is used, the
same shall be understood to include and to apply to several persons
or parties as well as to one person or party, or where a word of masculine
gender is used, it shall apply to females as well as males and to
bodies corporate as well as individuals.
A person licensed as such under the laws of the State of
New Jersey.
Includes any wrapper, case, basket, hamper, can, bottle,
jar, tube, cask, vessel, tub, firkin, keg, jug, barrel or other receptacles,
but the word "package" shall not include open "containers" which permit
a visual and physical inspection by a purchaser at retail, nor bags
and other receptacles which are filled in the presence of a purchaser
at retail.
A duly authorized permit or license of the Division of Health,
issued in accordance with the ordinance or the regulations of the
Division of Health.
Any person, persons, associations or partnerships or corporations,
or any one or more of them or combinations of any of them.
Includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, pigeon
and all other fowl commonly kept, raised and sold for human consumption.
Includes, unless restricted or limited by the context to
either real or personal property, both real and personal property.
Includes any public place as well as any "restaurant," lunchroom,
tavern, barroom, hotel and motel and any and every establishment or
place where "food" or beverage is sold or offered for sale to the
public for consumption on the premises, and any "camp," trailer camp,
tourist home or public recreation place or any other place of business
where toilet facilities or water for drinking or culinary purposes
are available for the use of the public.
The restriction of movement of any person who has been exposed
to a "communicable disease," by confining such person to a restricted
area and the exclusion of other persons from that area.
Includes lands, buildings and hereditaments or all rights
thereto or any interest therein.
The person duly appointed as Registrar of Vital Statistics
by the Township Council.
Includes any regulations, whether general or special, which
the Township Council may from time to time lawfully adopt and issue.
Includes any restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short-order
cafe, luncheonette, tavern, sandwich stand and every other place in
which "food" is sold for consumption on the premises.
Includes all coal or wood ashes, all loose material and dirt-like
substance that tend to decay and all waste material accumulated from
buildings or the "cleaning" or buildings or due to the renovation,
alteration or repair of buildings.
Shall be the officer appointed by the Township to enforce
the Sanitary and Health Code of the Township, the sanitary laws of
the State and the rules, "regulations" and ordinances, as directed
by the "Health Officer."
Includes any room or compartment equipped with mechanical
refrigeration in which "food" is quickly frozen to make a "frozen
food" article.
The Department of Health of the State of New Jersey.
Includes every street, avenue, sidewalk, gutter, highway,
park or place in the Township open to the public.
Any "person" occupying any lands, premises, house, building
or portion thereof which is rented, leased, let or hired out to be
occupied for any purpose whatsoever.
The Township of Rockaway.
Shall be defined in accordance with Chapter 375 P.L. 1973
N.J. Youth Camp Safety Act Standards, N.J.A.C. 8:25-1 et al.
[1971 Code § 97-13]
The following specific acts or omissions, or the maintenance
or allowing of any of the following conditions, are hereby prohibited
and are declared to be or to constitute nuisances:
A.
Depositing or maintaining any foul or offensive matter in or upon
any lot, yard, street, house, building, other premises or public or
private place.
B.
Maintaining any excavation or any cans, barrels or other receptacles
where water may stagnate or mosquito larvae may breed or constitute
a menace for life, limb or health.
C.
Throwing or overflowing or permitting the throwing or overflowing
of any water slops, stable drainage, liquid filth, septic tank or
privy contents upon any public or private property.
D.
Polluting any well, spring, stream or supply of drinking water.
E.
Taking or allowing any animal to enter any store or restaurant where
food is sold or prepared.
F.
Maintaining any chimney, smokestack, pipe or flue or any part thereof
that is out of repair and so defective as to allow coal gas or other
noxious fumes to escape into the building where it is situated or
into any adjacent building.
G.
Allowing to exist any unclean or unsanitary conditions in any cellar,
room or building, any imperfect plumbing or sewer appliance or connection
from which any foul or noxious odors or liquids may escape.
H.
Expectoration upon the steps, halls, floors or other parts of any
public building, or upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, street, park, playground,
public conveyance or other public place.
I.
Maintaining any vehicle used for hire or for a public conveyance
in a dirty or unsanitary condition.
J.
The escape into the open air from any stack, vent, chimney or any
entrance to the open air or from any fire into the open air, of such
quantities of smoke, fly ash, dust, fumes, vapors, mists or gases
as to cause injury, detriment or annoyance to the inhabitants of this
municipality or endanger their comfort, repose, health or safety.
K.
Maintaining, permitting or causing the maintenance or existence of
any offensive matter, foul or noxious odors, gases or vapors and all
causes of disease which are injurious to the health of the inhabitants
of the Township.
L.
Any other unsanitary condition affecting health or any other condition
defined as a nuisance by the State Department of Health, the State
Sanitary Code or State laws.
[Ord. No. 06-26 § 1]
The purpose of this section is to prohibit the spilling, dumping,
or disposal of materials other than stormwater to the municipal separate
storm sewer system (MS4) operated by the Township of Rockaway, so
as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe
penalties for the failure to comply.
[Ord. No. 06-26 § 1]
As used in this section:
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the Township of Rockaway or other public body, and is designed
and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this State subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Ord. No. 06-26 § 1]
The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater
to the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) operated by the
Township of Rockaway is prohibited. The spilling, dumping, or disposal
of materials other than stormwater in such a manner as to cause the
discharge of pollutants to the municipal separate storm sewer system
is also prohibited.
[Ord. No. 06-26 § 1]
A.
Waterline flushing and discharge from potable water sources.
B.
Uncontaminated groundwater (i.e. infiltration, crawl space or basement
sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising groundwaters).
C.
Air conditioning condensate (excluding contact and non-contact cooling
water.
D.
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering runoff).
E.
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water reservoir
discharges and diverted stream flows.
F.
Residential car washing water, and residential swimming pool discharges.
G.
Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.
H.
Flows from firefighting activity.
I.
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean water:
(1)
Beach maintenance equipment immediately following their use
for their intended purposes; and
(2)
Equipment used in the application of salt and de-icing materials
immediately following salt and de-icing material applications. Prior
to rinsing with water, all residual salt and de-icing materials must
be removed from equipment and vehicles to the maximum extent practicable
using dry cleaning methods (i.e. shoveling and sweeping). Recovered
materials are to be returned to storage for reuse or properly discarded.
(a)
Rinsing of equipment, as noted in the above situation, is limited
to exterior, undercarriage, and exposed parts and does not apply to
engines or other enclosed machinery.
[Ord. No. 06-26 § 1]
This section shall be enforced by the Health Department of the
Township of Rockaway.
[Ord. No. 06-26 § 1]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished in accordance with Section 1-5. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
[Ord. No. 10-20]
The purpose of this section is to require dumpsters and other
refuse containers that are outdoors or exposed to stormwater to be
covered at all times and prohibits the spilling, dumping, leaking,
or otherwise discharge of liquids, semi-liquids or solids from the
containers to the municipal separate storm sewer system(s) operated
by the Township of Rockaway and/or the waters of the State so as to
protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties
for the failure to comply.
[Ord. No. 10-20]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the Township of Rockaway or other public body, and is designed
and used for collecting and conveying stormwater. MS4s do not include
combined sewer systems, which are sewer systems that are designed
to carry sanitary sewage at all times and to collect and transport
stormwater from streets and other sources.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this State subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
Any waste container that a person controls whether owned,
leased, or operated, including dumpsters, trash cans, garbage pails,
and plastic trash bags.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies
of surface or ground water, whether natural or artificial, within
the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
[Ord. No. 10-20]
A.
Any person who controls, whether owned, leased, or operated, a refuse
container or dumpster must ensure that such container or dumpster
is covered at all times and shall prevent refuse from spilling out
or overflowing.
B.
Any person who owns, leases or otherwise uses a refuse container
or dumpster must ensure that such container or dumpster does not leak
or otherwise discharge liquids, semi-liquids or solids to the municipal
separate storm sewer system(s) operated by the Township of Rockaway.
[Ord. No. 10-20]
A.
Permitted temporary demolition containers;
B.
Litter receptacles (other than dumpsters or other bulk containers);
C.
Individual homeowner trash and recycling containers;
D.
Refuse containers at facilities authorized to discharge stormwater
under a valid NJPDES permit; and
E.
Large bulky items (e.g., furniture, bound carpet and padding, white
goods placed curbside or pickup).
F.
Municipal recycling containers.
[Ord. No. 10-20]
This section shall be enforced by the Health Department of the
Township or Rockaway.
[Ord. No. 10-20]
Any person violating this section shall be subject, upon conviction,
to one or more of the following at the discretion of the Court: a
fine not to exceed $1,250 or imprisonment in the County Jail for a
term not to exceed 90 days or community service not to exceed 90 days.
A.
It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation who shall
have contracted or undertaken or shall be otherwise bound or legally
obligated to heat or to furnish heat for any building, part of any
building, apartment or space occupied as a home or place of residence,
to so heat or to so furnish heat to every occupied portion of such
building, part thereof, apartment, room or space so that a minimum
temperature of 68° F. is maintained throughout the year.
B.
For the purpose of this section, wherever any building or the part
thereof so concerned is heated by means of a furnace, boiler or other
apparatus under the control of the owner, lessor or their agent, in
the absence of an agreement to the contrary the owner or lessor shall
be deemed to have contracted, undertaken or bound himself or herself
to furnish heat in accordance with the provisions of this section.
C.
With respect to the obligation or duty to furnish heat to or in a
building, apartment or portion thereof occupied as a home or place
of residence, the term "at all times" shall mean 24 hours per day.
D.
The term "contract," as used in this section shall be taken to mean
and include a written, verbal or implied contract.
[1971 Code § 97-15]
In all buildings occupied for residential purposes and when
the owner thereof shall have agreed to supply hot water, reasonably
sufficient hot water, at least 145° F., shall at all times be
supplied.
[1971 Code § 97-16]
In all buildings occupied as residences and when the owner thereof
shall have agreed to supply refrigeration facilities, he shall be
and is hereby required to supply and maintain such refrigeration facilities
at all times and in such manner as may be necessary for the proper
and wholesome preservation of food, except where the failure to do
so is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the owner.
[1971 Code § 97-17]
No person, having the right or power to prevent the same, shall
knowingly cause or permit any person to sleep or remain in any cellar
or in any place dangerous or prejudicial to health by reason of a
want of ventilation or drainage or by reason of the presence of any
poisonous, noxious or offensive substance.
[1971 Code § 97-18]
No owner, tenant, agent or lessee of any building or any part
thereof shall lease, let or hire out the same or any portion thereof
to be occupied by any person, or allow the same to be occupied by
any person or allow the same to be occupied as a dwelling or lodging
place, unless such building or parts thereof so occupied have sufficient
daylight and ventilation and are in all respects in that sanitary
condition required by this section and by all applicable laws of this
State.
[1971 Code § 97-19; Ord. No. 11-10]
A.
No owner nor other person in charge or control of any tenement or
any other building shall permit any building or part thereof to be
occupied or inhabited if the same is unfit for human habitation by
reason of its being infected with vermin or by reason of its being
in an unsanitary condition.
B.
Whenever it shall be decided by the Department of Community Services
that any building or part thereof is unfit for human habitation by
reason of its harboring disease or by reason of its unsanitary condition
being likely to cause disease among the occupants, and notice of such
decision shall have been affixed conspicuously on the building or
any part thereof and served upon the owner, occupant, agent or lessee,
requiring all persons therein to vacate from such building or part
thereof for such reason as stated in the notice of aforesaid, such
building or part thereof shall, within 10 days thereafter, be vacated,
or, in case of a special emergency, within such shorter time as in
the notice may be specified. Every such notice shall be void if, within
the time limited by the notice or before the premises are so vacated,
the cause for the giving of such notice shall be so cured so that
the condition theretofore existing and upon which the notice is based
shall no longer exist.
The occupant of any dwelling or the person in charge and control
of any other building in the Township shall provide proper and suitable
conveniences or receptacles for receiving garbage and other refuse
matter. No building nor any part thereof shall be used as a place
of storage for offal and any decay in a manner detrimental to health.
Disposal containers shall be kept tightly covered and maintained in
such a manner as not to become a nuisance. Disposal containers cannot
be kept at curbside for a period greater than 24 hours.
[1971 Code § 97-21]
A.
All places of business shall be equipped with proper and adequate
toilet facilities, such as toilet, washbasin, with adequate hot and
cold water supply.
B.
All buildings hereafter erected or constructed in the Township and
all buildings hereafter converted or to be converted in whole or in
part shall conform to the following requirements:
(1)
The basement or cellar of any building shall be so constructed
as to be reasonably dry, adequately ventilated, and the foundation
walls and floor shall be rodent-proof.
(2)
In every dwelling unit containing two or more rooms, there shall
be running water and at least one sink connected to the public sewer
or to an approved sewage disposal system; there shall also be therein
at least one washbasin, one water closet, one bathtub or shower stall,
all of which shall have a sufficient supply of hot and cold water
and be of a type approved by the Health Officer.
(3)
Water closets, urinals, bathtubs and shower baths must be located
in rooms separated from habitable rooms by floor-to-ceiling partitions
and doors. Any rooms containing a water closet or urinal must have
at least 10 square feet of free floor area and at least 100 cubic
feet of airspace for each water closet and each urinal, and must be
directly ventilated to outer air by means of window or ventilating
duct.
C.
Food shall not be prepared or cooked in any room used for sleeping
purposes.
D.
Every building and its appurtenant premises shall at all times be
kept clear and free from accumulation of dirt, filth, garbage or other
matter detrimental to health.
E.
The owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of every building or structure
shall not cause any matter or thing to be done in or about any such
building or structure, dangerous or prejudicial to health.
[1971 Code § 97-22]
The following State Codes, among others, have the force of law
within the Township of Rockaway and are required to be observed and
enforced by the Division of Health of the Township:
[Ord. No. 11-10]
A.
No person shall use or make available for the use of any other person,
for drinking, bathing or culinary purposes or for the cleansing of
utensils or for other domestic or potable purposes, any water, unless
the same shall be of a quality safe for the use to which the same
is intended to be put and unless the water shall fully meet the standards
of quality for such purposes as fixed by the Department of Health
of the State of New Jersey or by any other officer or department having
the right or the power to fix or determine such quality.
B.
Whenever the Division of Health shall have satisfactory evidence
that any well or cistern or other source of water, the water of which
is used for domestic or potable purposes or for any of the purposes
set forth in the previous paragraph, has become polluted or rendered
unsafe for the use to which the same is being put or is intended to
be put, written notice to discontinue the use of this water and the
well, cistern or other sources may be sent to the owner, agent or
person in charge of the well or cistern of other source of water,
and such owner, agent or person shall forthwith on receipt of such
notice close this well or cistern or other source and discontinue
or cause the discontinuance of the use of this water until the cause
of the pollution has been abated and until the water shall be rendered
safe and of the quality provided for in the preceding paragraph.
C.
The regulation officially known as the N.J. Safe Drinking Water Act
N.J.A.C. 7:10 (1985) shall have the force of law within the Township
of Rockaway and is required to be observed and enforced by the Department
of Community Services.
[1971 Code § 97-24]
For the purpose of this section, all other regulations concerning
communicable diseases not specifically mentioned and as set forth
in the Sanitary Code of the Department of Health of the State of New
Jersey, and all amendments thereof and supplements thereto, are hereby
adopted as part of this section.
[1971 Code § 97-25]
A.
Whenever a dog, cat or other animal is infected or is suspected of
being infected with rabies or has been bitten by an animal unknown
or suspected to be infected with rabies, the owner or person in charge
of any such animal, or every other person having knowledge thereof,
shall forthwith notify the Health Officer. Such notification shall
state where the animal or animals so infected may be found.
B.
Whenever the Health Officer or his designee has reason to believe
or has been notified by the State Department that there is danger
that rabies may spread within the jurisdiction of the Township, the
Health Officer, at his discretion, shall serve a notice, in writing,
upon all persons within the jurisdiction of the Township, so far as
the same may be known to the Health Officer, owning, keeping or having
charge of any dog, requiring such person to confine such dog.
C.
Any and all other animals may be included in the notice last mentioned
whenever in the opinion of the Health Officer such animal or animals
shall be so included.
D.
In lieu of serving the written notice required to be given by paragraph
B, one may be published in the official legal newspaper of the Township.
[1971 Code § 97-26; Ord. No. 11-10]
Any animal confined under order of the Department of Community
Services shall not be released until a certificate of release has
been issued by the Department of Community Services.
[1971 Code § 97-27; Ord. No. 11-10]
A.
The Health Officer or the duly authorized agent of the Department
of Community Services, within its jurisdiction, shall be permitted
by the owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other animal which
has attacked or bitten a person, to examine the animal at any time,
and daily if desired, within a period of 10 days after the animal
has attacked or bitten a person, to determine whether the animal shows
symptoms of rabies.
B.
No person shall refuse, obstruct or interfere with the Department
of Community Services in making such examination.
[1971 Code § 97-28; Ord. No. 11-10]
The owner or other person in charge of any dog, cat or other
animal known to be rabid shall upon notice by the Department of Community
Services put or cause such animal to be euthanized. The owner or other
person in charge of any dog or cat known to have been exposed to a
known or potentially rabid animal shall confine that dog or cat in
a manner as directed by the Health Officer or other representative
of the Department of Community Services.
[1971 Code § 97-30; Ord. No. 4-1-86]
A.
No person shall establish, construct or maintain any campground as
defined in Chapter XI of the New Jersey State Sanitary Code entitled
"Campgrounds" and as revised June 4, 1981 and in accordance with N.J.A.C.
8:22-1.1 and 1.46, without first making application to the Rockaway
Township Health Department for a campground permit, which permit shall
be obtained prior to the operation of any campground.
B.
No person shall establish, construct or maintain any youth camp as
defined in "New Jersey Youth Camp Safety Act Standards," N.J.A.C.
8:25-1 et al., 1993, without first making application to the Rockaway
Township Health Department for a youth camp permit, which permit shall
be obtained prior to the operation of any youth camp.
[1971 Code § 97-31; Ord. No. 11-10]
A.
Every such temporary structure shall at all times be kept clean and
free from refuse and accumulation, and when vacated shall be left
clean and free from any refuse, accumulation or other condition detrimental
to health.
B.
At least three days before any such temporary structure for such
workmen shall be vacated, the owner, manager or person in charge thereof
shall notify in writing the Department of Community Services, and
in such notice shall specify the time such place is intended to be
vacated.
[1971 Code § 97-33]
It is intended that the terms "license or permit," wherever
used herein, by synonymous if, in the interpretation of any part hereof,
such synonymy is required to carry out the manifest intent and purpose
of this section.
[1971 Code § 977-34]
A.
All applications for licenses, permits or certificates shall be made
at the office of the Division of Health during regular office hours,
and the fees for every license shall be paid in advance at the time
of making application therefor.
B.
The granting of any license, permit or certificate may be withheld,
at the discretion of the Division of Health, pending examination,
investigation or inspection of the person who, or the premises which,
may be the subject matter of the license, permit or certificate under
consideration.
[1971 Code § 97-35]
All licenses, permits or certificates issued under the New Jersey
State Sanitary Code shall be valid only for the balance of the calendar
year in which they are issued, unless otherwise herein provided. No
such license, permit or certificate shall be transferable or assignable.
[1971 Code § 97-36; Ord. No. 11-10]
The Division of Health shall evidence the granting of any license,
permit or certificate issued by furnishing to the licensee, permittee
or certificate holder a suitable card, sign, placard, disc, plate
or other writing which shall convey information concerning the nature
of such license, permit or certificate, the serial number of the same,
name of the person to whom the same has been issued, the year in which
the same is so issued, the premises or vehicles so licensed, if that
be material or required, and such other information as the Department
of Community Services may deem pertinent.
[1971 Code § 97-37; Ord. No. 11-10]
Every license, permit or certificate issued by the Department
of Community Services shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in
the establishment, premises or other place for which the same is issued,
and shall likewise be so displayed on every vehicle or conveyance
so licensed, for the period that the license, permit or certificate
shall be in force, unless the Department of Community Services shall
otherwise prescribe.
[1971 Code § 97-38; Ord. No. 11-10]
A.
Every license, permit or certificate issued hereunder may, at any
time during the term for which the same is so issued, be suspended
by the Department of Community Services or the Health Officer, pending
a hearing, to be granted the holder thereof, pursuant to a notice
to show cause to the Department of Community Services why the license,
permit or certificate should not be suspended further or revoked.
B.
No such license, permit or certificate shall be suspended unless the Health Officer shall file with the Rockaway Township Council a complaint or charges evidencing one or more violations of the Article X under which the license, permit or certificate was originally issued.
C.
During the period of any such suspension, every license, permit or
certificate so suspended shall be ineffective and the holder thereof
shall, during the entire period of such suspension, cease the operation
of any business or discontinue every activity or use permitted under
the license, permit or certificate suspended.
[1971 Code § 97-39; Ord. No. 11-10]
A.
Any license, permit or certificate issued under the provisions of Article X may be revoked at any time by the Department of Community Services for just cause or if licensee, permittee or certificate holder, or any of the employees, agents or servants of the licensee, permittee, or certificate holder, shall violate:
B.
Before any license, permit or certificate may be revoked, the holder
thereof shall be given a hearing and an opportunity to be heard on
the complaint made or violation or violations charged against him.
C.
The time and place for such hearing shall be fixed at the discretion
of the Department of Community Services; provided, however, that an
unreasonable time shall not be permitted to elapse between the date
of any suspension of license and the date fixed for the hearing.
D.
Notice of the time and place of any hearing held under this section
shall be given by the Department of Community Services to the holder
of the license, permit or certificate so involved, in writing, and
served either personally or sent to him by registered mail.
E.
A licensee, permittee or certificate holder who fails to appear at
the time and place fixed for such hearings shall not be entitled to
any further hearings, and in that event his license, permit or certificate
may, as a matter of course, be forthwith revoked.
[1971 Code § 97-40]
All of the fees required to be paid or paid under the terms
hereof are intended to be annual fees, but, when paid, shall cover
only the balance of the calendar year during which the same are so
paid or payable unless otherwise provided.
[1971 Code § 97-41; Ord. No. 4-1-86]
A.
The annual fees for the several licenses and permits referred to in this article X are hereby fixed by the New Jersey State Sanitary Code:
(1)
Campground license fee. The license to engage in the operation
of a campground shall be $100 annually, which fee shall be paid prior
to license issuance.
(2)
Youth camp license fee. The license to engage in the operation
of a youth camp shall be $100 annually, which fee shall be paid prior
to license issuance.
(3)
Child-care center license fee. The fee for the license of child-care
centers shall be $50 per inspection.
B.
No fee for any permit, license or certificate issued hereunder shall
be required of any person declared by State Law to be exempt from
the payment of any such fee.
[1971 Code § 97-42]
Whenever in this article X a license or permit is required by the N.J. State Sanitary Code and no specific fee is established for such license or permit, the fee therefor shall be $5 payable on issuance of such license or permit, which shall be for the balance of the calendar year in which the same is so issued.
[1971 Code § 97-43; Ord. No. 11-10]
The Department of Community Services may adopt such rules and
regulations as by law it is permitted, authorized or empowered to
so adopt and which shall, in its judgment, aid in the proper understanding
and general enforcement of the N.J. State Sanitary Code.
[1971 Code § 97-44]
[Ord. No. 94-28 Preamble]
N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-1 et seq. entitled "Local Health Services Act"
provides that the local health agency may provide personal health
services for its residents. The Department of Community Services of
the Township of Rockaway encourages proper use of personal health
services to maximize the public health benefit, and the Township Council
believes that formalized procedures and fees are necessary for the
proper administration of the personal health care services program.
[Ord. No. 94-28 § 1; Ord. No. 11-10]
A.
The Community Services Department of the Township of Rockaway shall
conduct personal health services in such a manner as shall be necessary
to comply with the standards of performance adopted for local health
departments pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-10.
B.
The Director of Community Services shall promulgate the appropriate
forms, policies and procedures for the administration of the personal
health services program.
[Ord. No. 94-28 § 2; Ord. No. 10-14; Ord. No.
O-12-19]
A.
The following fees are hereby established for the specified procedures
effective July 1, 1994:
(1)
S.M.A.C.: $12 (seniors over age 60 - free).
(2)
Female cancer screening: $15.
(3)
Male cancer screening: $15.
(4)
Child health conference: $15 per child, annual fee.
(5)
Blood lead testing fee: $12 per child.
(6)
Adult wellness programs: fee per program to be set by Division
of Health based upon the length of the program, but may not exceed
$25 per person for Township residents and $40 per person for nonresidents.
B.
In the event that a registered program participant fails to keep
scheduled program appointments, said individual will not be eligible
for fee reimbursement.
C.
The Director of Community Services or his designee may waive the
registration fee for any individual due to indigence, hardship or
other compelling reasons in the interest of public health.
D.
Per dose administration fee for vaccines obtained at no cost to the
Township for any Federal or State program $15 per person.
