A business registration certificate is required for any person
conducting, operating or engaging in any business that maintains a
physical address located in Fairfield Township.
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
BUSINESS
Any person offering and/or engaged in buying, selling, storing
and/or transferring merchandise, goods, real property, personal property,
moneys, services and/or other items who does so for a fee, price,
retainer, commission, percentage and/or other means of compensation
for the purposes, stated or otherwise, of realizing a profit or other
gain wherein the general public, clientele or employees must access
the property where the business is physically located.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, limited partnership, association,
firm, limited liability company, corporation or similar entity. Whenever
used in any clause prescribing or imposing a penalty, the term "person,"
as applied to associations, shall mean the partners or members thereof
and, as applied to limited liability companies or corporations, the
officers thereof.
Every person having a certificate for business which ceases
to operate, changes the principal activity in which it is engaged,
changes its location and/or locations in the Municipality, moves out
of the Municipality or changes owners and/or managers must submit
written notice to the Municipal Clerk within 30 days of such change.
In the event of cessation of business or moving out of the Municipality,
the person having a certificate for a business must provide the name,
address and home telephone number of the person or principal officer
of the business to the Municipal Clerk within 30 days of such event.
The certificate shall be effective until December 31 of the
year it is issued. Thereafter, a new certificate will be required
annually for each calendar year. All certificates shall be renewed
no later than January 31 of each year. It shall be the responsibility
of any person conducting, operating or engaging in any business to
apply for a certificate at the office of the Municipal Clerk.
The following persons shall be exempt from the provisions of
this chapter:
A. Persons employed for wage or salary, provided that their principals
have obtained a certificate; agencies of the government of the United
States or of the State of New Jersey; and children under 18 years
who reside with their parents within the Municipality, doing part-time
business, are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
B. Persons conducting or participating in activities such as art shows,
rummage sales or similar events for which other municipal permits
have been issued.
C. Persons not maintaining a business physically located within the
Municipality.
D. Utility companies whose activities or rates are regulated by the
State of New Jersey.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II)]
Any charitable organization seeking to conduct roadway solicitations
in Fairfield Township shall apply to the Township Clerk for a permit
to conduct such roadway solicitations. In addition, it is further
provided that the charitable organization obtain the approval of the
Board of Chosen Freeholders where applicable pursuant to N.J.S.A.
39:4-60, as amended.
Issuance of a business registration certificate by the Municipality
does not evidence compliance with other applicable rules, regulations,
ordinances and statutes of the Municipality, county and State of New
Jersey, or other regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the
activities of the certificate holder.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Any person, firm or corporation that shall be convicted of a violation of a provision of this chapter by any court authorized by law to hear and determine the matter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-5 of this Code as such court in its discretion may impose. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.