[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Haledon 5-9-2019 by Ord. No. 04-25-2019. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Haledon hereby deem
it beneficial to allow mobile food trucks to operate in Belmont Town
Square. The purpose of this section is to regulate mobile food trucks
in Belmont Town Square in order to protect the health and safety of
the public.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The public land bordered by Belmont Avenue, Tilt Street and
Morrissee Avenue.
Any automobile, truck, cart or other mobile operation engaged
in the business of selling cooked or prepared food to persons.
Any license issued under this chapter for a mobile food truck.
No mobile food truck or other vehicle engaged in the business
of selling cooked or prepared foods shall operate within 200 feet
of Belmont Town Square without first having obtained a license to
do so. Such license shall be issued by the Borough Clerk as of the
Monday prior to Memorial Day and expire on the Monday after Labor
Day of each year of the year in which issued unless sooner revoked
by the Council and shall be good as to only one vehicle. The Borough
of Haledon reserves the right to temporarily suspend any such license
for special events, maintenance, etc.
All applications for the issuance or renewal of a license shall
be made to the Borough Administrator on forms to be adopted by the
Mayor and Council and designed to elicit information respecting the
vehicle to be so used and the identification, responsibility and law-abiding
habits of the owner of the vehicle.
Each applicant for a license shall supply the information requested
on the application in full and verify its correctness by his oath
or affirmation and thereafter file the completed application with
the Borough Administrator together with the full amount of the fee
as hereinafter set forth. In addition, the applicant shall exhibit
public liability insurance to the Borough Administrator covering the
vehicle to be licensed for the term of the license applied for.
The annual seasonal fee for a mobile restaurant license issued
or renewed shall be $1,250 or a prorated amount of $100 per week for
each remaining week in the license period for any license issued after
Memorial Day. All licenses shall be under the charge and control of
the applicant applying therefor and the applicant shall be responsible
for the operation of any and all vehicles, carts and equipment used
by the applicant. The Borough Administrator is authorized to issue
licenses on a one-week basis at his discretion for a fee of $150.
A.
Food trucks may operate between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 9:00
p.m.
B.
Food trucks shall be allowed to park only in the locations designated
and assigned by the Borough.
C.
The licensee shall see to it that any and all premises used by the
vehicle shall be left in a clean and orderly state and that no waste
or garbage from its operation be deposited or left remaining on any
property or street located within the Borough.
D.
The Borough shall issue a maximum of five licenses per year on a
first-come, first-served basis. Applications shall be accepted from
applicants who currently operate a retail establishment selling food
in the Borough of Haledon on or after January 2 of the license year.
Applications shall be accepted from all other applicants on or after
March 1 of the license year. This license process is separate and
apart from any permits needed from the County of Passaic, State of
New Jersey or local board of health and fire department. The following
is applicable for the 2019 license period only: Applications shall
be accepted immediately from applicants who currently operate a retail
establishment selling food in the Borough of Haledon. Applications
shall be accepted from all other applicants on or after June 3. This
license process is separate and apart from any permits needed from
the County of Passaic, State of New Jersey or local board of health
and fire department.
E.
Applicants and any employees working under an applicant's license
are subject to a criminal background check.
The Mayor and Council may in its discretion refuse to issue
or renew or may after notice and hearing revoke or suspend any license
if the applicant has been once convicted of a crime in this or any
other jurisdiction, or convicted of being a disorderly person or of
a violation of Title 39, Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations of
the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, or who has been dishonorably discharged
from the Armed Forces of the United States of America, or who violates
any provision of this chapter, or who has any judgment unsatisfied
of record against him arising out of an automobile accident, or who
is an alien citizen of any nation between whom and the United States
of America a state of war exists or who has made false answers in
the application for such license, or any renewal thereof, or who has
not fully complied with all the requirements of this chapter, or if
the vehicle licensed or to be licensed by reason of unsafe or unsanitary
conditions is dangerous to the health or safety of the people, or
if the policy of insurance required to be exhibited under the terms
of this chapter is not in full effect and force during the licensed
period or the applicant has failed to comply with any and all other
laws of this municipality, county or state. Penalties for any violation
of this chapter may include suspension or revocation of license and/or
a fine of up to $250.
The Borough Clerk, upon the Council's approval of an application,
pay the fees received therefor over to the Borough Treasurer.
Each vehicle licensed under the terms of this chapter shall
have displayed in a conspicuous place fully visible to the public
the license issued.
Upon approval by the Mayor and Council of the form of an application,
the Borough Clerk shall issue and sign the license.
Any such license renewal thereof or transfer thereof may only
be authorized by action of the Mayor and Council in compliance with
the provisions of this chapter as to any such issuance, renewal or
transfer.
Licensees are allowed to operate only in the area designated
by the Borough Administrator. Licensees are responsible to maintain
the cleanliness of the designated area and remove all trash and debris
at the end of each day.
