City of Perth Amboy, NJ Definitions; Inspections

Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

BEAUTY CULTURE (COSMETOLOGY AND HAIRSTYLING)

Any place, any establishment, or any premises wherein any one or any combination of the following practices is done on the human body for cosmetic purposes and not for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments, when done for payment, either directly or indirectly, or without payment, for the general public: Providing personal services such as:

[Added 10-12-2011 by Ord. No. 1608-2011]

Shaving, clipping, trimming of the beard, mustache, facial, neck or other body part hair;

Shampooing, conditioning, cutting, arranging, dressing, relaxing, curling, permanent waving, or styling of the hair;

Singeing, dyeing, tinting, coloring, bleaching of the hair;

Hair-weaving, hair extensions, threading, hair replacement to the extent that the procedure does not involve the replacement of human hair by means of the insertion of any natural or synthetic fiber hair into the scalp;

Cutting, fitting, coloring or styling of hairpieces or wigs, to the extent that the services are performed while a person would be wearing the piece;

Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, creams or makeup to the scalp, face or neck; massaging, cleansing or stimulating the face, neck or upper part of the body, with or without cosmetic preparations, either by hand, mechanical or electrical appliances;

Removing superfluous hair from the face, neck, arms, legs, or abdomen by the use of depilatories, waxing, or tweezing, but not by the use of electrolysis;

Manicuring of the fingernails, nail-sculpting, or pedicuring of the toenails

BUTCHER

Includes whoever is engaged in the business of keeping, driving or slaughtering any cattle, or any person engaged in the preparation of meat for food purposes.

CATTLE

Includes the living animals of the bovine family of the animal kingdom, or all animals, except birds, fowl and fish, of which any part of the body is used as food.

CELLAR

Means and includes every basement or lower story of any building or house of which one-half (1/2) or more of the height from the floor to the ceiling is below the level of the street adjoining.

CONTAGIOUS DISEASE or COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

Includes any disease of an infectious, contagious or pestilential nature with which any person may be sick, infected, affected or attacked (more especially, however, referring to cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, diphtheria, ship or typhus, typhoid and scarlet fevers), and also includes any new diseases of an infectious, contagious or pestilential nature and also any other disease publicly declared by the Division to be dangerous to the public health.

DIRT

Natural soil, earth and stone.

DIVISION OF HEALTH or DIVISION

The Division of Health of the City of Perth Amboy or its official representative, except where otherwise specified.

FISH

Includes every part of the carcass of an animal that inhabits water or the flesh of which is not meat.

FOOD

Includes every article used for food or drink by man and every ingredient in such article and all confectionery.

GARBAGE

Includes any offal, refuse animal or vegetable matter, any accumulation of animal or vegetable matter, or both, liquid or otherwise, that attends the preparation, decay, dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowl, birds, fruits or vegetables.

LIGHT or LIGHTED

Refers to sunlight.

MEAT

Includes every part of every herbivorous animal and eggs (whether mixed or not with any other substance).

PERMIT

The permission in writing of the Division of Health, issued according to its rules and regulations and this chapter.

PERSON

Imports both the singular and plural, as the case demands, and includes individuals, corporations, companies, societies and associations. When construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission or failure of any employee, officer, agent or other person acting for or employed by any individual, corporation, company, society or association within the scope of his employment or office shall in every case also be deemed to be the act, omission or failure of such individual, corporation, company, society or association as well as that of the person.

PRIVATE MARKET

Includes every store, cellar, stand and place (not being a part of a public market) at which the business is the buying, selling or keeping for sale of meat, milk, fish or vegetables for human food.

PUBLIC PLACES

Includes parks, piers, docks and wharves, and water and open spaces thereto adjacent, and also public yards, grounds and areas and all open spaces between buildings and streets.

REGULATIONS

Includes special regulations which will be from time to time issued and will contain more detailed provisions than can be herein conveniently set forth.

RUBBISH

Includes all the loose and decayed material and dirt-like substance that attends use and decay or which accumulates from buildings, storing or cleaning.

STREET

Includes avenues, sidewalks, gutters, places and public alleys.

TENEMENT HOUSE

Means and includes every house, building or every portion thereof which is rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied or is occupied as the house, home or residence of more than two (2) families living independently of one another and doing their cooking upon the premises, or by more than two (2) families upon a floor so living and cooking, but having a common right to the halls, stairways, yards, water closets or privies, or some of them.

VEGETABLE

Includes specie of plant life that can be used as food in the diet of man and also every article of human consumption as food which (not being meat or fish or milk) is held or offered or intended for sale or consumption.

Presumption. All fish and meat and vegetables found in any place shall be deemed to be held therein for sale or consumption as food unless the contrary is distinctly proved.