[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the City of Gloucester
City 8-19-1968. Amendments noted
where applicable]
A code regulating retail food establishments and fixing penalties
for violations is hereby established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1
to 26:3-69.6. A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part
hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
[Added 2-1-1996 by Ord.
No. 5-1996]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or other business
entity to conduct a retail food establishment as defined in and covered
by this code without first having procured a license or renewal of
an existing certificate, permit or license from the City Department
of Health. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place within
the retail food establishment.
B.
All licenses issued or approved pursuant to this ordinance shall
expire on March 31 of the year following the date of issuance.
[Amended 12-3-2018 by Ord. No. O23-2018]
C.
The application fee schedule established for each location or vehicle
or single specified occasion is $15.
D.
All applicants seeking licensure shall supply a completed application
form along with the application fee to the office of the City Clerk
no later than March 31of each year. No license shall be issued to
any establishment or entity not having completed the appropriate application
form or not providing the application fee.
[Amended 12-3-2018 by Ord. No. O23-2018]
E.
Any applicant for licensure who does not provide the completed application
form or the application fee by April 15 of the year for which the
license is sought shall be assessed a late fee in the amount of $10.
[Amended 12-3-2018 by Ord. No. O23-2018]
The code established and adopted by this ordinance is commonly
known as the "Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965)."
Three copies of the Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey
(1965) have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of
this local Board of Health upon the introduction of this ordinance
and will remain on file there until final action is taken on this
ordinance for the use and examination of the public.
[Amended 2-1-1996 by Ord.
No. 5-1996; 6-17-2021 by Ord. No. O09-2021]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any
of the provisions of or orders promulgated under this ordinance or
code established herein shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine
not to exceed $2,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period
not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and each violation
of any of the provisions of this ordinance and each day the same is
violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.
All ordinances, codes or parts of the same inconsistent with
any of the provisions of this ordinance and the code established hereunder
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
In the event that any section, sentence or clause of this ordinance
or code shall be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such declaration shall not in any manner prejudice the
enforcement of the remaining provisions.
This ordinance and the code herein established shall take effect
30 days after first publication.
