[Ord. No. 7]
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. The code is adopted by reference and made a part hereof
without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
[Ord. No. 7]
The code established and adopted by §§
BH4-1 through BH4-4 is commonly known as the "Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965)."
[Ord. No. 7]
Three copies of the Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965) have been placed on file in the office of the Clerk of this Local Board of Health upon the introduction of §§
BH4-1 through BH4-4 and will remain on file there until final action is taken on §§
BH4-1 through BH4-4 for the use and examination of the public.
[Ord. No. 8]
It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate to
conduct a retail food establishment as defined in and governed by
the Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965) without first
having procured a license from the Local Board of Health so to do
or without complying with any or all of the provisions concerning
operation and maintenance of the same as contained in the aforementioned
Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965).
[Ord. No. 8; Ord. No. 77-2; Ord. No. 2-82; Ord. No. 2-88; Ord. No. 2018-07 § 2; amended 2-18-2020 by Ord. No. 2308-20]
Prior to the issuance of any license under §§
BH4-1 through BH4-9, the applicant shall be required to pay an annual license fee of $150 to cover costs incurred by the Board of Health in the issuance of the license and inspections incidental thereto. No fee shall be charged to a nonprofit organization which shall make an application for a license under §§
BH4-1 through BH4-9, provided that an appropriate person or officer of the organization shall file with the Secretary of the Board of Health a statement, signed under oath, indicating that the organization applying for the license is, in fact, a duly qualified nonprofit organization under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
[Ord. No. 8]
No provision of §§
BH4-5 through BH4-9 shall be applied so as to impose any unlawful burden on either interstate commerce or any activity of the state or federal government.