[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Township of Monroe 7-7-80 by Ord. No. 18. 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 3-69.6. A copy of this code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without the inclusion of the text.[1]
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Editor's Note: A copy of the code is on file in the office of the Township Clerk.
The said code established and adopted by this chapter is described and commonly known as the "Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965)."
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, within the Township of Monroe, 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).
[Amended 12-1-08 by Ord. No. O-12-2008-032]
A. 
The fees for licenses for retail food establishments are defined in Chapter 39 entitled "Fees" of the Code of the Township of Monroe, such licenses will be effective for one year, from January 1 until December 31.
B. 
Accredited schools, licensed nursing homes and rest centers within the Township shall be exempt from the license fee requirement.
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Any license issued under the terms and provisions of this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the Board of Health of this municipality for the violation by the licensee of any provision of this chapter or the Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965) or whenever it shall appear that the business, trade, calling, profession or occupation of the person, firm or corporation to whom such license was issued is conducted in a disorderly or improper manner or in violation of any law of the United States, the State of New Jersey or any ordinance of this municipality or that the person or persons conducting the retail food establishment is or are of an unfit character to conduct the same or that the purpose for which the license has been issued is being abused to the detriment of the public or that such license is being used for a purpose foreign to that for which the license was issued.
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A license issued under the terms and provisions of this chapter shall not be revoked, canceled or suspended until a hearing thereon shall have been had by the Board of Health. Written notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be served upon the licensee at least three days prior to the date set for such hearing. Such notice shall also contain a brief statement of the grounds to be relied upon for revoking, canceling or suspending such license. Notice may be given either by personal delivery thereof to the person to be notified or by depositing said notice in the United States Post Office in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to such person to be notified at the business address appearing upon said license. At the hearing before the Board of Health, the person aggrieved shall have an opportunity to answer and may thereafter be heard, and upon due consideration and deliberation by the Board of Health, the complaint may be dismissed, or if the Board of Health concludes that the charges have been sustained and substantiated, it may revoke, cancel or suspend the license held by the licensee.
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If any such license shall have been revoked, neither the holder thereof nor any person acting for him, directly or indirectly, shall be entitled to another license to carry on the same business within the borough unless the application for such license shall be approved by the Board of Health.
No provision of this chapter shall be applied so as to impose any unlawful burden on either interstate commerce or any activity of the state or federal government.