[Prior code § 10-6.1; amended by Ord. No. 2009-07, § 2, 4-28-2009]
A code regulating retail food handling establishments, providing for the inspection of such establishments and fixing penalties for violations is established pursuant to R.S. 26:3-69.1 to 69.6. A copy of the code is annexed to this section and made a part of this section without the inclusion of the text in this section. The code established and adopted by this section is described and commonly known as the New Jersey "Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments and Food and Beverage Vending Machines" Chapter 24 (N.J.A.C. 8:24). Three copies of the code have been placed on file in the office of the secretary of the board of health and shall remain on file there for the use and examination of the public.
[Prior code § 10-6.2; amended by Ord. 88-21 §§ 16, 17, 1988; Ord. No. 2009-07, § 3, 4-28-2009]
A. 
No person shall operate a retail food handling establishment unless a permit or approval of an existing certificate, permit or license to operate same shall have been issued by the board of health. Such permit or approval of an existing certificate, permit or license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in such establishment.
B. 
Permits issued or approved under the provisions of this section shall expire annually on May 31 of each year and application for renewal shall be submitted together with the required fee of $25 prior to June 1 of each year.
C. 
A person conducting an itinerant retail food handling establishment shall secure a permit or, if such person is the holder of a certificate, permit or license issued by the board of health of another jurisdiction, the certificate, permit or license may be approved by the board of health.
D. 
A permit or approval of certificate, permit or license, may be suspended or revoked for a violation by the holder of any provision of this section or code after an opportunity for a hearing by the board of health or its authorized representative.
E. 
A permit or approval of a certificate, permit or license issued by another board of health is not transferable.
[Prior code § 10-6.3; amended by Ord. 99-19 § 7, 1999]
Any person who violates any provision of or order promulgated under this section or code established in this chapter, shall, upon conviction, be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $500 for each violation. Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.