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), established
by ordinance of the local Board of Health dated September 26, 1968, 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 11-3-1976 by Ord. No. 9-1976]
A. The fees for license of retail food establishments are hereby fixed
as follows:
[Amended 4-5-2006 by Ord.
No. 14-FY2006]
Type of Establishment
|
Fee
|
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Bakery shop
|
$60
|
Barbeque
|
$85
|
Bottler of soft drink, or agent or representative
|
$50
|
Butter, eggs and poultry
|
$60
|
Confectioner, ice cream, soft drinks, custard
|
$60
|
Dairy
|
$40
|
Day nursery
|
$40
|
Delicatessen
|
$60
|
Delicatessen and restaurant
|
$60 plus restaurant fee
|
Food stores with 3 or more taxable classifications:
|
Up to 2,000 square feet of floor area
|
$85
|
2,001 to 5,000 square feet of floor area
|
$135
|
Over 5,000 square feet of floor area
|
$185
|
Fruit store
|
$60
|
Groceries (produce)
|
$60
|
Hucksters and food vendors (mobile)
|
$60
|
Ice cream parlor or vendor
|
$60
|
Nursing home
|
$60
|
Restaurant, diner, luncheonette:
|
Less than 15 tables or booths
|
$60
|
15 to 40 tables or booths
|
$85
|
Over 40 tables
|
$135
|
Snacks
|
$30
|
Tearoom
|
$60
|
Other businesses pertaining to food not herein classified
|
$60
|
B. The licensing period shall begin on January 1 of each year and shall
expire on the 31st day of December following. All fees for licenses
issued between the first day of July and the 31st day of December
following, in any year, shall be prorated on a monthly basis.
[Added 6-7-1978 by Ord.
No. 8-1978]
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.
[Amended 11-3-1976 by Ord. No. 9-1976]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by
a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for
a period not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
and each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and each
day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate
and distinct offense.