[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Woodlynne 12-27-1967 (Ch. 134 of the 1976 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-13-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-BH-1]
It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate to conduct a retail food establishment, as defined in and governed by Chapter 12 of the State Sanitary Code, 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 Chapter 12 of the State Sanitary Code.
[Amended 10-13-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-BH-1]
The fees for licensure of retail food establishments are hereby fixed as provided in Chapter 680, Fees, Board of Health.
[Amended 10-13-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-BH-1]
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 Chapter 12 of the State Sanitary Code; 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 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 is being used for a purpose foreign to that for which the license was issued.
[Amended 10-13-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-BH-1]
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 be deposited in the United States Post Office in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, addressed to such person to be notified at the business address appearing upon such 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.
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.
[Amended 10-13-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-BH-1]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than $2 nor more than $500. 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.