It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation
to conduct, engage in or carry on any industry, business, trade, occupation
or similar activity within the City of South Amboy, without first
complying with the provisions of this Article and obtaining a license
as is herein provided. For the purposes of this Article, any person
shall be deemed to be engaged in a business and subject to the provisions
of this Article when he sells any goods or services from a place of
business principally located within the City of South Amboy.
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Editor's Note: N.J.S.A 40:52-1, Power to License, provides
statutory authority to license.
Application forms for all licenses shall be obtained from, filed
with and kept on file by the City Clerk. The term of the license shall
be for a period of one year with all licenses commencing on July 1
and expiring on June 30. If the applicant certifies, at the time of
renewal of the license, that the information contained on the original
application is unchanged, he need not fill out a new application.
If any of the information contained on the original application is
changed, the applicant must advise the City Clerk in writing of the
change in information. Licenses are not transferable to another location
or another person not contained in the original application.
A.
The license fee is to be paid at the time the application is filed
with the Clerk of the City of South Amboy. The license fee shall be
$50 per year. (Ord. No. 12-1998; Ord. No. 5-2009)
B.
If a city-affiliated organization, such as a volunteer fire department
or a rescue squad, sponsors a special event of five days or less,
and which event includes participants otherwise subject to this Article,
the sponsoring organization may apply to the governing body for a
waiver of the individual license fees and the setting of a single
payment in lieu of license fees. The payment in lieu of license fees
shall be collected by the city-affiliated organization and paid to
the City Clerk upon the submission of applicable license applications.
Upon receipt of an application for a license, the City Clerk
shall refer such application to the proper officer for making an investigation
or inspection. Said officer shall make a report thereon, favorable
or otherwise, within 20 days after the application was filed with
the City Clerk. Officers shall make investigations and report to the
City Clerk.
Each license issued shall bear the signature of the City Clerk.
All licenses shall terminate when the licensee ceases operating at the premises where the business was located at the time of the application, subject, however, to the provision of Section 88-16.1 hereinafter set forth.
No license shall be issued for the conduct of any business,
and no permit shall be issued for any thing or act, if the premises
and building to be used for the purpose do not fully comply with the
laws of the City of South Amboy, County of Middlesex and State of
New Jersey or federal government.
The location of any licensed business or occupation or of any
other permitted act may be changed upon application to the Clerk.
Said application shall be considered a new application for the purpose
of complying with the requirements of this Article.
Whenever inspections are required by ordinance, or are reasonably
necessary to secure compliance with any ordinance provisions or to
detect violations thereof, it shall be the duty of the licensee or
the person in charge of the premises to be inspected to admit thereto,
for the purpose of making the inspection, any officer or employee
of the City who is authorized or directed to make such inspection
at any reasonable time.
The City Clerk of the City of South Amboy shall have the right
to revoke any license, refuse to renew any license or refuse to issue
a new license whenever a holder thereof, an applicant or any of the
licensee's agents or servants violate any provision of this Article,
the laws of the County of Middlesex, the laws of the State of New
Jersey or any rules or regulations promulgated as herein provided.
Prior to the revocation, refusal to renew or refusal to issue a new
license, a notice of the contemplated action of the City Clerk shall
be served upon said licensee, setting forth such charges or reasons
for said proposed action and the place, date and hour when the City
Council of the City of South Amboy will hear the matter. The licensee
may be represented by counsel at such hearing. If the licensee is
a corporation, it shall be represented by an attorney at law of the
State of New Jersey.
Licenses issued under this Article shall be posted at the place
of business shown on said license in a conspicuous place. Said license
shall remain posted for the duration of the licensing years when issued
and so long as the licensed business is in operation.
The proper enforcement of the provisions of this Article, dealing
with mercantile licenses, shall be within the jurisdiction of the
Police Department of this City and additionally within the jurisdiction
of those officers charged with providing the necessary inspections
and regulations.
Any person violating any section of this Article shall, upon
conviction in the municipal court having jurisdiction, be subject
to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment in the county jail or
in any place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners
for any term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
