Editor's Note: For State Statute authorizing the regulation of the sale of ice, see N.J.S. 26:3-31.
For State Statute providing for the sale of ice by avoirdupois weight, see N.J.S. 51:1-36.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:8-1]
No impure ice or ice cut within or outside of the City from a polluted pond, lake or stream, and no ice manufactured from impure water shall be used or sold within the City. No such ice shall be brought into the City for the purpose of use or sale.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:8-2]
a. 
No person shall sell or deliver or deal in any ice for domestic or public use within the limits of the City without a permit first had and obtained from the Health Officer of the City.
b. 
A separate permit shall be required for each office, store, station, depot or other place used for the distribution or sale of ice.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 12:8-3; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014; amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 6PSF-a(s), 12-21-2021]
a. 
Before any such permit shall be granted an application shall be made to the Department of Health and Community Wellness by the party seeking such permit. The application shall be signed by such party, or if a corporation, by some authorized agent. The application shall state the usual post office address of such party, the name under which and the place where the ice business is conducted, the character of such business, whether wholesale or retail, the name of the party from whom the ice is secured, and the places where the ice is cut or manufactured.
b. 
Before such permit is granted, the applicant shall pay to the City a fee of $20.
c. 
Every such permit, unless sooner forfeited or revoked, shall expire biennially on the thirty-first day of December next succeeding the date when it was granted. If anv applicant obtains an initial license pursuant to this section after the renewal date or in between a biennial cycle, the applicant will pay a pro -rated application fee. The applicant's license will thereafter expire on December 31st in accordance with the biennial licensing cycle.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:8-4; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
Upon request of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, any person to whom any such permit shall be granted under this chapter, shall, at any time during the term thereof, furnish any further information in writing which the division may demand, of the nature required in Section 13:8-3 of this chapter. If such information is not furnished to the Department within five days after the request therefor, such permit shall be void, and thereafter no person shall be protected thereby in any manner whatsoever. Nothing herein shall prohibit the party whose permit is so forfeited from making an application for a new permit.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:8-5]
Any permit granted hereunder may be revoked by the Director for the violation of any provision hereof, or for other good cause shown, and after an opportunity has been granted to the holder of each permit to be heard by such Director. During the pendency of such proceeding the Director may in his discretion order the permit to be suspended, and all transactions thereunder to be discontinued under the penalty provided in Section 13:1-5 of these Revised General Ordinances.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:8-6; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
a. 
No wagon, cart or vehicle of any kind shall be used or run at any time by anyone for the sale or delivery of any ice in the City unless there shall be displayed on the right side thereof a tag or plate furnished by the Department of Health and Community Wellness, showing that such vehicle is owned, controlled or used by a party to whom a permit has been granted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
b. 
For each tag or plate so furnished the City may collect a fee of $1 to cover the cost thereof.
c. 
No one except a party to whom a permit has been issued shall use any such tag or plate on any vehicle whatsoever, and no person shall make or use an imitation or copy of such tag or plate. No such tag shall be used after the forfeiture, revocation or expiration of the permit, the existence of which it indicates and is intended to show.