[Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Barrington 3-6-1969 by Ord. No. 234 (Ch. 8, Art. 1, § 3, of the 1969 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Amended 4-8-1983 by Ord.
No. 455]
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, entitled "Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Retail Food Establishments," without first having procured a license from the Borough of Barrington Board of Health or without complying with any or all of the provisions concerning the operation and maintenance of the same as contained in the aforementioned Chapter 12 of the State Sanitary Code.
[Amended 5-11-1982 by Ord. No. 432]
The fees for licensure of retail food establishments are hereby
fixed as follows:
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, entitled "Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Retail Food Establishments," 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 is 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.
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, addressed to such person to be notified at the business
address appearing upon said 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.
