[Added 12-7-2021 by Ord. No. 6PSF-c(s)12-07-2021]
ANCILLARY LICENSE
Shall mean any subordinate or any secondary license that is bundled with a primary license.
BAKER LICENSE
Shall mean any establishment or location that bakes products and/or has industrial ovens for baking products for sale either wholesale or retail value.
CONVENIENCE STORE
Shall mean any establishment that prepares and serves meals and food, which does not have seating for dining on its premises, whose business only consists of sales to customers for consumption outside its premises in conjunction with selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.
DIRECTOR
Shall mean the Director of the Department of Finance and/or her designee.
DOWNTOWN FAMILY RESTAURANT AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT
Shall mean a designation within the City of Newark for family dining and entertainment bounded by the northern border shall begin at the northerly side of Clay Street from the bank of the Passaic River, west to Broad Street, south on the westerly side of Broad Street to Lackawanna Avenue, west to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The western border shall run south along the westerly side of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard from Lackawanna Avenue to Spruce Street. The southern border shall run east on the southerly side of Spruce Street and continue on Lincoln Park across Broad Street to the southerly side of Chestnut Street and continue to New Jersey Railroad Avenue. The eastern border shall run northeast along the westerly side of New Jersey Railroad Avenue to Market Street, northeast along the westerly side of Raymond Plaza East to the bank of the Passaic River, and continue north along the bank of the Passaic River to Clay Street.
EATERY
Shall mean a restaurant that prepares and serves meals and food, which does not have seating for dining on its premises, whose business only consists of sales to customers for consumption outside its premises.
FLUID MILK PRODUCTS
Shall mean and include the following products: milk, cream, certified milk, skim milk, skimmed milk, non-fat milk, non-fat fortified milk, fortified skim milk, fortified skimmed milk, flavored milk, dairy drink, buttermilk, cultured buttermilk, cultured skim milk, cultured milk, cultured sour cream, cultured salad cream, yogurt, cultured or sour half-and-half, Vitamin D milk, Vitamin D fluid milk products, homogenized milk, modified milk, ice cream mix, ice milk mix and half-and-half.
FROZEN DESSERTS
Shall mean and include: ice cream, frozen custard, French ice cream, French custard ice cream, sherbet, fruit sherbet, ice milk, ice, water ice, quiescently frozen confection, bisque tortoni, artificially sweetened ice cream, or artificially sweetened ice milk as defined in the definitions and standards of identity adopted and promulgated as rules and regulations by the State Department of Health.
MILK PRODUCTS
Shall mean and include: ice cream, ice milk, sherbets, butter, butter oil, the various types of cheeses, dried milk, dried skim milk, and any other food for human consumption made from milk or cream or both and designated as a milk product by the State Department of Health.
PERSON
Shall mean any individual, firm, member of a firm, partnership or member thereof, corporation or any officer, director or stockholder of such corporation, unless otherwise specified.
PRIMARY LICENSE
Shall mean the "main license" the original license issued based upon examination, including any subsequent renewals or reinstatements of the license.
PUBLIC GARAGE
Shall mean any place serving the public, including gasoline service stations, whose principal business or work performed on one or more motor vehicles, motorcycles or parts thereof involves painting, mechanical or body and fender repairs.
RESTAURANT
Shall mean any place, however designated, which prepares and serves meals, food or non-alcoholic beverages to be sold to the public for consumption on premises, normally to patrons seated within an enclosed building. However, a snack bar at a public or community playground, playfield, park, or swimming pool operated solely by the agency or group operating the recreation facilities, and for the convenience of patrons of the facility, shall not be deemed to be a restaurant. A lunch wagon, coffee house, and lunchroom is also a restaurant.
RETAIL LICENSE
Shall mean any establishment or location that sells merchandise such as clothing, footwear, accessories, radios, laptops, phones etc.
RETAIL SALES
Shall mean any establishment engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.
RETAIL SERVICES
Shall mean an establishment engaged in services, as opposed to products, to the general public for personal or household use.
SPECIAL FROZEN DIETARY FOODS
Shall mean and include any frozen milk products which includes a combination of one or more of the ingredients used in the manufacture of ice cream irrespective of the coined or trade name it may be sold or offered for sale as, the process of which is similar to the process for the manufacture of ice cream, and which contains added vitamins, minerals or edible carbohydrates approved by the State Department of Health.
TAKEOUT RESTAURANT
Shall mean a restaurant, in accordance with Section 8:12-1 et seq., of the Code of the City of Newark, which prepares 75% or more of its individual purchases for consumption outside its premises.
TIRE REPAIR SHOP
Shall mean any establishment, indoor or outdoor, whose business primarily or incidentally is the supply, repair, readjustment and/or removal of motor vehicle tires for charge.
[Added 12-7-2021 by Ord. No. 6PSF-c(s)12-07-2021]
Any person who owns, and who submits a primary business license application to operate a convenience store, eatery, public garage, restaurant, or retail establishment; and who intends to have ancillary services that require a license from the City, shall be required to file a Consolidated Business License application. Such Consolidated Business License requires the business owner and/or person making the application to pay the appropriate licensing fee for each service to be rendered prior to being able to operate lawfully in the City of Newark.
[Added 12-7-2021 by Ord. No. 6PSF-c(s)12-07-2021]
a. 
Applications for licenses under this chapter shall be filed with the Division of Tax Abatements and Special Taxes on forms to be furnished by the Director. The application shall include the following:
1. 
Name of the applicant.
2. 
Post office address of applicant.
3. 
Whether or not the person making the application has ever been convicted of a crime, violation of a State statute, violation of a City ordinance, or has a disorderly persons offense involving gambling.
4. 
In the case of a corporation it shall state the names and addresses of the officers and all stockholders, presently holding stock, and all who, for more than six months prior to making application, have held stock or who have been officers.
5. 
The proposed hours of operation.
6. 
The proposed address of restaurant location.
7. 
The proposed seating capacity of the restaurant.
8. 
A valid Business Registration Certificate issued by the State of New Jersey.
9. 
An application fee pursuant to Section 8:12-6, License Fee, Exemptions.
b. 
Upon receipt of a completed application, the Division of Tax Abatements/Special Taxes shall submit the application to the Division of Police for a background check and submit a request for an inspection of the premises to be licensed by the Department of Health and Community Wellness and the Department of Public Safety, Fire Division.
c. 
Upon receipt of a satisfactory background check, inspection reports and an approval of the application by the Director and/or her designee, the applicant shall be issued a license pursuant to this chapter. If the application is denied, then the Director and/or her designee shall issue a written statement to the applicant, explaining why the application was not approved. The applicant may reapply for a license according to the provisions of this chapter once the reasons for the denial have been remedied.
d. 
Any applicant approved for a license under this chapter shall be exempt from obtaining a separate and/or additional milk and milk products license pursuant to R.O. 13:4-1 et seq., an ice license, a license to engage in the business of food catering pursuant to R.O. 13:2-40 et seq., or any other license requiring the submission of the exact same forms and documents required by the application for a license pursuant to this chapter. A licensee who obtains a Consolidated Business License shall be subject to the fees pursuant to Section 8:36-5 of this chapter for any ancillary licenses that are required for the business to operate. However, restaurants engaged in the business of food catering will be required to pay an additional food catering fee pursuant to R.O. 8:12-6.
[Added 12-7-2021 by Ord. No. 6PSF-c(s)12-07-2021]
All licenses and renewals thereof issued under this chapter shall be valid for a period of two (2) years. Any ancillary or renewal license subject to this chapter shall expire on the date the primary license expires.
[Added 12-7-2021 by Ord. No. 6PSF-c(s), 12-07-2021]
The fee for licenses required by Section 8:36-2 shall be as follows:
Primary License
Ancillary License
Fee
Convenience Store
$700
Milk
$20
Ice
$20
Cigars
$100
Primary License
Ancillary License
Fee
Eatery
$400
Milk
$20
Ice
$20
Cigars
$100
Primary License
Ancillary License
Fee
Public Garage (Gas Station)
$400
Mechanic Shop
$400
Hub Caps
$200
Tire Shop
$500
Cigars
$100
Body Shop
$200
Milk
$20
Ice
$20
Primary License
Ancillary License
Fee
Restaurant
1-50 Seats
$300
25-50 Seats
$500
Over 50 Seats
$800
Downtown Entertainment District
$1,000
Operation 24 Hours a Day
$3,000
Bakery
$300
Cigars
$100
Dance hall
Up to 150 Sq. feet
$200
151 Sq. feet to 250 Sq. feet
$300
Over 250 Sq. feet
$1,200
AAD
$150
Arcade
$3,000
Primary License
Ancillary License
Fee
Retail
$500
Ice
$20
Milk
$20
Cigars
$100
Pet Shop
$20
[Added 12-7-2021 by Ord. No. 6PSF-c(s) 12-07-2021]
Licenses issued under this chapter shall not be transferable.
[Added 12-7-2021 by Ord. No. 6PSF-c(s) 12-07-2021]
a. 
In addition to the penalty provided in Section 8:36-8, the Director shall have the power to suspend or revoke for cause any such license. Reasonable causes for suspension or revocation of a license issued according to the provisions of this chapter include but are not limited to the following:
1. 
Licensee receives a notice of violation by a City Health Officer pursuant to Section 13:1-3 and fails to cure the violation within the period allotted to cure said violation;
2. 
Licensee is convicted of a crime, or convicted of violating any State statute, City ordinance, or a disorderly persons offense involving gambling; or
3. 
Licensee fails to renew the license according to the provisions of this chapter within a reasonable period upon notification of renewal from the Division of Tax Abatements and Special Taxes.
b. 
If the Director and/or her designee determines that there is reasonable cause to suspend or revoke any such license, a notice of suspension or revocation shall be issued to the licensee or other responsible person at the address provided on the application. The notice shall require the licensee to appear before the Director and/or her designee, at such time and place as she may designate, for a hearing, where the burden is on the licensee to show why the license should not be suspended or revoked. After the hearing, the Director and/or her designee shall issue a written report (Final Determination Report) to the licensee and all effected departments as to her findings and penalties, if any. The applicant may challenge the suspension or revocation in the Superior Court of New Jersey within the time period provided by the New Jersey Court Rules.
If a summons is issued by the Department of Engineering, Division of Code Enforcement or the Department of Public Safety, then the matter shall proceed through the normal process in Newark Municipal Court.
c. 
A written letter indicating the reason for the notice of suspension or revocation shall be forwarded to the licensee, within ten (10) business days of the date of the notice, prior to the suspension or revocation of the license.
[Added 12-7-2021 by Ord. No. 6PSF-c(s) 12-07-2021]
Except as otherwise provided by State Statute or some other provision in this chapter, any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000.