[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee (now Council) of the Township of Gloucester 2-4-1970 by Ord. No. 385. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate to conduct a retail food establishment as defined in and governed by the Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965) without first having procured a license from the Board of Health of the Township of Gloucester 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 Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965).
The fees for licensure of retail food establishments are hereby fixed as follows:
A. 
Retail food establishment, permanent locale, with a seating capacity of up to 100 persons: $25.
B. 
Retail food establishment, permanent locale, with a seating capacity of 100 or more persons: $100.
C. 
Temporary retail food establishment: $10.
D. 
No fee shall be due or payable for a temporary retail food establishment that is a charitable institution.
A. 
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 the Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965) 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.
B. 
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 governing body concludes that the charges have been sustained and substantiated, it may revoke, cancel or suspend the license held by the licensee.
C. 
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 Township of Gloucester 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.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction, be subject to the imposition of a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by such fine and imprisonment, and 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.
The provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable, and if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases of this chapter, but they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this chapter shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict or inconsistent with this chapter are hereby repealed, but only, however, to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency, it being the legislative intent that all other ordinances or parts of ordinances now existing and in effect, unless the same be in conflict or inconsistent with any of the provisions of this chapter, shall remain in full force and effect.