[Adopted 10-5-1998 by Ord. No. 7-98 as Sec. BH:1-6 of the 1988 Code]
All applications for licenses, permits or certificates shall be made at the offices of the Board during regular office hours, and the fees for every license or permit shall be paid in advance at the time of making the application.
A. 
The granting of any license, permit or certificate may be withheld, at the direction of the Board, pending examination, investigation or inspection of the person who, or the premises which, may be the subject matter of the license, permit or certificate under consideration.
B. 
Inspections and suspensions.
(1) 
At least once every six months the Health Officer shall inspect all licensed establishments. In case the Health Officer discovers the violation of any item of sanitation, he shall make a second inspection after the lapse of such time as he deems necessary for the defect to be remedied, and the second inspection shall be used in determining compliance with the requirements of this Code. Any violation of the same item of this Code, on such second inspection, shall call for immediate suspension of license.
(2) 
A copy of the inspection report shall be filed and kept by the establishment for a period of one year, and the original shall be filed in the records of the Board.
(3) 
The persons operating the establishment shall, upon request of the Health Officer, permit access to all parts of the establishment.
All licenses, permits or certificates issued under any of the provisions of this Code shall be valid only for the balance of the calendar year in which they are issued, unless otherwise herein provided. No such license, permit or certificate shall be transferable or assignable.
The Board shall evidence the granting of any license, permit or certificate issued by furnishing to the licensee, permittee or certificate holder a suitable card, sign, placard, disc, plate or other writing which shall convey information concerning the nature of such license, permit or certificate, the serial number of the same, name of the person to whom the same has been issued, the year in which the same is so issued, the premises or vehicle so licensed, if that is material or required, and such other information as the Board may deem pertinent.
Every license, permit or certificate issued by the Board shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the establishment, premises or other place for which the same is issued and shall likewise be so displayed on every vehicle or conveyance so licensed for the period that the license, permit or certificate shall be in force, unless the Board shall otherwise prescribe.
A. 
Every license, permit or certificate issued hereunder may, at any time during the term for which the same is so issued, be suspended by the Board (or in an emergency by its Health Officer) pending a hearing to be granted the holder thereof, pursuant to a notice, to show cause to the Board why the license, permit or certificate should not be suspended further or revoked.
B. 
No such license, permit or certificate shall be suspended unless the Health Officer shall file with the Board a complaint or charges evidencing one or more violations of the chapter hereof under which the license, permit or certificate was originally issued.
C. 
Every suspension ordered under this section shall automatically terminate two weeks from the date thereof unless the continuance of such suspension shall be ordered by the Board, and then the suspension shall continue only during the period of any continuance ordered by the Board.
D. 
During the period of any suspension, or ordered continuance thereof, every license, permit or certificate so suspended shall be ineffective and the holder thereof shall, during the entire period of the suspension, cease the operation of any business or discontinue every activity or use permitted under the license, permit or certificate suspended.
E. 
Any license, permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this Code may be revoked at any time by the Board for just cause or if the licensee, permittee or certificate holder, or any of the employees, agents, or servants of the licensee, permittee or certificate holder, shall violate:
(1) 
Any of the provisions of this Code or any amendments hereof or supplements hereto; or
(2) 
The Sanitary Code of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey specifically applicable to the subject matter for or upon which the license, permit or certificate was issued.
F. 
Before any license, permit or certificate may be revoked, the holder thereof shall be given a hearing and an opportunity to be heard on the complaint made or violation charged against him/her.
G. 
The time and place for the hearing shall be fixed at the discretion of the Board; provided, however, that an unreasonable time shall not be permitted to elapse between the date of any suspension of a license and the date fixed for the hearing.
H. 
Notice of the time and place of any hearing held under this section shall be given by the Board to the holder of the license, permit or certificate so involved, in writing, and served either personally or sent to him/her by registered mail, addressed to him/her at the address stated in the license, permit or certificate.
I. 
A licensee, permittee or certificate holder who fails to appear at the time and place established for the hearing shall not be entitled to any further hearing and in that event his/her license, permit or certificate may, as a matter of course, be forthwith revoked.