The provisions of Chapter XII, Sanitation in
Retail Food Establishments and Food and Beverage Vending Machines
(N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq.), pertaining to retail food establishments
and food and beverage vending machines, shall be enforced in the Township
of Burlington. It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate
to conduct a retail food establishment, as defined and governed in
N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq., without first having procured a license
from the Department of Licensing and Inspections or without complying
with any and all of the provisions contained in N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1
et seq.
[Amended 10-8-2013 by Ord. No. 13-OR-029]
The fees for licensure of retail food establishments
are hereby fixed as follows:
A. Permanent retail food establishment: $50 due by January 31 of each
year.
(1) Late fee assessed in the amount of $25 if paid after February 1 of
each year.
(2) Violation notice to be issued if not paid by February 15 of each
year.
B. Temporary retail food establishments: $10 per day of operation.
C. Public, quasi-public and nonprofit organizations are exempt from
fees.
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 the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by the maximum penalty in Chapter
1, Article
II, Definitions; General Penalty, and each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken as to be a separate and distinct offense.