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), adopted by ordinance of the local
Board of Health, without first having procured a license from the local Board
of Health so to do, or without complying with all of the provisions concerning
operation and maintenance of the same as contained in the aforementioned Retail
Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965).
[Amended 5-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 832]
The annual license fee for a retail food establishment shall be as set forth in Chapter
292, Mercantile Licenses. All annual licenses shall be due and payable on the first day of July of each year and shall terminate and become invalid on June 30 of the next succeeding year.
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.
[Amended 3-20-1991 by Ord.
No. 1054; 5-21-2002 by Ord.
No. 1411]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not to exceed
$1,250 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed
90 days, or by both 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.