[Amended 6-13-1989 by Ord. No. 89-28; 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate to
conduct a retail food establishment as defined in and governed by
Chapter XII of the New Jersey State Sanitary Code, adopted as the
Sanitary Code of Paramus, 1974, without first having procured an annual
license from the Local Board of Health so to do and without complying
with any or all of the provisions concerning operation and maintenance
of the same as contained in the aforementioned Chapter XII of the
State Sanitary Code.
[Amended 4-10-1979 by Ord. No. 79-14; 6-13-1989 by Ord. No. 89-28; 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23; 6-14-1994 by Ord. No. 94-12; 6-14-1994 by Ord. No. 94-13; 3-27-2001 by Ord. No. 01-6; 8-29-2006 by Ord. No. 06-24; 11-23-2010 by Ord. No. 10-18; 4-7-2015 by Ord. No. 15-08]
A. License fees.
(1) Restaurants:
Seating Capacity
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Annual Fee
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1 to 50
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$400
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51 to 100
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$500
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101 to 200
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$600
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201 and over
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$700
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(2) Food Establishments:
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Annual Fee
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Up to 6000 sq. ft.
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$400
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6001 sq. ft. to 10,000 sq. ft.
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$600
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10,000 sq. ft. or more
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$750
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(3) Temporary Food-handling Permits:
(a)
Up to and including three days for carnivals, fairs, etc.: $100.
(b)
More than three days and up to and including a maximum of 10
days for carnivals, fairs, etc.: $200.
(4) Catering units, mobile:
(a)
Packaged foods only: $150.
(b)
Unpackaged foods served: $200.
B. The licenses issued aforesaid shall be effective for the calendar
year, expiring on the 31st day of December of the year of issue, and
may be renewable for succeeding calendar years thereafter. The fee
for license renewals shall be due and payable on or before the first
day of February in the year of renewal. Retail food establishments
in operation and holding current licenses at the time of enactment
of this chapter shall be required to renew licenses at the revised
fees specified herein for succeeding years.
C. Late fees.
(1) A late fee of $50 shall be charged on all license fees of $250 or
less which are not paid on/or before February 1 of the license year.
An additional $50 shall be charged for each thirty-day period that
the license fee is not paid after February 1 of the license year.
(2) A late fee of $75 shall be charged on all license fees in excess
of $251 which are not paid on/or before February 1 of the license
year. An additional $75 shall be charged for each thirty-day period
that the license fee is not paid after February 1 of the license 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 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23; 3-14-2006 by Ord. No. 06-2]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties provided by §
1-15 of this Code, 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.