[Adopted 12-27-1988 as Ord. No. 88-046 (Ch. 13, Art. 32, of the 1979 Revised General Ordinances of Paterson)]
No person or entity shall engage in the business
of collecting fats, bones or meat refuse in the City without having
first secured a license therefor from the City Division of Health.
A.
Before any such license may be granted, an application
shall be made to the Division of Health by the entity seeking such
license. The application shall be signed personally by the applicant
or, if a corporation, by its authorized agent. The application shall
state the current post office address of such party, the name under
which and the place where the collection of fats, bones or meat refuse
business is to be conducted and any other information which the Division
of Health may require in said application.
B.
The annual fee for a license issued under this article
shall be $50.
[Amended 12-16-2003 by Ord. No. 03-091]
C.
Each license required by the provisions of this article
shall expire on December 31 in each year unless sooner forfeited or
revoked and shall be renewed annually.
D.
No license shall be assigned or transferred to another
party or location.
A.
In no case shall any collected fats, bones or meat
refuse be left or deposited at any place within the limits of the
City for any purpose whatsoever.
B.
No fats, bones or meat refuse shall be assorted at
any time or place other than the place from which they are collected.
C.
No reassortment thereafter shall take place on the
streets or anywhere else within the limits of the City.
All fats, bones or meat refuse collected shall
be placed in protected, covered vehicles, which shall first be submitted
to the Division of Health for its inspection and approval, and a certificate
of approval issued by the Division of Health.
A.
An application for a license to collect fats, bones
or meat refuse may be denied by the Health Officer for noncompliance
with the requirements of this article, for fraud or misrepresentation
in making application for such license or for other good cause shown
in the discretion of the Health Officer.
B.
Every license issued pursuant to this article may
be revoked or suspended by the Health Officer for violation of any
provision of this article or violation of any ordinance of the City
or of any state or federal law applicable thereto or for other good
cause shown in the discretion of the Health Officer.
C.
Any such denial of a license application or suspension
or revocation of a license must be preceded by notice of the licensee
or applicant, as the case may be, of such contemplated action. The
licensee or applicant shall be granted a hearing by the Health Officer.
Notice of any such contemplated action must be given to the applicant
or licensee at least five days prior to its effective date. Such notice
must be either served personally on the party to be notified or by
mailing such notice to the business address appearing on said license
or application. Such notice shall contain a brief statement as to
the grounds to be relied upon for revolving or suspending or denying
the application for such license and shall advise the party so notified
to his right to a hearing before the Health Officer.
D.
Such request for hearing must be in writing and made to the Health Officer within five days of service of notice upon such party. Notice of time and place of such hearing will be served upon such party in the same manner as the notice of contemplated action provided in Subsection C above and at least three days prior to the date set for such hearing. At the hearing before the Health Officer, the aggrieved party shall have an opportunity to answer and may thereafter be heard. Upon due consideration and deliberation by the Health Officer, the contemplated action against the aggrieved party may be dismissed, or if the Health Officer concludes that the charges have been substantiated, he may deny the license application or revoke or suspend the license. Any such denial of a license application, revocation or suspension of such a license may be rescinded by the Health Officer upon the correction of the basis for such adverse action to the satisfaction of the Health Officer.
[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-068; 4-14-2020 by Ord. No. 20-024]
Any person or entity who violates any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine
not exceeding $2,000, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90
days or by providing community services for a period not exceeding
90 days, or any combination thereof. A separate offense shall be deemed
committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
