[Amended 5-1-1956; 5-20-1975]
No person shall conduct, maintain or operate
a retail food establishment in the Township of Readington who does
not possess a license from the Board of Health, provided that no license
shall be required for any public eating establishment operated by
or in conjunction with any public school, church or incorporated charitable
institution. Such license shall not be transferable and shall continue
in force and effect until the first day of June next ensuing the date
of granting thereof unless sooner revoked or suspended.
[Amended 5-20-1975; 8-21-1979; 10-16-1984]
A. A license fee is hereby established as follows:
(1) Fifty dollars per year or fraction thereof.
(2) Such further sums as may be charged by the Hunterdon
County Department of Health.
B. The fee shall accompany the application for the license.
The enforcement officer or other authorized
representative of the Board shall from time to time make inspections
of food establishments in the township to determine compliance with
the sanitation regulations hereinafter set forth and shall report
thereon. A copy of such inspection report shall be posted upon the
inside wall of each food establishment by the enforcement officer
or other representative of the Board of Health at the time of each
inspection of said establishment. Said inspection report shall not
be defaced or removed except by the enforcement officer or other representative
of the Board of Health.
No impure ice or ice cut from a polluted pond,
lake or stream and no ice manufactured from impure water shall be
used or sold in the township.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine or penalty
not to exceed $500 and not less than $5 for each offense. Each day
or part thereof during which such violation shall continue shall constitute
a separate offense.
Any person who shall neglect or refuse to pay any fine imposed in accordance with the preceding section shall be subject to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 90 days. Any person who shall have been twice convicted within the space of six months of having violated this chapter may, in addition to the imposition of the penalty prescribed in §
265-23, be imprisoned in the county jail for any number of days, not exceeding one for each dollar of the penalty.