[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Alexandria 6-12-1985 by Ord. No. 85-5. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Board of Health — See Ch. 26.
[Amended 11-19-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-10-10]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or any body corporate to conduct a retail food establishment, as defined in and governed by N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq. and as may be amended from time to time, without first having procured an annual license from the Board of Health of the Township of Alexandria and without complying with any and all of the provisions concerning operation and maintenance of the same, as contained in the aforementioned N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq. and as may be amended from time to time.
[Amended 8-9-1989; 10-9-2002; 12-10-2003; 7-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-06-09; 4-10-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-004; 2-12-2026 by Ord. No. 2026-001]
A. 
For each retail food establishment as defined under N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.5, the following categories shall be used to determine the annual license fee for that establishment. The categories and fees shall be as follows:
(1) 
Category 1: for newsstands, pharmacies, liquor stores, video stores, and other retail establishments which handle commercially prepared, prepackaged, nonpotentially hazardous foods as an incidental part of their business, the license fee is $150.
(2) 
Category 2: for bed-and-breakfasts (B&Bs) which serve full breakfasts, and for agricultural markets (with no on-site food preparation) where potentially hazardous foods are offered for sale or where grocery food items account for 50% or more of the agricultural market's sales area, the license fee is $100. (B&Bs which only serve continental breakfasts and agricultural markets which only sell raw agricultural products and an incidental amount of grocery items are exempt from licensing and inspection fees.)
(3) 
Category 3: for all other retail food establishments selling potentially nonhazardous foods, including mobile food vendors and vending machine locations, the license fee shall be in accordance with the new Hunterdon County Health Department Temporary Food License Vendor License Requirements that are effective as of January 1, 2026.
(4) 
Temporary retail food establishments: the license fee shall be in accordance with the new Hunterdon County Health Department Temporary Food License Vendor License Requirements that are effective as of January 1, 2026.
(5) 
Nonprofit organizations: in case of a bona fide nonprofit organization, the Township Committee may waive the license fee if the county waives the inspection fee.
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 license fees shall be due and payable on or before the fourth day of January of each year. Retail food establishments shall be required to procure licensing as specified herein, and the fees for said licenses shall be due and payable in the sums hereinbefore provided, commencing the calendar year 1985, and be subject to renewal for succeeding years. A late fee in the sum of $30 shall be assessed for Category 1, 2 and 3 establishments if payment is received by the Township after the January 4 payment deadline.
C. 
The municipal governing body may waive the annual fee for licensing of retail food establishments owned and operated by bona fide nonprofit charitable organizations, provided that the Hunterdon County Health Department has waived its fee for the inspection of such establishments.
A. 
Any license issued under the terms and provisions of this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the Board of Health of this municipality for the violation by the licensee of any provision of this chapter, or the N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq. and as may be amended from time to time, or whenever it shall appear that the business, trade, calling, profession or occupation of the person, firm or corporation to whom such license was issued is conducted in a disorderly or improper manner, or in violation of any law of the United States, State of New Jersey or any ordinance of this municipality, or that the person or persons conducting the retail food establishment is of an unfit character to conduct the same or that the purpose for which the license has been issued is being abused to the detriment of the public, or is being used for a purpose foreign to that for which the license was issued.
[Amended 11-19-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-10-10]
B. 
A license issued under the terms and provisions of the chapter shall not be revoked, canceled or suspended until hearing thereon shall have been had by the Board of Health. Written notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be served upon the licensee at least three days prior to the date set for such hearing. Such notice shall also contain a brief statement of the grounds to be relied upon for revoking, canceling or suspending such license. Notice may be given either by personal delivery thereof to the person to be notified or be deposited in the United States post office in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to such person to be notified at the business address appearing upon said license. At the hearing before the Board of Health, the person aggrieved shall have an opportunity to answer and may thereafter be heard, and upon due consideration and deliberation by the Board of Health, the complaint may be dismissed, or, if the Board concludes that the charges have been sustained and substantiated, it may revoke, cancel or suspend the license held by the licensee.
C. 
If any such license shall have been revoked, neither the holder thereof nor any person acting for him, directly or indirectly, shall be entitled to another license to carry on the same business within the Township unless the application for such license shall be approved by the Board of Health.
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 12-10-1997]
A violation of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. 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.
The County Health Director is hereby designated to be the Health Officer of the Township and its general agent for the purposes of enforcement of this chapter, under the supervision of the Board of Health of the Township which shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.