[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Andover 7-6-2004. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sanitation — See Ch. 148.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a
uniform set of procedures for administering the issuance, renewal,
and revocation of licenses for body art establishments issued by the
Borough.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any place or premises, whether public or private, temporary
or permanent in nature or location, where the practices of body art,
whether or not for profit, are performed.
The practice of physical body adornment in permitted establishments
by operators utilizing, but not limited to, body piercing, tattooing
and permanent cosmetics.
This section does not apply to physicians who
are authorized by the State Board of Medical Examiners to practice
medicine, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:9-6 et seq.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a body
art establishment without first obtaining a license from the Andover
Borough Board of Health.
B.
All licenses must comply with sterilization, sanitation
and safety standards outlined in N.J.A.C. 8:27-1 et seq.
C.
Every body art establishment license shall expire at 12:00 midnight
on the last day of July. Body art establishment licenses will be issued
annually in August on receipt of the requisite license fee. For those
establishments that limit body art procedures to piercing of the trailing
edge of the ear as described in N.J.A.C. 8:27-9.1, the annual licensing
fee is $50. For all other body art establishments the annual licensing
fee is $250.
[Amended 4-10-2017 by Ord. No.
2017-1]
The following warrant immediate closure of a
body art establishment until the violation is abated to the satisfaction
of the Andover Borough Board of Health or its authorized agents:
A.
Evidence of a failing or malfunctioning sewage system
as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:9A, for body art establishments with an on-site
sewage system;
B.
Evidence of failing water quality tests. To determine
water quality, body art establishments served by an onsite well water
system must submit laboratory reports for bacteria water quality to
the Borough of Andover Board of Health or its authorized agent during
each quarter. Other water quality tests may be required by the Borough
of Andover Board of Health or its authorized agent; or
C.
Any other reason outlined in N.J.A.C. 8:27-11.3.
Any medical waste generated at the body art
establishment shall be stored and disposed of properly and in accordance
with state regulations.
A.
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall
be grounds for an enforcement action by the Borough of Andover Board
of Health or its authorized agent. Such enforcement action may include
a penalty, a summons issued in a municipal court or suspension or
revocation or nonrenewal of the body art establishment's license.
B.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction, pay a penalty of not less than $100 and not
more than $1,000 for each offense, unless otherwise provided by law.
Each day the violation exists shall be considered a separate offense.
