Whereas certain commercial services or enterprises conducted in the
Borough are considered to involve potential hazard to the health and welfare
of the Borough residents unless acceptable standards of cleanliness are maintained
with respect to quarters, equipment, methods and materials, the Board of Health
hereby designates particular types of commercial and business enterprises
over which it considers it essential to exercise some measure of sanitary
control and directs that the person responsible for the conduct of such enterprises
in the Borough shall apply for, obtain and display a Health Board permit as
set forth in this article.
A Board of Health permit shall be obtained and displayed by every business
or enterprise licensed by the State of New Jersey and for which the N.J.A.C.
provides for jurisdiction by a local Board of Health. These include, but are
not limited to:
A. Animal hospitals, kennels, pounds and shelters.
H. Hotels and rooming houses.
I. Ice vendors and ice-vending machines.
L. Pet shops and other places where animals, birds, fowl
or reptiles are raised or kept for sale.
M. Vendors of potable water.
Every person engaged in or desiring to engage in the operation of a
commercial service or enterprise above specified shall apply for a Health
Board permit, which, if granted, will indicate satisfactory compliance with
sanitary requirements as of the date of issuance of such permit and will authorize
continued operation at the named location and under the same ownership during
continued observance of sanitary standards satisfactory to the Board of Health
and during continued compliance with all applicable health codes or regulations
and laws of the state that are enforceable by this Board. The premises and
operations of any business applying for or holding all Health Board permits
shall be subject to inspection at any reasonable time by the Sanitary Inspector.
If any person granted a Health Board permit or if any employee, servant
or agent of such permit holder shall violate any ordinance, code, regulation
or special order of the Board of Health or regulation or law of the state
in the conduct of the service or business for which the permit was granted,
such permit may be revoked or renewal refused at the discretion of the Board;
and after the date of such revocation, such service or business shall not
operate in the Borough until the conditions that cause revocation are rectified;
and the owner or persons in charge of such commercial service and any offending
employees of such establishment may be prosecuted for such violation or code
or law as shall have occurred.
The owners, managers and employees of all commercial services and business
enterprises required under this article to have Health Board permits are hereby
notified that the quarters in which they conduct operation, the equipment
they employ, the methods followed and the quality and wholesomeness of materials
used shall in all respects conform to the detailed specifications set forth
in the State Sanitary Code or in other state laws or regulations or codes
applicable to the given type of business or service in which they are engaged,
and, further, they shall conform to such provisions of the State Building
Code, the State Plumbing Code and with the applicable Articles of the Sanitary
Code.
All Health Board permits granted under this article shall automatically
expire upon removal of the business to a different address than that specified
in the permit or upon a change of ownership or upon cessation of active operations
and, in any event, on December 31 of each year.
A fee of $50 shall be charged for the issuance of a Health Board permit
to a qualified commercial service or business establishment or enterprise
having a fixed address in the Borough and engaged in business or activities
of the kind or type specified as being required to have such permits.
When it shall be determined by the Board that any particular type of commercial services not specifically listed in §
265-30 affects the public health and well-being, the Board may, by resolution and public announcement, thereafter require all existing and all new enterprises furnishing such commercial services to comply with this article as fully as if such type of service had been listed at the time of enactment of this chapter.