[Adopted 11-6-1974 by Ord. No. 992 as
Ch. 21, Art. II of the 1967 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person, whether
as principal or agent, clerk or employee, either for himself or any
other person, or for any body corporate, or as an officer of any corporation,
or otherwise, to engage in the operation of an establishment where
one or more machines or devices offered for public use provide, upon
insertion of a coin, coins or token, or by other means, self-service
dry-cleaning facilities, without first having applied to and procured
a permit from the Board of Health of this municipality so to do or
without complying with any and all of the provisions of the Coin-Operated
Dry-Cleaning Establishments Code of New Jersey (1962) as adopted or
amended by said Board.
Application for and issuance of the permits referred to in §
158-1 above shall be made in conformity with the provisions of the Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishment Code of New Jersey (1962) as adopted or amended by the Board of Health of this municipality. Such permits are not transferable.
Permits issued under authority of this article
may be suspended, revoked or reinstated by the Board of Health of
this municipality.
No provision of this article shall be applied
so as to impose any unlawful burden on either interstate commerce
or any activity of the state or federal government.
[Amended 3-25-1985 by Ord. No. 1281; 6-28-2010 by Ord. No. 2133]
A. If this article of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield
provides for the licensing or permitting of the violator, the Mayor
and Council of the Borough of Ridgefield reserve the right to revoke
such permit or license.
B. Any person found guilty of violating this article
of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield shall be subject to a penalty
consisting of a fine or imprisonment, or both, subject to the discretion
of the Judge, the maximum of which shall be the maximum fine or term
of imprisonment permitted to be imposed by the court having jurisdiction
over the violation of this article of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield;
provided, however, that the fine shall not be less than $100 nor more
than $2,000 per offense and the prison term shall not exceed 90 days
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.
C. In the event of a continuing violation, each day shall
constitute a separate offense.