It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate to conduct a retail food establishment as defined in and governed by the Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey without first having procured an annual license from the local Board of Health so to do and without complying with any or all of the provisions concerning operation and maintenance of the same as contained in the aforementioned Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 464 enacting this chapter was adopted by the Township Committee as an amendment and supplement to the Sanitary Code of the Township of Rochelle Park, which was adopted by the Board of Health on April 27, 1931. The Sanitary Code is outdated in many respects and has not been included in this volume. However, it is on file in the office of the Board of Health.
[Amended 5-5-1986 by Ord. No. 519; 12-27-1989 by Ord. No. 582; 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 737; 7-16-2003 by Ord. No. 888-03; 8-18-2010 by Ord. No. 1020-10; 11-10-2010 by Ord. No. 1026-10]
The annual fees for licensing of retail food establishments and other businesses subject to regulation by the Board of Health are hereby fixed as follows:
A. 
Restaurants, luncheonettes, etc.
Class
Seating Capacity
Annual Fee
Class I
1 to 50
$210
Class II
51 to 100
$270
Class III
101 to 200
$360
Class IV
Over 200
$420
B. 
Miscellaneous businesses.
Business
Annual Fee
Single food handling, retail
$150
Single food handling, nonprocessing
$110
Taverns, no food service
$50
Delicatessens
$250
Confectionery stores
$125
Soda fountains, snack bars, stands, no seats
$125
Milk license, per truck
$100
Milk handler's permit, per store
$50
Mobile food vendors
$75
Food processing, commercial or wholesale
$500
Supermarkets
$800
Cafeterias
$150
Cards, gift and drug stores with packaged candy
$100
Barbershops and beauty parlors or salons
$125
Laundromats and cleaners
Laundries, fee for inspection of plan
$100
Licensing fee for laundry and/or cleaners
$200
Fruits and vegetables
$150
Pet stores
$250
All vending machines
  First vending machine
$100
  Each additional machine
$50
Catering kitchens
$200
Bakeries
$200
Ice machines
$50
Refuse-rendering vehicle
$100
Masseur, per operator
$200
Nursery school or boarding-house
$300
Maternity house
$300
Nursing and/or convalescent home
$350
Butchers
$200
Tanning salons
$200
Tattooing parlors or studios
$750
Body-piercing parlors or studios
$750
Combination tattooing parlor and body-piercing parlor
$1,000
C. 
Food-handling permits, temporary:
(1) 
Up to and including three days for carnivals, fairs, etc.: $75.
(2) 
More than three days and up to and including a maximum of 10 days for carnivals, fairs, etc.: $300.
[Amended 7-16-2003 by Ord. No. 888-03; 8-28-2024 by Ord. No. 1211-24]
A. 
Any business which is set forth herein and which must obtain a license from the Board of Health and pay an annual fee shall obtain its initial license within 10 days of the issuance of a final certificate of compliance from the Building Department. No business shall be permitted to operate until such license is obtained from the Board of Health.
B. 
The annual fee shall be due and payable, in full, for the initial year of operation regardless of the date on which the license is issued. The annual fee shall not be prorated. Should the licensee or prospective licensee fail to obtain the designated license enumerated, there shall be a late fee for said license representing 25% per month of the annual fee. Each month or any part thereof which expires before payment of said fee shall be considered a separate period for the 25% late fee.
C. 
The provisions of this section may be enforced by the Board of Health or the Office of the Township Administrator or the Office of the Township Clerk. In the event that a summons is issued for violation of this section, the enforcing authority shall immediately advise the Building Department of the lack of compliance and the issuance of a summons. The Building Department shall then take any and all action appropriate pursuant to local or state law.
[Added 12-27-1989 by Ord. No. 582; amended 8-18-2010 by Ord. No. 1020-10]
The following fees shall be established for public bathing places:
A. 
Swimming pool and/or whirlpool (year-round operation): $500.
B. 
Swimming pool (seasonal): $250.
C. 
Outdoor bathing place (seasonal): $250.
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 Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey 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, the 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 that the license is being used for a purpose foreign to that for which the license was issued.
B. 
A license issued under the terms and provisions of this chapter shall not be revoked, canceled or suspended until a 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 by depositing the same in the United States Postal Service in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to such person to be notified at the business address appearing upon such 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 of Health concludes that the charges have been sustained and substantiated, it may revoke, cancel or suspend the license held by the licensee.
C. 
If 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 5-5-1986 by Ord. No. 519]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and 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.