[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Totowa 3-16-1959 (Ch. 173 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any person, firm, company, association or corporation
which owns any machine as defined below and has control over such
machine.
Any automatic machine used for the sale of milk, cream or
other perishable food products and controlled and operated by the
insertion of a coin or coins.
A.
Any person, firm, corporation, company or association
displaying for public patronage or keeping for operation any milk
or cream vending machine shall be required to obtain an annual license
for any said vending machine dispensing milk or cream, which license
fee shall be $5 for each said machine operated within the Borough
of Totowa.
B.
Each license shall be for a specific location and
shall expire on December 31 of the year for which it is issued.
C.
There shall be issued no more than three licenses
for the operation of such milk or cream vending machines within the
Borough of Totowa during each calendar year, it being the intent herein
to limit the number of milk or cream vending machines to three in
number during each calendar year.
A.
All milk or cream dispensed or sold in any such milk
vending machine shall be from a source approved by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Totowa and shall be changed and a fresh supply thereof
placed in each machine daily.
B.
The interior of such machine shall be so designed
and constructed as to be readily cleaned and kept clean.
C.
The refrigeration unit shall be of sufficient capacity
to keep the entire contents of milk or cream at a temperature of 50°
F. or below.
D.
The vending machine shall be equipped with an automatic
cutoff device that locks the machine when the temperature of the interior
where milk or cream are stored goes above 50° F., and then returns
patrons' coins. No milk then in the machine shall thereafter be sold
from vending machines. Each machine shall contain a thermometer with
the Fahrenheit scale thereon.
E.
Vending machines shall be accurately labeled as to
the product being dispensed therefrom.
Provision shall be made by the operator of the
vending machine for inspection by the Board of Health at any time.
No license shall be issued unless the applicant
shall first obtain from the Board of Health its written certification
that the applicant has complied with all the rules and regulations
established by the Board of Health with respect to the operation of
such machine, and a written certification by the Construction Code
Officer that the proposed location of such machine is in compliance
with the Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Totowa.[1]
