[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of
Kenilworth 2-16-1978 by Ord. No.
3. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 11-15-2018]
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 maintain or permit to be maintained on or in any location in this
Borough one or more machines or devices offered for public use which,
upon insertion of a coin, coins or token or by other means, dispenses
unit servings of food or beverages, either in bulk or package, without
the necessity of replenishing the devices between each vending operation,
without first having applied to and procured a license for each such
machine or device from the Board of Health of this municipality or
without complying with any and all of the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:24,
Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments and Food and Beverage Vending
Machines.
[Amended 9-6-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-22]
All licenses issued under authority of this chapter shall expire
on the last day of February of each year. License fees shall be paid
to the Board of Health.
[Amended 11-15-2018]
Application for and issuance of licenses referred to in § 202-1 above shall be made in conformity with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:24, Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments and Food and Beverage Vending Machines. Such licenses are not transferable.
[Amended 11-15-2018]
Licenses issued under authority of this chapter may be suspended,
revoked or reinstated by the Board of Health of this Borough pursuant
to the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:24, Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments
and Food and Beverage Vending Machines.
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 11-15-2018]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any
of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $500, 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.
A true certified copy of this chapter shall be filed with the
State Commissioner of Health.
