[Adopted 6-6-1993 by Ord. No. 15-1993]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly
appears from the context:
Any place within the Borough of Moosic where food, foodstuff
or beverages are served or provided for human consumption, with or
without charge, including, among others, hotels, restaurants, cafes,
cafeterias, clubs, boardinghouses, ice cream parlors, soda water or
soft drink fountains and bars or taverns.
Any establishment within the Borough of Moosic where food,
food products and beverages are manufactured, processed, packaged
or bottled, or sold for consumption off the premises of the seller,
including, among others, bakeries, beverage distributors, bottler,
candy and confectionery manufacturers, dairies, frozen food locker
plants, wholesaler and retailers, and operators of vending machine
services.
Any person, partnership, association or corporation conducting
or operating within the Borough of Moosic an eating or drinking place
or a food or beverage manufacturing, processing or merchandising establishment.
A.
Proprietors shall not operate or conduct an eating
or drinking place or a food or beverage manufacturing, drinking place
or a food or beverage manufacturing, processing or merchandising establishment
within the Borough of Moosic except in a clean, sanitary manner.
B.
No proprietor shall deposit any substances into the
public sanitary sewer system for the Borough of Moosic unless the
conduits connecting his or her eating or drinking place or food or
beverage manufacturing, processing or merchandising establishment
are equipped with a grease trap approved by the Borough of Moosic.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The third paragraph of original
Section 2, regarding issuance of guidelines for grease traps within
60 days, which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted 9-9-2004
by Ord. No. 14-2004.
A.
Revocation of license. Licensed eating or drinking
places and food or beverage manufacturing, processing and merchandising
establishments may be inspected by the licensor as often as necessary
to insure that the provisions of this article are being obeyed.
B.
Any proprietor in possession of a valid license to
operate an eating or drinking place or a food or a beverage manufacturing,
processing and merchandising establishment who fails to comply with
the applicable rules and regulations of the commonwealth, of the Borough
of Moosic and this article may have such license either revoked or
suspended by the licensor at any time during the license period.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and,
in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for
a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this article
continues shall constitute a separate offense.
All other commercial establishments shall install
sewer traps approved by the Borough of Moosic which prevents the deposit
of any foreign substance entering the Borough sewer system.