[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township
of Mendham as Ch. BH:VI of the 1998 Revised General Ordinances. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
No person shall, within the Township of Mendham, operate or
conduct a retail food establishment as defined in N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.3
unless a currently valid license, either regular or temporary, has
been issued therefor by the Township Board of Health pursuant to this
chapter.
A.
An application for a license to conduct a retail food establishment
shall be made upon a form available in the office of the Township
Board of Health. Each application shall require the following information:
B.
License issued pursuant to this chapter shall be classified as regular
or temporary. Every regular license shall expire on the last day of
December of the year during which the license was issued. Every temporary
license shall expire 14 days from the date upon which the license
was issued.
C.
D.
E.
All fees required for licenses shall be paid to the Board prior to
the issuance of the license.
[Added 3-26-2001 by Ord. No. BH:1-01]
As a condition of the issuance or maintenance of a license to
conduct a retail food establishment, the owner of such establishment
or one of them if there be more than one, or in lieu thereof, the
person in charge of the day-to-day operation of the establishment,
shall attend the approved food handlers' course presently furnished
by the Bernard's Township Board of Health.[1] In the alternative, proof of attendance at an equivalent
program shall be accepted by the Township Board of Health. Attendance
at such course or equivalent shall be an annual requirement.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said food handlers’ course is now furnished
by the Morris County Board of Health.
The fee required by § 364-2 shall cover routine inspection of a retail food establishment. In the event that a retail food establishment is given a conditional or unsatisfactory rating as the result of any inspection, an additional fee as provided in Chapter 361, Fees, shall be paid to the Township Board of Health for each reinspection necessary to determine compliance with N.J.A.C. 8:24-11 and following. A reinspection fee shall be paid at the time that the reinspection is made, and in no event shall a placard evidencing a satisfactory evaluation be issued until all required reinspection fees have been paid to the Board.
A.
A license issued pursuant to this chapter may be suspended by the
Board for violation by the licensee of any provisions of this chapter
or of the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 and following.
[Amended 3-26-2001 by Ord. No. BH:1-01]
B.
Whenever any license is suspended, the licensee shall be entitled
to a hearing before the Board within 15 days after written request
therefore is made to the Board. Upon such hearing or within 10 days
thereafter the Board shall affirm, alter or rescind the suspension.
The reasons for the action by the Board shall be set forth in writing
and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the licensee.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter,
any provision of N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 and following or any order issued
thereunder shall upon conviction be subject to a penalty of not less
than $5 nor more than $500 for each and every violation. Each day
that a particular violation continues shall constitute a separate
offense.