Borough of Paramus, NJ
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2023-12-19
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 191 Businesses
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Article I Miscellaneous Businesses
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Access to All Advisory Board
- Ch 4 Administrative Assistant
- Ch 5 Administrator, Municipal
- Ch 6 Administrative Code
- Ch 7 Affordable Housing Liaison/Rehabilitation Coordinator
- Ch 8 Aggregation Program for Energy and Natural Gas
- Ch 9 Emergency Medical Services, Division of
- Ch 10 Emergency Management Stipend Program
- Ch 13 Buildings and Traffic Maintenance, Department of
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Consultant for Site Plan Review
- Ch 21 Consumer Protection Committee
- Ch 25 Court, Municipal
- Ch 25A Credit Card Payments for Municipal Fees
- Ch 26 Cultural Arts Council
- Ch 27 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 27A Direct Deposit, Mandated
- Ch 28 Director, Management of Information Services
- Ch 30 Director of Emergency Preparedness
- Ch 31 Director of Human Resources
- Ch 32 Director of Planning
- Ch 32A Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy
- Ch 33 Environmental Commission
- Ch 35 Employees, Part-Time and Seasonal
- Ch 37 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 43 Finance Department
- Ch 47 Fire Department
- Ch 49 Golf Course Manager/Superintendent
- Ch 51 Harassment Policy
- Ch 55 Health and Human Services, Department of
- Ch 57 Head Golf Professional
- Ch 59 Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 65 Insurance
- Ch 69 Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 77 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 81 Legal Department
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Life Safety Complex, Use of
- Ch 87 Municipal Clerk, Deputy
- Ch 89 Municipal Humane Law Enforcement Officer
- Ch 91 Municipal Swimming Pool Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 95 Anti-Nepotism Policy
- Ch 99 Personnel Policies
- Ch 103 Police Department
- Ch 105 Public Advocates for Board of Adjustment and Planning Board
- Ch 106 Public Health Supervisor
- Ch 107 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 113 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 117 Rescue Squad
- Ch 121 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 125 School Security
- Ch 129 Shade Tree Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 133 Shopping Center Safety Review Committee
- Ch 140 Veterans Affairs Officer
- Ch 141 Office of Emergency Management
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 149 Adult Uses
- Ch 153 Alarm Systems
- Ch 157 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 158 Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary
- Ch 161 Amusement Businesses
- Ch 165 Amusement Devices and Arcades
- Ch 169 Animals
- Ch 173 Background Checks
- Ch 175 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 179 Builders and Contractors
- Ch 181 Building Construction and Alteration Permits
- Ch 183 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 187 Buildings, Truss-Type
- Ch 191 Businesses
- Ch 191 Art I Miscellaneous Businesses
- § 191-1 License required.
- § 191-2 Applications; fee.
- § 191-3 License issuance.
- § 191-4 Businesses requiring licenses; fees.
- § 191-5 Applicability of license; expiration.
- § 191-6 Display of license; nontransferability.
- § 191-7 Revocation of license.
- Ch 195 Cell Phones, Use in Motor Vehicles
- Ch 197 Certificates of Compliance and Continued Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 203 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 204 Contribution Disclosure
- Ch 207 (Reserved)
- Ch 210 Affordable Housing — Inclusionary Zoning Requirements
- Ch 211 Demolition Permits
- Ch 212 Door Numbering Requirements
- Ch 213 Drainage and Environmental Protection
- Ch 217 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 219 Duplicate Bills and Fraudulent Checks
- Ch 221 Eminent Domain
- Ch 223 Environmental Impact Statements
- Ch 229 Fees, Land Use
- Ch 233 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 237 Fire Lanes
- Ch 241 Fire Prevention
- Ch 245 Fires, Conduct at
- Ch 249 Flea Markets, Auctions and Games of Chance
- Ch 253 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 254 Fracking (Hydraulic Fracturing)
- Ch 256 Garage Sales
- Ch 259 Golf and Country Clubs
- Ch 265 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 269 Home Buyers Protection
- Ch 277 Landscaping
- Ch 278 Firewood and Commercial Firewood Processors
- Ch 281 Library
- Ch 285 Limousine Services and Taxicabs
- Ch 289 Littering
- Ch 293 Massage Establishments
- Ch 295 Merchandise, Display of
- Ch 299 Motels and Hotels
- Ch 303 Motion Pictures and Television
- Ch 309 Noise
- Ch 311 Nudity on State-Owned Lands
- Ch 313 Nursing Homes and Commercial Recreational Facilities
- Ch 316 Official Street Map
- Ch 319 (Reserved)
- Ch 322 Rental Properties
- Ch 323 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 327 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 331 Pool Halls and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 335 Professional Services
- Ch 339 Property Maintenance
- Ch 340 Registration of Foreclosing Mortgages and Vacant Property
- Ch 341 Public Records
- Ch 343 Public Utilities
- Ch 345 Restaurants and Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 346 Retail Theft
- Ch 351 Sales, Close-Out
- Ch 355 Satellite Earth Stations
- Ch 359 Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods, Dealers
- Ch 363 Sewers
- Ch 365 Sex Offenders
- Ch 367 Signs
- Ch 371 Site Plan Review
- Ch 373 Smoking
- Ch 375 Soil Removal
- Ch 379 Solid Waste
- Ch 383 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 387 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 391 Sunday Activities
- Ch 395 Swimming Pools
- Ch 397 Telecommunications Systems
- Ch 398 Temporary Storage Containers
- Ch 401 Towers and Towing
- Ch 403 Traffic Control Signal Monitoring System
- Ch 405 Trapping
- Ch 409 Trespassing
- Ch 412 Vaccinations
- Ch 415 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 419 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 423 Vending Machines
- Ch 426 Volunteer and Veteran Fee Exemptions
- Ch 429 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 435 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 436 Animals
- Ch 436A Barbershops, Beauty Parlors and Nail Salons
- Ch 437 Body Piercing, Ear Piercing and Permanent Cosmetics
- Ch 439 Food Service Managers
- Ch 443 Sanitation
- Ch 447 Tattooing
- Ch 449 Tobacco and Cigarettes
- Ch 450 Retail Plastic Bags and Polystyrene Foam
- Part IV: Board of Shade Tree and Park Commissioners Legislation
- Ch 453 Trees and Shrubbery
- Appendix
- Ch A457 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A460 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
No person shall conduct, carry on, exhibit, promote or engage in any miscellaneous business enumerated in § 191-4 of this article in any place, building, structure or premises within the Borough without first having obtained a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 5-19-2015 by Ord. No. 15-15]
All applications for licenses issued under this article shall be made to the Borough Clerk. The application shall be accompanied with the proper license fee as indicated in § 191-4, together with the sum of $0.50 to cover the cost of issuing such license. No refunds shall be provided on any license.
[Amended 12-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-30]
A.
After receiving the application, the Borough Clerk shall present
the same to the Mayor and Council for consideration at the next succeeding
meeting. Upon approval of the application by the Mayor and Council,
the license shall be issued by the Borough Clerk.
B.
Where the Borough Clerk deems it appropriate, applications shall
be referred to the Chief of Police or a police officer designated
by him, who shall immediately institute whatever investigation of
the applicant's business responsibility, moral character, and ability
to properly conduct the licensed activity he considers necessary for
the protection of the public. He shall communicate his findings in
writing to the Borough Clerk within a reasonable time after the application
has been filed. If the investigator's report supports a finding that
the applicant's character, ability, or business responsibility is
unsatisfactory or that the products, services, or activity are not
free from fraud, the Borough Clerk shall refuse to issue the license
and shall so notify the applicant. Otherwise, the Borough Clerk shall
issue the license immediately, provided the required license fee has
been paid, except in cases where approval of the Mayor and Council
is required. In the event of the refusal of the issuance of a license,
the applicant may appeal to the Mayor and Council for a hearing. The
appeal must be filed in writing with the Borough Clerk within 14 days
after notification of the refusal. The Mayor and Council shall hold
the hearing within 10 days thereafter. The decision of the Mayor and
Council shall be final.
C.
The procedure in Subsection B above is applicable to any license issued through or by the Borough Clerk, regardless of whether it appears in this chapter, to the extent not specifically superseded by another chapter that cannot be reconciled with Subsection B or where Subsection B is specifically superseded by State or Federal law.
Licenses shall be obtained for the operation of the following
enumerated miscellaneous businesses upon payment of the respective
indicated license fees:
A.
Antique furniture: the business of dealing in antique furniture or
other articles of any antique nature not classified as secondhand
articles. The license fee for dealers in antique furniture shall be
$100.
B.
Auctioneer: the business of selling, by auction, goods, chattels,
wares, merchandise, real estate and other articles not prohibited
by law. This subsection shall not apply to a single auction sale held
on the premises of a resident or property owner of the Borough, which
sale is held for the purpose of liquidating a specific personal estate
or a specific piece of real estate or a specific business, farm or
farmland.
[Amended 3-24-1977 by Ord. No. 77-9]
C.
(Reserved) Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, crematories and mausoleums,
was repealed 4-9-1996 by Ord. No. 96-8.
D.
Laundries: the business of maintaining, conducting and operating
a steam laundry or hand laundry. This license shall be issued only
on compliance with health rules and regulations promulgated by the
Board of Health. The license fee for laundries shall be $200.
Editor's Note: Former Subsection E, dealing with food and beverage
vending machines, which immediately followed this subsection, was
repealed 11-4-1971 by Ord. No. 684.
In addition to the penalty prescribed in § 191-12, the Mayor and Council may, after notice and hearing, revoke any license granted under this article if any provision of this article is violated or if the licensed place or premises is so operated as to constitute a nuisance.
