[Amended 4-7-80 by Ord. No. 1980-8]
No person, firm or corporation shall operate or maintain any
vending machine or coin-operated sales device on any street, sidewalk
or public way in the Township of Barnegat without first having obtained
a license therefor from the Township Clerk of Barnegat Township. The
cost of such license shall be five dollars ($5) per year, with an
initial application fee of fifteen dollars ($15) to defray the administrative
costs of the issuance of the initial license. Each vending machine
or coin-operated sales device shall require a separate license.
If both the Police Chief and the Building Inspector recommend
in the affirmative, the license shall issue within ten (10) days of
receipt of the application therefor. If either recommends disapproval,
no license shall issue except upon appeal and review of the Township
Committee, in accordance with the terms and provisions of Ordinance
No. 75-14 of the Township of Barnegat.
No vending machine or coin-operated sales device shall be permitted
to be attached or fastened to any public property or to the property
of anyone other than the owner of said vending machine or coin-operated
sales device, unless the owner of such machine or device has received
written permission from the owner of the property to which the machine
or device is to be fastened or attached.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or
by imprisonment in the Ocean County Jail not to exceed ninety (90)
days, or by both such fine and such imprisonment.