Food or beverage establishments offering service at outdoor
areas as of June 22, 2020, must adhere to the protocols listed below:
A. Obtain all required municipal approvals and permits before offering
food and/or beverage consumption at outdoor areas;
B. Post signage at the entrance that states "No one with a fever or
symptoms of respiratory illness should enter the food or beverage
establishment";
C. Limit seating to a maximum of eight customers per table and arrange
seating to achieve a minimum distance of six feet between parties;
D. Rope off or otherwise mark tables, chairs and bar stools that are
not to be used;
E. Demarcate six feet of spacing in patron waiting areas;
F. Provide physical guides such as tape on floors, sidewalks, and signage
on walls to ensure that customers remain at least six feet apart in
line for restroom or waiting for seating;
G. Eliminate self-service food or drink options such as buffets, salad
bars and self-service stations;
H. Disinfect all tables, chairs and any other shared items (menus, condiments,
pens) after each use;
I. Install physical barriers and partitions at cash registers, bars,
host stands and other areas where maintaining physical distance of
six feet is difficult;
J. Ensure six feet of physical distance between workers and customers,
except at the moment of payment and/or when employees are servicing
the table;
K. Require infection control practices such as regular handwashing,
coughing and sneezing etiquette and proper tissue usage and disposal;
L. Require frequent sanitization of high-touch areas such as credit
card machines, keypads, and counters to which the public and workers
have access;
M. Place conspicuous signage at entrance alerting staff and customers
to the required six feet of physical distance;
N. All food and/or beverage establishments shall have an inclement weather
policy that, if triggered, would require the food or beverage establishment
to adhere to and offer take-out or delivery service only;
O. Provide all employees with face coverings and gloves;
P. Provide employees with break time for repeated handwashing throughout
the workday; and
Q. Provide sanitization materials, such as hand sanitizer and sanitizing
wipes, to staff.
Food or beverage establishments offering services at outside
areas within the Township of Irvington, New Jersey, must impose the
following requirements on employees:
A. Require employees to wash and/or sanitize their hands when entering
the food or beverage establishment;
B. Conduct daily health checks (e.g., temperature screening and/or symptom
checking) of employees safely and respectfully and in accordance with
any applicable privacy laws and regulations;
C. Require employees with symptoms of contagious respiratory illness
(fever cough, shortness of breath) be sent home immediately;
D. Require all employees to wear face coverings (except where so would
inhibit the individual's health), require employees to wear gloves
when in contact with customers and when handling prepared foods, serving
food utensils or other items to customers.
Food or beverage establishments offering services at outside
areas within the Township must institute the following policies with
respect to customers:
A. Inform customers that safety measures such as social distancing,
wearing face coverings when they are away from their table and unable
to social distance or when they are inside of the indoor portion of
the premises of the food and beverage establishment (unless the customer
has a medical reason for not doing so or is a child under two years
of age), and hygiene practices must be adhered to while in the food
or beverage establishment;
B. Encourage reservations for greater control of customer traffic/volume;
C. Require said customers to provide a phone number if making a reservation
(this will facilitate contact tracing);
D. Recommend customers wait in their cars or away from the food or beverage
establishment while waiting for a table if the outdoor wait area cannot
accommodate social distancing;
E. Alert customers via calls/text to limit touching and use of shared
objects such as pagers/buzzers;
F. Establish the use of digital menus;
G. Decline entry to the indoor portion of the establishment to a customer
who is not wearing a face covering, unless the customer has a medical
reason for not doing so or is a child under two years of age.
Permit fee. The fee for Township businesses already in possession
of a food and/or beverage license may apply for an outdoor dining
permit. Fee for permit shall be $100 per facility or business.