Borough of Rockaway, NJ Article XV Licenses, Permits and Certificates

§ 261-56 Applications.

A. All applications for licenses, permits or certificates shall be made at the office of the Board during regular office hours, and fees for every license shall be paid in advance at the time of making application therefor.

B. The granting of any license, permit or certificate may be withheld, at the discretion of the Board, pending examination, investigation or inspection of the person who or the premises which may be the subject matter of the license, permit or certificate under consideration.

§ 261-57 Duration of license; transferability.

All licenses, permits or certificates issued under any of the several articles of this chapter shall be valid only for the balance of the calendar year in which they are issued, unless otherwise herein provided. No such license, permit or certificate shall be transferable or assignable.

§ 261-58 Evidence of license, permit or certificate.

The Board shall evidence the granting of any license, permit or certificate issued by furnishing to the licensee, permittee or certificate holder a suitable card, sign, placard, disc, plate or other writing which shall convey information concerning the nature of such license, permit or certificate, the serial number of the same, the name of the person to whom the same has been issued, the premises or vehicles so licensed, if that is material or required, and such other information as the Board may deem pertinent.

§ 261-59 Display.

Every license, permit or certificate issued by the Board shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the establishment, premises or other place for which the same is issued and shall likewise be so displayed on every vehicle or conveyance so licensed for the period that said license, permit or certificate shall be in force, unless the Board shall otherwise prescribe.

§ 261-60 Suspension.

A. Every license, permit or certificate issued hereunder may, at any time during the term for which the same is so issued, be suspended by the Board of its Health Officer, pending a hearing, to be granted the holder thereof, pursuant to a notice to show cause to the Board why said license, permit or certificate should not be suspended further or revoked.

B. No such license, permit or certificate shall be suspended unless the Health Officer shall file with the Board a complaint or charges evidencing one or more violations of the Article hereof, under which said license, permit or certificate was originally issued.

C. During the period of any such suspension, every license, permit or certificate so suspended shall be ineffective and the holder thereof shall, during the entire period of such suspension, cease the operation of any business or discontinue every activity or use permitted under the license permit or certificate suspended.

§ 261-61 Revocation.

Any license, permit or certificate issued under the provision of this article may be revoked at any time by the Board for just cause if the licensee, permittee or certificate holder shall violate:

A. Any of the provisions of this article or any amendments hereof or supplements hereto;

B. The Sanitary Code of the Department of Health of New Jersey specifically applicable to the subject matter for or upon which said license, permit or certificate was issued; or

C. Any statute of the State of New Jersey or regulation pertaining to the Board of Health, which statute or regulation is specifically applicable to the subject matter for or upon which said license, permit or certificate was issued.

D. Before any license, permit or certificate may be revoked, the holder thereof shall be given a hearing and an opportunity to be heard on the complaint made or violations charged against him.

E. The time and place for such hearings shall be fixed at the discretion of the Board; provided, however, that an unreasonable period of time shall not be permitted to elapse between the date of any suspension of license and the date fixed for the hearing.

F. Notice of the time and place of any hearing held under this article shall be given by the Board to the holder of the license, permit or certificate so involved, in writing, and served either personally or sent to him by registered mail.

G. A licensee, permittee or certificate holder who fails to appear at the time and place fixed for such hearings shall not be entitled to any further hearings, and, in that event, his license, permit or certificate may, as matter of course, be forthwith revoked.