[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Ridgefield as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Adoption of State Code — See Ch. 412, Art. I.
[Adopted 11-6-1974 by Ord. No. 992 as Ch. 21, Art. II of the 1967 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person, whether as principal or agent, clerk or employee, either for himself or any other person, or for any body corporate, or as an officer of any corporation, or otherwise, to engage in the operation of an establishment where one or more machines or devices offered for public use provide, upon insertion of a coin, coins or token, or by other means, self-service dry-cleaning facilities, without first having applied to and procured a permit from the Board of Health of this municipality so to do or without complying with any and all of the provisions of the Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishments Code of New Jersey (1962) as adopted or amended by said Board.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 412, Art. I.
A. 
The fees for permits as required by § 158-1 above, for the purpose of raising revenue, for regulation and control, to be paid annually to this municipality, are hereby fixed at $25 per year for each machine.
B. 
All permits issued under authority of this article shall expire on the first day of January each year.
C. 
Permit fees shall be paid to the Board of Health.
Application for and issuance of the permits referred to in § 158-1 above shall be made in conformity with the provisions of the Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishment Code of New Jersey (1962) as adopted or amended by the Board of Health of this municipality. Such permits are not transferable.
Permits issued under authority of this article may be suspended, revoked or reinstated by the Board of Health of this municipality.
No provision of this article shall be applied so as to impose any unlawful burden on either interstate commerce or any activity of the state or federal government.
[Amended 3-25-1985 by Ord. No. 1281; 6-28-2010 by Ord. No. 2133]
A. 
If this article of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield provides for the licensing or permitting of the violator, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Ridgefield reserve the right to revoke such permit or license.
B. 
Any person found guilty of violating this article of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield shall be subject to a penalty consisting of a fine or imprisonment, or both, subject to the discretion of the Judge, the maximum of which shall be the maximum fine or term of imprisonment permitted to be imposed by the court having jurisdiction over the violation of this article of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield; provided, however, that the fine shall not be less than $100 nor more than $2,000 per offense and the prison term shall not exceed 90 days in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.
C. 
In the event of a continuing violation, each day shall constitute a separate offense.