[Adopted 1-1-1982 as Sec.
4-5 of the 1982 Recodification]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any automatic vending machine used for the storage or sale of food
or drink and operated and controlled by the insertion of a coin or coins.
No mechanical food vending machine shall be maintained for operation
within the Borough of East Rutherford unless a license for such operation
has been issued therefor by the borough upon application and the payment of
the required license fee. Application for such license shall be made to the
Borough Clerk upon a form to be supplied by the Borough Clerk for that purpose.
The application for a license shall contain the following information:
A.
Name and address of the applicant.
B.
Location where the machine is to be maintained for operation.
C.
Description of the machine to be covered by the license,
including name of manufacturer and serial number, if any.
D.
The name, address and telephone number of the person
responsible for the operation, maintenance and servicing of the machine.
[Amended 10-13-1982 by Ord.
No. 82-12; 5-11-1983 by Ord.
No. 83-7]
Every license issued pursuant to this article shall expire on the last
day of December of the year during which the license is issued. Every applicant,
before being granted a license, shall pay a license fee of $15 for maintaining
each mechanical food vending machine.
No mechanical food vending machine shall be maintained for operation
in the Borough of East Rutherford unless it complies with each of the following
requirements:
A.
The machine shall meet all pertinent requirements and
regulations of the Board of Health of the borough and be approved upon any
inspection made pursuant to such regulations.
B.
If the food or drink dispensed by the machine is subject
to spoilage, the machine shall be equipped with a refrigeration unit to maintain
the contents at a temperature low enough to preserve the contents in a healthful
condition at all times and shall also be equipped with an automatic device
which will prevent the machine from dispensing any of its contents when the
temperature thereof rises above such point.
C.
If the food or drink dispensed by the machine is represented
to be heated, the machine shall be equipped with a device to maintain the
temperature at an appropriate degree and shall also be equipped with an automatic
device which will prevent the machine from dispensing any of its contents
when the temperature of the drink or food falls below such appropriate degree.
D.
The machine shall be properly labeled so as to identify
the kind, type and grade of product dispensed from any opening as well as
the producer of each such product.
