§ 166-8. License fees.  


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  • A. 
    The annual license fees to be paid for issuance of a permanent or temporary retail food establishment shall be as follows:
    (1) 
    Category 1. For newsstands, pharmacies, liquor stores, video stores, and other retail establishments which handle commercially prepared, prepackaged, non-potentially-hazardous foods as an incidental part of their business, the fee is $200.
    (2) 
    Category 2. For bed-and-breakfast (B&B's) which serve full breakfasts, and for agricultural markets (with no on-site food preparation) where potentially hazardous foods are offered for sale or where grocery food items account for 50% or more of the agricultural market's sales area, the fee is $200. (B&B's which only serve continental breakfasts and agricultural markets which only sell raw agricultural products and an incidental amount of grocery items are exempt from licensing and inspection fees.)
    (3) 
    Category 3. For all other retail food establishments, the fee shall be $300.
    (4) 
    Nonprofit community service organizations: None.
    (5) 
    Public schools, fire departments, ambulance, and rescue squads: None.
    (6) 
    For each temporary retail food establishment as defined under N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.3, the fee is $200, provided that the food establishment is operational for a period of not more than three days. For temporary food establishments which are operational for four or more days, the fee is $300.
    B. 
    The above fees may be modified at any time by resolution of the Bethlehem Township Committee.
    Editor's Note: This ordinance provided for an effective date of 1-1-2004.
Amended 11-7-2002 by Ord. No. 245-2-2002; 11-20-2003 by Ord. No. 245-3-2003