No minor shall purchase, accept or consume any
alcoholic beverage in or upon any premises licensed to sell alcoholic
beverages in this Borough.
[Amended 12-17-2003 by Ord. No. 03-33]
It shall be unlawful for any licensee holding
a plenary retail consumption license to allow, permit or suffer the
entry of any person under the age of 18 on the licensed premises for
any purpose other than for employment pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:2-14.1
et seq. The foregoing shall not prohibit a person under the age of
18 from being present on a licensed premises if accompanied by a parent
or guardian 21 years of age or older or if the licensed premises is
a restaurant. A restaurant is defined herein as an establishment regularly
and principally used for the purpose of providing meals to the public,
having an adequate kitchen and dining room equipped for the preparing,
cooking and serving of foods for its customers, and in which no other
business, except such as incidental to such establishment, is conducted.
No person shall misrepresent his age or the
age of another person for the purpose of inducing any licensee or
the licensee's employee to sell, serve or deliver any alcoholic beverage
to a person under the legal age for consuming same.
Any parent or guardian of a person under the
legal age who accompanies such person under the legal age into a premises
licensed under a plenary retail consumption license and who permits
the person under the legal age to possess or consume alcoholic beverages
shall be presumed to have misrepresented the age of the person under
the legal age.
[Amended 3-2-2005 by Ord. No. 05-08]
A.
Any person violating and failing to comply with any
of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by a fine of no less than $100 and no more than $1,250,
by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or by community service of not
more than 90 days or any combination of fine, imprisonment and community
service, as determined in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge.
The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute
a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting
the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above
for each separate offense.
B.
If any owner, operator or licensee is found in violation
of the provisions of this article, the alcoholic beverage license
shall be subject to suspension or revocation in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control
Act and this article.
C.
The violation of any provision of this article shall
be subject to abatement summarily by restraining order or injunction
issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
