[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Wyckoff 5-17-1960 by Ord. No. 378. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 12-18-1962 by Ord. No. 432; 6-21-1966 by Ord. No.
510; 6-20-1967 by Ord. No. 537; 6-18-1968 by Ord. No. 567; 6-4-1969 by Ord. No. 589; 6-3-1970 by Ord. No. 611; 6-15-1971 by Ord. No. 842; 6-26-1973 by Ord. No. 685; 6-2-1980 by Ord. No.
824; 5-21-1985 by Ord. No. 955; 6-10-1986 by Ord. No. 992; 5-19-1987 by Ord. No. 1010; 3-7-2006 by Ord. No. 1523; 6-20-2006 by Ord. No.
1536; 1-23-2007 by Ord. No. 1549]
A.
Not more than two plenary retail distribution licenses
shall be issued and outstanding in the Township of Wyckoff.
B.
Not more than three plenary retail consumption licensee
shall be issued and outstanding in the Township of Wyckoff; provided,
however, that this limitation shall not be deemed to prohibit issuance
of as many as two additional such licenses to persons operating upon
the licensed premises a restaurant as hereinafter defined, and provided
further that any such additional license shall be expressly conditioned
upon continued operation of the establishment as such a restaurant.
If the licensee fails to continue the operation of a restaurant as
hereinafter defined, the license shall be subject to revocation. No
such additional license shall be renewed or transferred except to
premises operated as such a restaurant. For the purposes of this chapter,
a "restaurant" shall be defined 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 is incidental to such establishment, is conducted.
Such a restaurant shall also meet the following requirements:
(1)
It shall have an aggregate of not less than 1,500
square feet of floor area devoted solely to the use of patrons for
the purposes of dining, exclusive of any space used as a kitchen,
pantry or for storage or any purpose other than dining.
(2)
Such dining area or areas shall be properly and sufficiently
equipped with tables, chairs and equipment to accommodate not less
than 60 persons at one sitting; there shall be adequate ventilating
equipment and refrigeration facilities on the premises; the kitchen
shall be of sufficient size and contain adequate equipment and the
restaurant shall be adequately staffed to serve patrons with reasonable
efficiency and dispatch; during the hours that the premises are open
to the public a sufficient quantity and variety of foods shall be
on the premises and available to meet ordinary and reasonable demands
of restaurant patrons.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(3), which
dealt with service bars and which immediately followed this subsection,
was repealed 5-19-1987 by Ord. No. 1010.
[Amended 3-1-2011 by Ord.
No. 1636; 6-21-2016 by Ord. No. 1803]
No plenary retail consumption licensee shall sell, serve or deliver, or allow, permit or suffer the sale, service or delivery of, any alcoholic beverage on the licensed premises on New Year's Day, when it is a weekday or a Saturday, between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.; on New Year's Day, when it is on a Sunday, between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.; on all other weekdays and Saturdays between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.; and on all other Sundays between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The above restrictions shall not apply to plenary retail consumption licensees which operate a restaurant on the licensed premises, as such establishments shall be governed by § 82-4 below.
[Added 6-21-2016 by Ord.
No. 1803]
No establishment with a plenary retail consumption license which
operates a restaurant upon the licensed premises shall be open between
the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., Eastern standard time, Mondays
through Fridays, and between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.,
Eastern standard time, Saturdays through Sundays. Notwithstanding
the above, such establishments shall be permitted to be open through
2:00 a.m., Eastern standard time, on January 1st of each and every
year.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 82-4, Sunday
sales, added 6-16-1981 by Ord. No. 847, was repealed 8-3-2004 by Ord.
No. 1476.
[Amended 6-19-1984 by Ord. No. 927]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine
of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days,
or both.
