[Adopted 10-3-1938 (Ch. 75, Art. I, of the 1991 Code)]
[Amended 8-13-1991 by Ord. No. 91-5]
The Council of the Borough of Newfield shall
issue plenary retail consumption licenses and plenary retail distribution
licenses for the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages pursuant
to the authority contained in the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control
Act (N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.), and the amendments thereof and the
supplements thereto, when the applications therefor shall be approved
by the Borough Council, under the restrictions, conditions and regulations
contained therein and in this Article provided.
All licenses shall be issued for a term of one
year from the first of July in each year and shall terminate June
30 of the following year, provided that the fees for any such license
shall be prorated according to the date of such license and based
on the annual fee as in this article provided.
[Amended 11-11-1958;9-12-1959; 3-11-1997 by Ord. No. 97-3; 3-10-1998 by Ord. No.
98-2]
A. The license fee for a plenary retail consumption license
shall be $576 per year.
B. The license fee for a plenary retail distribution
license shall be $576 per year.
[Amended 8-11-1970; 11-9-1982 by Ord. No. 82-14]
A. The sale
of alcoholic beverages between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
on Monday through Saturday and between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and
9:00 a.m. on Sunday is hereby prohibited.
B. When December
31 of any year falls on a Sunday, the sale of alcoholic beverages
shall be permitted from the hour of 9:00 a.m. of such Sunday until
3:00 a.m. of the following New Year's morning.
The holder of any plenary retail consumption
license or plenary retail distribution license shall maintain, operate
and conduct his business and the premises upon which said business
is maintained, operated and conducted in accordance with and subject
to the provisions of the statutes of the State of New Jersey and of
the United States and any regulations issued under authority thereof
and in accordance with the conditions, restrictions, and regulations
in this article provided.
[Adopted 6-4-1934 (Ch. 75, Art. II, of the 1991 Code)]
[Added 11-9-1982 by Ord. No. 82-14]
With regard to the consumption of alcoholic
beverages in the Borough of Newfield, it shall be unlawful for any
person to:
A. Consume alcoholic beverages while in or on a public
street, lane, sidewalk, public or quasi-public place or in any public
conveyance without the express permission of the owner or other person
having authority to grant such permission.
B. Consume alcoholic beverages while in a private motor
vehicle while the same is in motion or parked in any public street,
lane or public or quasi-public parking lot.
C. Consume alcoholic beverages while upon any private
property not his own without the express permission of the owner or
any other person having authority to grant such permission.
D. Discard alcoholic beverage containers upon any public
street, lane, sidewalk, public parking lot, public or quasi-public
place or upon any private property not his own without the express
permission of the owner.
[Added 11-9-1982 by Ord. No. 82-14]
No alcoholic beverage licensee shall allow,
permit or suffer in or upon the licensed premises any disturbances,
lewdness, illegal or immoral activity, brawls or unnecessary noises,
nor allow, permit or suffer the licensed place of business to be conducted
in such a manner as to become a nuisance.
[Added 11-9-1982 by Ord. No. 82-14]
A. Unless otherwise provided by Title 33 of the New Jersey
Statutes Annotated, any person or entity who shall violate any of
the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be
subject to a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment for not more
than 90 days, and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90
days, in the discretion of the court. The continuation of such violations
for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 8-13-1991 by Ord. No. 91-5]
B. Any license awarded pursuant to this chapter may be
suspended or revoked by the governing body for the violation of any
of the provisions of this chapter or for the violation of any of the
provisions of the applicable New Jersey statute or any of the rules
and regulations promulgated by the State Director of Alcoholic Beverage
Control, in addition to the penalty set forth in the preceding subsection
of this section.