[Adopted 12-29-1944 by Ord. No. 171]
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 819]
This article is for the purpose of fixing license fees and regulating the sale of alcoholic beverages in the Township of Haddon, County of Camden and State of New Jersey, in accordance with the provisions of an act of the Legislature entitled "An Act Concerning Alcoholic Beverages," Chapter 436 of the Laws of 1933, as amended and supplemented,[1] and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 819]
All applications for licenses under this article and all licenses issued hereunder and proceedings in connection therewith shall be subject to said Act and said rules and regulations of said Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control of New Jersey applicable thereto and shall be subject to any other statutes of New Jersey or of the United States now existing or hereafter enacted affecting said subject matters.
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 819]
It shall be unlawful to sell or distribute alcoholic beverages in the Township of Haddon otherwise than as provided in this article and/or said Act, and no person shall sell or distribute alcoholic beverages within the Township without having obtained a license in accordance with the Act referred to in § 75-1 and the provisions of this article.
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 819]
The Board of Commissioners of the Township of Haddon, being the governing body of said municipality, shall constitute the authority for the administration and issuance of licenses under this article and shall forthwith report the issuance of all such licenses to the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
[Amended 6-20-1950 by Ord. No. 241; 6-5-1956 by Ord. No. 388; 5-4-1993 by Ord. No. 956; 4-26-2005 by Ord. No. 1130; 12-26-2006 by Ord. No. 1170]
A. 
The license fees to be paid hereunder shall be as set forth in Chapter 111, Fees.
B. 
All license fees shall be paid in cash or by certified check to the order of the Township of Haddon, and all such receipts shall be turned over by the Township Clerk, when and as received, to the Township Treasurer.
C. 
The Township Clerk is hereby designated as the proper person to sign all licenses on behalf of the Township when directed to do so by the Board of Commissioners.
A. 
No license shall be issued except after written application presented by the proposed licensee, upon forms approved by the governing body, and after conformity with publication of notice and otherwise as required by said Act.
B. 
The Township Clerk is hereby authorized and directed, after the approval by the Board of Commissioners, to prepare and issue such licenses upon the payment of fees hereinabove specified, and said Township Clerk shall keep a complete and full record of all applications and the licenses granted thereunder.
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 819]
Any license issued under this article may be suspended or revoked for violation of any of the provisions of this article or any of the provisions of said Act or said statutes heretofore mentioned or of any of the regulations and rules prescribed by the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
[Amended 1-2-1968 by Ord. No. 524; 5-26-1981 by Ord. No. 714; 12-19-1989 by Ord. No. 882; 4-7-1992 by Ord. No. 931; 12-19-2000 by Ord. No. 1066; 6-23-2009 by Ord. No. 1239]
No alcoholic beverage shall be sold, served or delivered by a plenary retail consumption licensee, nor shall any plenary retail consumption licensee suffer or permit the sale, service or delivery of any alcoholic beverages upon the licensed premises, directly or indirectly, between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. on any weekday and between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on any Sunday, with the following exceptions: on New Year’s Eve of each year, at which time alcoholic beverages may be served until 4:00 a.m. of New Year’s Day. No alcoholic beverage shall be sold by any plenary retail distribution licensee upon the licensed premises, directly or indirectly, at any time on Sunday except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions, the package sale of wine and malt alcoholic beverages shall be permitted pursuant to the guidelines of and subject to the limitations imposed by N.J.A.C. 13:2-38.1. No alcoholic beverages shall be served by any club licensee other than during the hours hereinbefore prescribed for plenary retail consumption licenses and only to qualified members of said club licensee and their guests.
[Amended 4-4-1972 by Ord. No. 572; 4-19-1977 by Ord. No. 634]
No more than 13 plenary retail consumption licenses and no more than seven plenary retail distribution licenses and no more than three club licenses shall be in effect in this municipality at any one time.
[Amended 1-16-1979 by Ord. No. 662; 4-24-1979 by Ord. No. 667; 4-7-1992 by Ord. No. 931; 6-23-2009 by Ord. No. 1239]
No establishment licensed as a plenary retail consumption licensee shall be lit up, operated or open for business between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on any weekday, nor between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on any Sunday, except on New Year’s Day, and then in accordance with § 75-8 of this article. Nothing in this section shall prohibit, however, a plenary retail consumption licensee from being lit up, operated or opened for distribution and sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. No one shall be permitted on any licensed premises but the licensee or his or its duly authorized agents or employees for the explicit purpose, however, of cleaning the premises and not for any other purpose whatsoever during such times as are prohibited by this section.
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 819]
Any person who shall sell or distribute any alcoholic beverage in violation of any of the provisions of this article or who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Judge.
[1]
Editor’s Note: See also Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I, Adoption of Code; General Penalty.