[Amended 12-8-1955; 4-23-1970 by Ord. No. 3-70; 5-10-1979 by Ord. No.
15-79; 1-22-1981 by Ord. No. 2-81; 2-26-1981 by Ord. No. 5-81; 7-11-1991 by Ord. No. 16-91]
The annual fee for a plenary retail consumption license, a plenary retail distribution license, a club license and a limited retail distribution license shall be as provided in Chapter
125, Fees, of the Code of the Township of Hanover.
[Amended 5-10-1979 by Ord. No. 14-79; 6-12-1980 by Ord. No.
11-80; 7-9-1981 by Ord. No. 20-81; 10-13-1994 by Ord. No. 21-94; 3-26-2015 by Ord. No. 9-15]
A. Hours of sale and service for plenary retail consumption and club
licenses. The holders of a plenary retail consumption license or club
license shall not permit the sale, service and consumption on licensed
premises of any alcoholic beverages, including but not limited to
wine, beer and spirituous liquors, during the times set forth below:
[Amended 5-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 16-19]
Days
|
Prohibited Hours
|
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Weekdays
|
Between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
|
Sundays
|
Between 2:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
|
New Year's Day (when it is a weekday)
|
Between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
|
New Year's Day (when it is a Sunday)
|
Between 5:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
|
B. The holders of a plenary retail distribution license shall not permit
the sale, service or delivery of any alcoholic beverages on licensed
premises, including but not limited to wine, beer, packaged goods
in original containers and spirituous liquors, during the times set
forth below:
[Amended 5-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 16-19]
Days
|
Prohibited Hours
|
---|
Saturday
|
10:00 p.m. to Sunday 1:00 p.m.
|
Sunday
|
10:00 p.m. of the night before on Saturday to Sunday at 9:00
a.m.
|
Monday
|
10:00 p.m. to Tuesday 9:00 a.m.
|
Tuesday
|
10:00 p.m. to Wednesday 9:00 a.m.
|
Wednesday
|
10:00 p.m. to Thursday 9:00 a.m.
|
Thursday
|
10:00 p.m. to Friday 9:00 a.m.
|
Friday
|
10:00 p.m. to Saturday 9:00 a.m.
|
C. During the hours that sales are prohibited, the entire
licensed premises shall also be closed, except that during the hours
when sales are prohibited, a licensee may have up to five persons
on the licensed premises solely for security and maintenance purposes,
and, furthermore, this subsection shall not apply to hotels, restaurants,
as defined in N.J.S.A. 33:1-1t, or other establishments where the
principal business is other than the sale of alcoholic beverages.
[Amended 12-29-1977 by Ord. No. 31-77; 3-8-1979 by Ord. No.
3-79; 7-11-1991 by Ord. No. 16-91]
No licensee shall sell, serve, deliver or allow,
permit or suffer the service or delivery of any alcoholic beverage,
directly or indirectly, to any person under the age of 21 years or
allow, permit or suffer the consumption of alcoholic beverages by
any such person upon the licensed premises.
[Added 12-29-1977 by Ord. No. 31-77;
amended 3-8-1979 by Ord. No. 3-79]
The consumption of alcoholic beverages or the
possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages or the possession
of alcoholic beverages on public streets, etc., is prohibited as follows:
A. No person shall consume alcoholic beverages or be
in possession of any open container of alcoholic beverages on any
of the public streets, sidewalks, parking lots or shopping plazas
which are open to the public at large, whether publicly or privately
owned, roadways, pathways, playgrounds, parks or outdoor facilities
owned or operated by the Township of Hanover, the Board of Education
of the Township of Hanover or the Hanover Park Regional Board of Education,
at any hour of the day or night, unless a permit for the use of same
is issued by the Township Committee of the Township of Hanover, the
Board of Education of the Township of Hanover or the Hanover Park
Regional Board of Education, where said authority has jurisdiction.
B. No person shall consume alcoholic beverages or be
in possession of any open container of alcoholic beverages while in
any automobile, whether in motion or parked, on any of the public
streets, sidewalks, parking lots or shopping plazas which are open
to the public at large, whether publicly or privately owned, roadways,
pathways, playgrounds, parks or outdoor facilities owned or operated
by the Township of Hanover, the Board of Education of the Township
of Hanover or the Hanover Park Regional Board of Education, or other
thoroughfares open to general vehicular traffic in the Township of
Hanover.
C. No person shall be in possession of any alcoholic
beverages or containers of alcoholic beverages on any of the pathways,
playgrounds, parks or outdoor facilities owned or operated by the
Township of Hanover, the Board of Education of the Township of Hanover
or the Hanover Park Regional Board of Education, at any hour of the
day or night, unless a permit for the use of the same is issued by
the Township Committee of the Township of Hanover, the Board of Education
of the Township of Hanover or the Hanover Park Regional Board of Education,
where said authority has jurisdiction.
[Added 12-29-1977 by Ord. No. 31-77;
amended 3-8-1979 by Ord. No. 3-79]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Any fluid or solid capable of being converted into a fluid,
suitable for human consumption and having an alcoholic content of
more than 1/2 of 1% by volume, including alcohol, beer, lager beer,
ale, porter, naturally fermented wine, treated wine, blended wine,
fortified wine, sparkling wine, distilled liquors, blended distilled
liquors and any brewed, fermented or distilled liquors fit for use
for beverage purposes, or any mixture of the same and fruit juices.
[Amended 12-29-1977 by Ord. No. 31-77; 3-8-1979 by Ord. No.
3-79]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this chapter or who fails to comply therewith shall severally, for
each and every such violation and noncompliance, forfeit and pay a
penalty not to exceed the sum of $1,000 or be imprisoned for a period
of not more than 90 days, or both, at the discretion of the court
or jurisdictional officer before whom a conviction may be found.
[Added 12-29-1977 by Ord. No. 31-77;
amended 3-8-1979 by Ord. No. 3-79]
For the purposes of this chapter, the Chief
of Police of the Township of Hanover is hereby appointed Enforcement
Officer.
[Adopted 2-25-2016 by Ord. No. 6-16]
It shall be unlawful for any person under the legal age to, without legal authority, knowingly possess or knowingly consume an alcoholic beverage on private property, except as provided for in §
82-12 below.
Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this article
shall, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:48-1, as amended,
be punished by a fine not to exceed $250 for the first offense and
not to exceed $350 for any subsequent offense.