[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Long Beach as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Amusement games and devices — See. Ch. 43.
[Adopted 7-18-1975 as Ord. No. 75-15C[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was approved
by the voters of 11-4-1975.
A code authorizing licensing of bona fide organizations
or associations of veterans of any war in which the United States
has been engaged, churches or religious congregations and religious
organizations, charitable educational and fraternal organizations,
civic and service clubs, senior citizen associations and clubs, officially
recognized volunteer fire companies and officially recognized volunteer
first-aid or rescue squads is hereby established pursuant to N.J.S.A.
5:8-24 to 5:8-49.
The said code established and adopted by this
article is described and commonly known as the "Bingo Licensing Law
of New Jersey (1954)."
Three copies of the said Bingo Licensing Law
of New Jersey have been placed on file in the office of the Municipal
Clerk of this township upon the introduction of this article and will
remain there until final action is taken on this article for the use
of and examination by the public.
[Added 12-28-2006 by Ord. No. 06-40C[1]]
Pursuant to the amended rules of N.J.S.A. 13:47-1
through -7 adopted and effective on March 20, 2006, the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Long Beach does hereby delegate the Municipal Clerk
of the Township of Long Beach to be the issuing authority for the
purpose of approving and granting bingo and raffle licenses.
No person shall hold, operate or conduct or
assist in holding, operating or conducting any games of chance authorized
under any license issued under this article, except as an active member
of an organization, association, church, congregation, society, club,
fire company, first-aid or rescue squad or senior citizen association
or club to which the license is issued or a member of an organization
or association which is an auxiliary to the licensee.
[Amended 7-18-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16C]
A.
Each applicant for such a license shall file with
the Clerk of the municipality a written application therefor in the
form prescribed in N.J.S.A. 5:8-26.
B.
Municipal Clerk shall make an investigation of the
qualifications of each applicant with due expedition after the filing
of the application, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A.
5:8-27.
[Amended 12-28-2006 by Ord. No. 06-40C]
C.
Prizes offered shall comply with the New Jersey Bingo
Licensing Law set forth in N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 et seq., as applicable.
[Amended 9-11-2017 by Ord. No. 17-32C]
D.
License fee(s) shall comply with the New Jersey Bingo
Licensing Law set forth in N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 et seq., as applicable.
The Township waives any local fee for bona fide nonprofit organization,
such as charitable, religious or service organization recognized by
U.S.C.A. § 501(c) or (d) or § 401(a).
[Amended 9-11-2017 by Ord. No. 17-32C]
E.
No license for the holding, operating or conducting
of any game or games of chance should be issued under this article
which shall be effective for a period of more than one year.
F.
No application for the issuance of a license shall
be refused by the Municipal Clerk until after a hearing is held on
due notice to the applicant, at which the applicant shall be entitled
to be heard upon the qualifications of the applicant and the merits
of the application.
[Amended 12-28-2006 by Ord. No. 06-40C]
G.
Each license shall be conspicuously displayed at the
place where the game or games are conducted at all times during the
conduct thereof.
No person under the age of 18 years shall be
permitted to participate in any game or games of chance held, operated
or conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article.
A.
No game or games of chance shall be held, operated
or conducted under any license issued under this article oftener than
on six days in any calendar month or in any room or outdoor area where
alcoholic beverages are sold or served during the progress of the
game or games.
B.
There shall be a special license issued to any senior
citizen association or club which operates and conducts games of chance
solely for the purpose of amusement and recreation of its members.
All applicants for such license must comply with the requirements
of N.J.S.A. 5:8-25.1.
C.
No game of chance to be conducted under any license
issued under this article shall be advertised as to its location,
the time when it is to be or has been played or the prizes awarded
or to be awarded by means of newspaper, radio, television or sound
truck or by means of billboards, posters or handbills or any other
means addressed to the general public, except that one sign not exceeding
60 square feet in area may be displayed on or adjacent to the premises
where the game will be played, and an additional similar sign may
be displayed on or adjacent to the premises where the prize or prizes
are displayed, and additional signs may be displayed upon any fire-fighting
equipment belonging to any licensee, which is a volunteer fire company
or upon any first-aid or rescue squad equipment belonging to any licensee,
which is a first-aid or rescue squad, in and throughout the community
or communities served by such volunteer fire company or such first-aid
or rescue squad, as the case may be.
D.
Games of chance may be conducted under any license
issued under this article on any day of the week, including Sunday.
Any person, association or corporation who or
which shall make any false statement in any application for any such
license or in any statement annexed thereto or shall pay any rental
for the use of any premises for holding, operating or conducting any
game of chance under this article or for any other purpose in connection
with the holding, operating or conducting thereof, unless the amount
of such rental is stated in a statement annexed to the application
for the license as provided in N.J.S.A. 5:8-26, or shall pay or receive
any sum for such rental in excess of the sum stated as the rental
to be charged therefor in such a statement, executed by him or her
or on its behalf, or shall fail to keep such books and records as
shall fully and truly record all transactions connected with the holding,
operating or conducting of games of chance under any such license
or shall falsify or make any false entry in any books or records so
far as they relate to any transaction connected with the holding,
operating and conducting of any game of chance under any such license
or shall violate any of the provisions of this article or of any term
of such license shall be a disorderly person and, if convicted as
such, shall, in addition to suffering any other penalties which may
be imposed, forfeit any license issued to it under this article and
shall be ineligible to apply for a license under this article for
one year thereafter.
[Added 7-18-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16C]
[Adopted 8-6-1976 by Ord. No. 76-13C]
[Amended 12-28-2006 by Ord. No. 06-40C]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 5:8-31,
the holder of any license issued pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
5:8-24 et seq., known as the "Bingo Licensing Law," and pursuant to
the provisions of N.J.S.A. 5:8-58, the holder of any license issued
pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 5:8-50 et seq., known as the
"Raffles Licensing Law," shall be permitted to conduct games on the
first day of the week commonly known and designated as Sunday, provided
that the initial application for any such license shall specify that
Sunday permission is requested and that the Municipal Clerk of the
Township of Long Beach grant such Sunday permission.
