[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Borough of Longport as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-28-1944]
No person, partnership, company, corporation
or association shall possess, sell, distribute or transport any alcoholic
beverage in the Borough of Longport, New Jersey, in violation of any
of the provisions of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq. and the supplements thereto
and amendments thereof and any of the provisions of this chapter.
The Board of Commissioners of the Borough of
Longport, New Jersey, is hereby constituted as the proper issuing
authority to administer the issuance of all licenses as herein provided.
All licenses granted shall be issued in conformity
with and shall be subject to the terms and provisions of N.J.S.A.
33:1-1 et seq. and the supplements thereto and amendments thereof.
[Amended 2-7-1946; 3-7-1946; 3-3-1948; 7-1-1953; 4-21-1954]
B.
All license fees required hereunder shall be paid
in cash or by certified check, and the full amount thereof must accompany
each application for license when presented.
C.
All licenses shall be issued for one year from July
1; provided, however, that licenses may be issued during the fiscal
year to expire at 12:00 midnight of June 30 following.
[Amended 12-6-1945]
Plenary retail consumption licenses shall be
limited in number to three.
No seasonal retail consumption license shall
be issued.
[Amended 3-3-1948]
Plenary retail distribution licenses shall be
limited in number to one.
[Amended 7-1-1953; 4-21-1954]
No club license shall be issued.
Only one retail license of any class or kind
shall be granted to any person, corporation, partnership, limited
partnership or association. The license granted shall cover only the
licensed premises.
[Amended 10-4-1967; 2-21-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-02; 3-19-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-04]
No licensee shall sell, serve, deliver or allow,
permit or suffer the sale, service or delivery of any alcoholic beverage,
or permit the consumption of any alcoholic beverage on licensed premises
on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays between the hours of 12:00 midnight
and 12:00 noon the following day, prevailing time.
On any premises for which a license shall have
been granted, no music, for dancing shall be played except during
such hours as liquor may be sold thereon.
No alcoholic beverages may be sold in any room
or outdoor restaurant within 20 feet of the property line of the licensed
premises.
Only one outside liquor sign may be displayed
on any premises for which a license has been granted, and such sign
must be approved as to type and size by the Board of Commissioners
of the Borough of Longport.
The display of bottled liquor is prohibited
in outdoor restaurants and on the outside of any building on licensed
premises.
No bar that is visible from the sidewalk shall
be allowed in any indoor restaurant.
[Amended 5-4-1983]
Any person or persons, firm or corporation and
officers thereof who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than
$500 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both such fine
and imprisonment, and in addition thereto may have his, her or its
license revoked by the Board of Commissioners of the Borough of Longport,
New Jersey, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 33:1-31.
[Adopted 7-7-1993 by Ord. No. 93-16]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any substance whose sale or disposition is regulated by the
Department of Treasury, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control within
the State of New Jersey, including, but not by way of limitation of
the foregoing, liquor, wine and beer.
Any mode of transportation whether or not moving, stopped
or parked, except for any conveyance specifically licensed for the
transportation of alcoholic beverages in accordance with the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.
Any and all property, including rights-of-way, roads, buildings,
recreational facilities, beach or land located within the Borough
of Longport, owned by the Borough of Longport, or any other governmental
agency.
Any private street, highway, lane, alley, driveway or other
roadway which is open to the public or to which the public is invited,
and including any and all parking yards, parking lots, causeways,
alleys or malls generally open to the public.
[Amended 3-22-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-08]
No person shall, on any public or quasi-public property, in
or not in a private conveyance, within the Borough of Longport:
A.
Consume any alcoholic beverage.
B.
Be in possession of an opened or unsealed container of any alcoholic
beverage.
C.
The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to alcoholic beverages
sold or sampled at the Longport Farmer's Market or at Longport Borough
special events, provided all applicable permits and authorizations
have been obtained.
[Amended 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-29]
[Amended 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-29]
A violation of this article constitutes a breach
of the peace. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
not to exceed $1,000, or a jail term in the county jail not to exceed
six months, or both, at the discretion of the sentencing judge, and
each day that the violation under this article shall continue shall
be deemed a separate violation under this article.
