[Adopted 5-6-1979 as Ord. No. 326 (Art. III of Ch. 34 of the 1974 Code of the Township of Lopatcong)]
No person owning or operating any restaurant,
dining room or other public place where food or liquid refreshments
are sold or served to the general public shall permit, authorize or
allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages in a portion of the premises
which is open to the public, where said premises have not been issued
a plenary retail consumption license by the Township of Lopatcong.
Any person violating any provisions of this
Article is a disorderly person and is subject to the fines and penalties
set forth in the New Jersey Disorderly Persons Act[1] and, in addition to such sentence as may be imposed for
a disorderly person's violation, the court may, by its judgment, bar
any owner or operator violating this Act from permitting or allowing
consumption of alcoholic beverages on said premises.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Disorderly Persons Act
(N.J.S.A. 2A:170-1 et seq.) was repealed by Chapter 95 of the Laws
of 1978. See now the Code of Criminal Justice (N.J.S.A. 2C:1-1 et
seq.).
