[Adopted 3-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-06]
For purpose of this article, the following terms
are defined as follows:
A person who has qualified as a guardian of the underage
person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment.
The underage person's grandparent, aunt or uncle, sibling,
or any other person related by blood or affinity.
It shall be unlawful for a person under the
legal age to possess or consume an alcoholic beverage on private property,
unless that possession or consumption is in connection with a religious
observance, ceremony or rite, or the underage person possesses or
consumes that beverage in the presence of and with the permission
of a parent, guardian or relative who is of legal age.
It shall be unlawful for a person under the
legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages, attempt to purchase or
have another purchase for him or her any alcoholic beverage within
the Township of Pennsauken.
It shall be unlawful for any person under the
legal age to purchase, possess or consume alcoholic beverages to misrepresent
his or her age for the purpose of inducing any licensee or employee
of such licensee to sell, serve or deliver any alcoholic beverage
to him or her within the Township of Pennsauken.
It shall be unlawful for any person under the
legal age to purchase, possess or consume alcoholic beverages, or
to have in his or her possession any opened bottle or can of alcoholic
beverages, and the possession thereof shall be prima facie evidence
of having consumed or imbibed of the contents thereof.
In accordance with P.L. 2000, c.33, no ordinance
shall prohibit possession of alcoholic beverages by any person under
the legal age while actually engaged in the performance of employment
by a person who is licensed under Title 33 of the Revised Statutes,
or while actively engaged in the preparation of food while enrolled
in a culinary arts or hotel management program; however, no ordinance
enacted pursuant to this section shall be construed to preclude the
imposition of a penalty under this section, N.J.S.A. 33:1-81, or any
other section of law against a person who is convicted of unlawful
alcoholic beverage activity on or premises licensed for the sale of
alcoholic beverages.
Any person who shall be adjudged guilty of violating
this Article before a proper court shall be fined $250 for a first
offense and a $350 fine for any subsequent offense, in the discretion
of the court. The court also has the discretion to suspend or postpone
the violator's driving privileges for six months. This suspension
may be imposed in those cases where the violator has a New Jersey
driver's license; the postponement shall apply to violators under
the age of 17, increasing the age at which they are eligible for a
New Jersey driver's license from 17 to 17 years and six months.
