Borough of Seaside Heights, NJ Article IV Identification of Employees

§ 17-20 Identification cards required. [1]

[Amended 5-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-14; 5-21-2003 by Ord. No. 03-12]

No individual, partnership, corporation or other entity holding any type of alcoholic beverage license shall employ any person in or about any licensed premises, except entertainers, who has not been issued an identification card by the Police Department of the Borough of Seaside Heights. All persons so employed, except for persons employed as managers, bartenders and those employees responsible for either keeping order within the establishment or preventing minors from entering, shall report to the Police Department for identification checks. Persons employed as managers, bartenders and those employees responsible for either keeping order within the establishment or preventing minors from entering shall report to the Police Department for both fingerprint and identification checks. Fingerprint checks shall be required only for initial issuance of an identification card to an employee in a position requiring a fingerprint check.

[1] Editor's Note: See also Ch. 8, Adult Businesses, § 8-13.

§ 17-21 Carrying and issuance of identification cards.

A. All persons employed in or about any licensed premises, except entertainers, shall carry an identification card issued by the Police Department at all times while in the course of their employment and shall exhibit the same visibly on their person.

[Amended 5-21-1997 by Ord. No. 97-6]

B. Any person desiring to obtain an identification card shall report to the Police Department where application forms shall be completed and fingerprints and/or a photograph obtained. Except as otherwise specified in this subsection, the applicant shall pay a fee of $25 to the Borough of Seaside Heights for an identification card. Applicants who are employed as managers, bartenders and those employees responsible for either keeping order within the establishment or preventing minors from entering shall pay a fee of $50 to the Borough of Seaside Heights for an identification card and shall pay the fee set by the New Jersey State Bureau of Identification for the required fingerprint check conducted by the state police for the initial issuance of an identification card to an employee in such a position.

[Amended 12-16-1998 by Ord. No. 98-36; 5-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-14; 5-21-2003 by Ord. No. 03-12]

C. The Police Department shall issue an identification card to each employee, which card shall contain the name, address and a photograph of the employee. A copy of the identification card and photograph shall be maintained on file by the Police Department.

D. It shall be the duty of any alcoholic beverage licensee to ensure that all employees comply with the provisions of this article.

E. All identification cards issued pursuant to this section shall expire on December 31 of the year issued regardless of the month of issuance.

[Added 5-21-2003 by Ord. No. 03-12]

§ 17-22 Violations and penalties.

[Amended 3-2-2005 by Ord. No. 05-08]

A. Any person violating and failing to comply with any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of no less than $100 and no more than $1,250, by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or by community service of not more than 90 days or any combination of fine, imprisonment and community service, as determined in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge. The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.

B. If any owner, operator or licensee is found in violation of the provisions of this article, the alcoholic beverage license shall be subject to suspension or revocation in accordance with the applicable provisions of the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and this article.

C. The violation of any provision of this article shall be subject to abatement summarily by restraining order or injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.