[Adopted 4-3-1980 as Ch. VI of the 1980 Code]
This chapter is enacted to regulate the sale and transportation of alcoholic
beverages in the Borough of Chester in accordance with the provisions of an
act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey entitled "An Act Concerning
Alcoholic Beverages," comprising Chapter 436 of the Laws of 1933, its supplements
and amendments, and also comprising N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., and in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the State Director of Alcoholic Beverage
Control.
For the purpose of this chapter, words and phrases herein shall have
the same meanings in N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., and the rules and regulations
of the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
No licensee shall sell or serve any alcoholic beverages to any person
under the age of 21 years of age.
[Adopted 8-15-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-20]
It shall be unlawful for any person under the legal age to, without legal authority, knowingly possess or knowingly consume an alcoholic beverage on private property, except as provided for in §
85-10 below.
Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this article shall,
in accordance with the provisions of the N.J.S.A. 40:48-1, as amended, be
punished by a fine not to exceed $250 for the first offense and not to exceed
$350 for any subsequent offense.