All persons, corporations, partnerships or other
entities applying for an initial or renewal of alcoholic beverage
sale and/or distribution licenses in the Borough of Wanaque shall
be required to obtain identification badges for every bartender, waiter,
waitress or other employee or person connected or employed by or who,
during the period of licensing, shall be connected with or employed
by the said licensee. All badges shall be secured and obtained within
10 days from the initial application for or renewal of the alcoholic
beverage sale or distribution license or within 10 days of the employment
of any employee connected with the licensed premises.
It shall be the responsibility of the licensee to ensure that every agent, bartender, waiter, waitress or other employee or person connected with or employed by said licensee, or to be in the future connected with or employed by said licensee, have an impression of the thumb and fingertips of both hands taken by the Wanaque Police Department, and, further, to cause such persons to have their photograph taken by the Wanaque Police Department, which photograph shall be affixed to the necessary identification card as required by §
47-20 hereinafter. The licensee shall be responsible to pay a fee to the Wanaque Police Department for fingerprinting in the sum of $10 per person and a fee for photographing each person in the sum of $5.
The Borough of Wanaque Police Department shall
furnish to the licensee and to every agent, bartender, waiter, waitress
or other employee connected with or employed by the licensee an identification
card demonstrating compliance with the provisions of this article,
which card shall be on file on the licensed premises and be exhibited
upon demand at any time requested by any law enforcement officer or
official of the Borough of Wanaque. Such identification card shall
expire one year from the date of issue, at which time new photographs
shall be taken by the Wanaque Police Department and a new fee therefor
paid by the licensee. Every licensee and every agent, bartender, waiter,
waitress or other employee or person associated with or employed by
or to be associated with or employed by the licensee in the future
shall make application for liquor sale or distribution identification
badges within 10 days of employment or association with the license
entity and shall secure the identification card as provided for in
this article.
In addition to fingerprinting and photographing,
every bartender, waiter, waitress, agent, employee or person associated
with a licensed premises shall, in addition, provide the Wanaque Police
Department with the following information:
A. Name and description of the applicant and permanent
home address and full local address.
B. Name and address of the licensed employer.
C. Names of at least two property owners in the County
of Passaic and State of New Jersey who will certify as to the applicant's
good character.
D. A statement showing whether the applicant has been
convicted of any crime or violation of any municipal ordinance, the
nature of the offense and the punishment and penalty assessed therefor.
E. The applicant's date of birth and social security
number.
F. Such other information as may be required by the Borough
of Wanaque Police Department.
Every licensee shall be responsible for notifying
the Wanaque Police Department of any change of employment or association
of any agent, bartender, waiter, waitress or other employee who is
the holder of an identification card from the Wanaque Police Department
and shall forthwith report to said Police Department the employment
or association of such other agents, bartenders, waiters, waitresses
or other employees or persons connected with the licensed premises
who may hereinafter be associated with the said licensed premises.
It shall be the duty and obligation of the Wanaque
Borough Police Department to investigate violations and to enforce
this article.
Any licensee or person or agent violating the
provisions of this article who is neglecting or refusing to comply
with any of the terms or conditions hereof shall, upon conviction
thereof, forfeit and pay a fine of not less than $50 and not exceeding
$500 for the first offense; and for each subsequent offense, a fine
of not less than $250 and not exceeding $1,000. Each and every nonconformance
with this article shall be construed as a separate and distinct violation
thereof.
Any bartender, waiter, agent, employee or other
person connected with or employed by or about to be connected with
or employed by or who may in the future be connected with or employed
by the licensed premises shall, notwithstanding the responsibility
of the licensee to ensure compliance with this article, be responsible
individually to comply with the terms and conditions of this article
and, for any violation thereof by such person, shall be subject to
the same fines and penalties and forfeiture as herein provided for
the licensee.
Each licensed premises shall be required to
display in a prominent place, visible to the public, a statement setting
forth the penalties for drunken driving, refusal to take breatholizer
tests and possession of an open container of an alcoholic beverage
in a motor vehicle as is provided in Title 39 of the New Jersey Statutes.