[Adopted 12-14-1971 as Ch.
VIII of the Revised General Ordinances, 1971]
This article is enacted to regulate the sale and transportation of alcoholic
beverages in the Town of Clinton 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 article, words and phrases herein shall have
the same meanings as 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.
[Amended 12-12-1989 by Ord.
No. 89-11]
A. Hours of sale. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold,
delivered or served to any consumer or consumed in any licensed premises on
any day between the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
B. New Year's Day. Provisions of Subsection
A shall not apply on January 1. On that day no alcoholic beverages may be sold, served, delivered to any consumer or consumed in the licensed premises between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., unless January 1 is a Sunday, in which case no alcoholic beverages may be sold, served, delivered to any consumer or consumed in the licensed premises between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon nor between 10:00 p.m. of such Sunday and 7:00 a.m. of the following morning.
[Amended 3-26-1985 by Ord.
No. 85-4]
A. Presence. No person under the legal age for purchasing
alcoholic beverages shall be allowed in any premises where alcoholic beverages
are sold or served for consumption on the premises unless accompanied by his
parent or guardian.
B. Purchase of alcoholic beverages by a minor. No person
under the legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages shall purchase, attempt
to purchase or have another purchase for him any alcoholic beverage on any
premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
C. Purchase of alcoholic beverages for a minor. No person
shall purchase or attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages for another person
who does not because of his age have the right to purchase and consume alcoholic
beverages. It shall be unlawful for any person to induce or attempt to induce
any licensee or any employee of a licensee to sell, serve or deliver alcoholic
beverages to such a minor.
D. Misstating age. No person shall misrepresent his age or the age of another person for the purpose of inducing any licensee or his employee to sell, serve or deliver any alcoholic beverage to a person under the legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages or to permit a person under such age to remain on any premises in violation of Subsection
A.
E. Presumption. Any parent or guardian of a person under
the legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages who accompanies such minor
into premises in which alcoholic beverages are served and who permits the
minor to possess or consume alcoholic beverages shall be presumed to have
misrepresented the age of such minor.
[Amended 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 04-12]
No person shall:
A. Consume or offer to another for consumption alcoholic
beverages in, on or upon any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, park or
playground, or in, on or upon any land owned or occupied by any federal, state,
county or municipal government.
B. Have in his possession or possess any alcoholic beverages
in, on or upon any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, park or playground,
or in, on or upon any land owned or occupied by any federal, state, county
or municipal government, unless the same is contained within a closed or sealed
container.
C. None of the foregoing provisions shall apply to any public
park or public picnic area where the consumption of alcoholic beverages at
occasions or events held by bona fide nonprofit organizations or other groups
is specifically permitted by resolution of the Mayor and Council.