[Adopted 1-22-1930 by Ord. No. 30 (Ch.
92 of the 1970 Code)]
No person, firm or corporation shall run, operate
or maintain any store, dwelling, establishment or stand of any kind
for the sale or exposure for sale of soft drinks, or shall conduct
any store, dwelling, establishment or stand for the sale or distribution
of such soft drinks, within the Borough of Runnemede, except under
and subject to the provisions of this article.
Any persons, firm or corporation desiring to
operate or maintain any store, dwelling, establishment or stand of
any kind for the sale or exposure for sale of soft drinks shall first
make application in writing to the Borough Council of the Borough
of Runnemede for a permit or license for such purpose. Said application
shall specify the place within said Borough where said soft drink
establishment is to be maintained, the room or rooms to be used for
said purpose and the character of the building to be used in connection
therewith; in addition thereto, said applicant shall state his age,
his place of residence for the preceding five years, the name or names
of the owners of the property to be used for said purpose, whether
said applicant is a native born or naturalized American citizen, and
if naturalized, the date and place of naturalization. Said application
shall be made upon a form to be obtained from the Borough Clerk of
the Borough of Runnemede, and, when filled in and executed, shall
be filed with the said Borough Clerk, together with the sum of $5,
which is hereby fixed and determined as the fee for the filing and
investigation of such application. No part of said application fee
shall be returned to the applicant whether said permit or license
is granted or issued or not.
No such store, dwelling, establishment or stand
of any kind for the sale or distribution of such soft drinks within
the said Borough of Runnemede shall be maintained or operated except
after application has been duly made to the Borough Council of the
Borough of Runnemede under the terms of this article and a special
permit issued by the said Borough Council for that purpose to the
applicant. Said Borough Council shall have the sole right and power
to grant or reject any such application for such permit or license
in its discretion.
This article shall apply to such stores, dwellings,
establishments or stands used for the sale or distribution of soft
drinks, but shall not apply to drugstores, soda fountains, confectionery
stores or grocery stores.
Every such license under the terms of this article
shall be granted under and subject to the following rules and regulations,
which, by the acceptance of any such license, the applicant therefor
agrees to observe and further agrees that a failure to observe the
same shall be construed to be a violation of this article, said regulations
being:
A.
Any license issued hereunder shall be an exclusive
personal license and shall not be transferable except after application
duly made to the Borough Council of the Borough of Runnemede for such
transfer and the approval of such transfer by the Borough Council
as aforesaid.
B.
Such store, dwelling, establishment or stand shall
not open before the hour of 7:00 a.m. and shall close at 1:00 a.m.
and shall remain closed without engaging in the sale or distribution
of such soft drinks between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. of
any weekday nor at any time on Sunday.
C.
The Police Committee of the Borough Council of the
Borough of Runnemede, or any member thereof, or any police officer
of the Borough of Runnemede, shall have the right and power at any
and all reasonable times to inspect the store, dwelling, establishment
or stand for the purpose of observing the conditions under which such
licensee is operating or maintaining such establishment.
D.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Runnemede may
at any time for cause, said cause to be a violation of these regulations
or any other provisions contained in this article, after due notice
to such licensee and public hearing before the Borough Council of
said Borough of Runnemede, by a majority vote thereof, revoke any
license issued hereunder.
E.
No person, firm or corporation, other than the person,
firm or corporation intending to maintain and operate such soft drink
establishment, shall make or cause to be made any such application
for a license or permit hereunder.
F.
The making of any false or untrue statement in the
application hereinabove referred to shall be construed to be a violation
of the terms of this article, rendering the person, firm or corporation
executing said application subject to the penalties herein provided.
Each and every such permit to be issued by the
Borough Council of the Borough of Runnemede under the terms of this
article shall be issued on or after January 1 of each calendar year,
and irrespective of the time of issuance, shall expire on December
31 of each calendar year. Such permits or licenses shall be renewable
at the end of each year upon proper application being made to the
Borough of Runnemede Borough Council as aforesaid, but no application
fee shall be charged when a renewal of an existing permit is applied
for, but the permit or license fee prescribed in and by the terms
of this article shall be payable each calendar year, said permit or
license fee being hereby established to be an annual permit or license
fee.
The fee for the issuance of each permit or license
under the terms of this article, which shall be in addition to the
application fee hereinabove prescribed, is hereby fixed at the sum
of $250 per year.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this article shall be subject, upon conviction thereof
before the Judge of the Borough of Runnemede or any Justice of the
Peace of the County of Camden, to a fine of not more than $200 or
imprisonment in the Camden County Jail for a term of not exceeding
90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge before whom said
conviction shall be had.
Each day's persistence in the things or acts
herein prohibited shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct
offense subject to the penalties hereinabove provided.
