[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of White as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 4-1-1977 (Ch. 42, Art. I, of the 1977 Code)]
Subject to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 33:1-12(1), the holder
of a plenary retail consumption license shall be entitled to sell
any alcoholic beverages for consumption on the licensed premises by
the glass or other open receptacle and also to sell any alcoholic
beverages in original containers for consumption off the licensed
premises.
All applications for licenses shall be in writing, shall conform
to the official form promulgated by the Director of the Division of
Alcoholic Beverage Control and shall be filed with the Township Clerk
with evidence of payment of the federal tax stamp and the annual license
fee as hereinafter provided. The applications shall be addressed to
the Township Committee. All questions shall be fully answered, and
the application shall be made under oath and shall designate the place
and type of license applied for.
All licenses shall be issued for a term of one year, beginning
on July 1 of the year of issuance and expiring on June 30 of the following
year.
[Amended 12-27-2001; 11-4-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-16]
The annual fee for a plenary retail consumption license or plenary
retail distribution license shall be $330.
[Amended 4-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
Licensees are permitted to sell and/or serve alcoholic beverages
on licensed premises every day between 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and
12:00 noon to 2:00 a.m.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 42-6, Location restrictions,
which immediately followed this section, was deleted 9-9-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-6.
Any person violating any section of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or to
imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or both.
[Added 4-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
A.
Any license
issued under this chapter may be suspended or revoked for violation
of any of the provisions in this chapter or any provisions of any
applicable statute or any of the rules and regulations of the State
Director or Alcohol Beverage Control.
B.
The procedure
for suspension or revocation shall be at least a five-day notice to
the licensee that the Township will conduct a public hearing, at which
time the licensee will have a reasonable opportunity to state its
case at such hearing.
C.
Suspension
or revocation of a license shall be in addition to any other penalty
which may be imposed for a violation of this chapter.
[Adopted 12-29-1997 (Ch. 42, Art. III, of the 1977 Code)]
[Amended 9-9-2010 by Ord.
No. 2010-6]
A.
No operator of a restaurant, dining room or other public place where
food or liquid refreshments are sold or served to the general public,
regardless of the class or quality of said restaurant or food service
facility, shall permit or suffer the consumption of alcoholic beverages
for on-premises consumption unless the establishment has a liquor
license approved by the Township.
[Amended 4-13-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
B.
It is the intent of the Township Committee of the Township of White
to revoke any such permission which may appear to have been granted
by the legislature in N.J.S.A. 2C:33-27.
