[Adopted 4-25-1972 (Ch. 71, Art. II, of the 1985 Code)]
The Board of Commissioners shall constitute
the authority for the administration of the issuance of licenses under
this article.
[Amended 9-26-2006 by Ord. No. 06-14]
Application for a license pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey (N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.) and this article shall be provided to the Village Clerk upon forms approved by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages. The application shall be accompanied by a deposit of the full amount of the required license fee, together with an information checklist approved by the Board of Commissioners and available at the Village Clerk's office. No application for any license of any class shall be accepted until each question on the application form and information checklist has been fully and completely answered by the applicant. No application form shall be accepted by the Village Clerk until the applicant has certified to the truth and accuracy of the answers provided.
[Amended 12-22-1981 by Ord. No. 18-81; 9-26-2006 by Ord. No.
06-14]
Licenses which may be granted by the Board of
Commissioners and the fees for each class of license shall be as follows:
In the event an application for a license under
this article is denied, 90% of the deposit shall be returned to the
applicant. The remaining 10% shall be retained by the Village to cover
the cost of investigation.
A.
In the event of an application for a license under
this article for a term less than a full year, the respective license
fee shall be prorated according to the effective date of such license,
based on the respective annual fee for such license.
B.
In the event any licensee under this article shall
voluntarily surrender his license, a refund of the license fee shall
be made after deducting from the prorated fee for the unexpired term
a surrender fee equal to 50% of the license fee paid.
All licenses issued pursuant to this article
shall be valid for a term of one year, commencing the first day of
July of each year.
A.
No plenary retail consumption license shall be issued
to any individual applicant who shall not have been a bona fide resident
of the Village for at least three years prior to the date of application
for such license.
B.
No plenary retail consumption license shall be issued
to any corporate applicant unless such corporate applicant shall have
been incorporated or licensed to do business in the state by and in
compliance with the laws of the state and shall, in addition, be the
owner in fee of the premises for which the license is sought.
C.
No club license shall be issued to any applicant unless
such corporation, association or organization shall have been in active
operation in the state for at least three years continuously, immediately
prior to the date of such application, and shall have been in continuous
possession and use of a clubhouse or club quarters for the same period
of time.
[Amended 9-26-2006 by Ord. No. 06-14]
No license of any class shall be issued pursuant to this article for any premises which do not comply with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 96) of the Village or that have not received a valid certificate of occupancy, certificate of continued occupancy or building permit from the Building Department or that have failed to obtain all necessary approvals from the Board of Health. Failure to meet the requirements of this article will result in suspension of the license until all violations have been corrected; provided, however, that under no circumstances will a license of any class by suspended or withheld for failure to pay real estate property taxes.
[Amended 11-12-1985 by Ord. No. 22-85]
A.
The Village is hereby divided into seven districts
to be known as "Districts A, B, C, D, E, F and G." No more than one
plenary retail consumption license shall be granted or transferred
by the Board of Commissioners in or to the districts known as "District
A," "District B," "District C" and "District F," and not more than
two plenary retail consumption licenses shall be granted or transferred
by the Board of Commissioners in the districts known as "District
E" and "District G." The limits of such districts are as follows:
(1)
District A: within the area bounded on the north,
east and west by the corporate limits of the Village and on the south
by the center line of Hackensack Avenue and a projection thereof to
the Hackensack River and the center line of Union Place and a projection
thereof to the Overpeck Creek.
(2)
District B: within the area bounded on the east and
west by the corporate limits of the Village, on the north by the southerly
boundary of the area described herein as District A and on the south
by the southerly line of Mount Vernon Street and a projection thereof
from the Hackensack River in an easterly direction to the easterly
side of Paulison Avenue; thence northerly along such easterly line
of Paulison Avenue to the center line of Park Street; thence easterly
along the center line of Park Street and projection thereof, to the
westerly right-of-way line of Route I-95, then south along the westerly
right-of-way along Route I-95 to the south boundary line between Blocks
2401 and 2201 and then along the property line between the Bergen
County Park Commission and the Village of Ridgefield Park, projected
to the center line of Overpeck Creek.
(3)
District C: within the area bounded on the east and
west by the corporate limits of the Village and on the north by the
southerly boundary of the area described herein as District B and
on the south by the center line of Brinkerhoff Street and a projection
thereof to the Hackensack River and the westerly right-of-way of Route
I-95.
(4)
District D: within the area bounded on the west and
south by the corporate limits of the Village, on the north by the
center line of Brinkerhoff Street, as projected from the Hackensack
River, easterly to its intersection with the center line of Laurel
Street and on the east by the center line of Laurel Street and a projection
thereof to the Overpeck Creek.
(5)
District E: within the area bounded on the north by
the center line of Brinkerhoff Street, on the east by the easterly
boundaries of Blocks 116, 130, 132, 133A, 133B, 134, 134A and 140
and a line which would be the extension southerly of the easterly
line of Block 140 to the Overpeck Creek, on the south by the northerly
line of Overpeck Creek and on the west by the center line of Laurel
Street and the line which would be the extension southerly to the
Overpeck Creek of the center line of the part of Laurel Street lying
south of College Place.
(6)
District F: within the area bounded on the north by
the center line of Brinkerhoff Street extended easterly to the westerly
line of the County of Bergen and on the south by the corporate limits
of the Village of Ridgefield Park and on the east by the corporate
limits of the Village of Ridgefield Park and, more particularly, the
center line of Overpeck Creek and on the north by the center line
of Route 46 and on the west by the easterly lines of Blocks 140, 134
and 134A.
(7)
District G: within an area bounded on the south by
the northerly right-of-way line for Route 46, on the east by the center
line of Overpeck Creek, on the north by the boundary line between
the Village of Ridgefield Park and the Bergen County Park Commission
and on the west by the easterly right-of-way line for Route I-95.
B.
All of the above districts are as shown on the index
sheet of the Assessment Map of the Village, revision of 2006.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by Ord. No. 09-11]
Not more than seven plenary retail distribution
licenses shall be in effect in the Village at any time.
[Added 3-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-02]
A.
No plenary retail distribution license shall hereafter be granted
for or transferred to premises within 1,000 feet of an existing licensed
establishment having a license of the same classification.
B.
The one-thousand-foot distance shall be measured in the normal way
that a pedestrian would properly walk from the nearest entrance of
said licensed establishment to the nearest entrance of the premises
sought to be licensed, consistent with N.J.S.A. 33:1-76.
C.
This distance-between-premises provision shall not prevent the renewal
or person-to-person transfer of licenses for premises now licensed.
D.
The distance limitation shall not apply to a hotel, motel or restaurant
serving alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, or to
licensed premises of different classifications (consumption/distribution).
E.
The Village may further, in its discretion, waive any distance limitation
as to the relocation/transfer of any liquor license whose premises
have been taken or acquired for public purposes by any public agency
having the power of eminent domain.
F.
This distance-between-premises provision shall be in addition to
any other transfer restriction imposed by this article or other applicable
law.
Any license issued pursuant to this article may be suspended or revoked for violation of any of the provisions of this article or for violation of any of the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey (N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.) or of any of the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Commissioner of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth in the foregoing provisions of this article, a plenary retail
consumption license may be transferred from one district to another
as long as there are not more than two plenary retail consumption
licenses in one district. Such a transfer shall only be made by the
Board of Commissioners after proper application has been made in accordance
with state law, including the rules and regulations of the Alcoholic
Beverage Commission and the ordinances of the Village, and a public
hearing, if required, has been held on the particular transfer by
the Board of Commissioners. In no event shall there be more than seven
plenary retail consumption licenses granted by the Board of Commissioners
within the geographical limitations of the Village.
