Village of Ridgefield Park, NJ
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2021-09-14
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Part III: General Legislation
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Chapter 113 Alcoholic Beverages
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Article III Consumption in Public
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 17 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 23 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 30 Claims, Payment of
- Ch 36 Court, Municipal
- Ch 42 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 55 Fire Department
- Ch 57 Green Team Committee
- Ch 62 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 68 Parking Enforcement Officer
- Ch 73 Personnel Practices
- Ch 77 Police Department
- Ch 82 Pricing, Cooperative
- Ch 91 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: Land Use Legislation
- Ch 96 Zoning
- Ch 96A Development Regulations
- Part III: General Legislation
- Ch 108 Alarm Systems
- Ch 113 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 113 Art III Consumption in Public
- § 113-19 Definitions.
- § 113-20 Consumption in public places.
- § 113-21 Exceptions.
- § 113-22 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 118 Amusements
- Ch 123 Animals
- Ch 129 Auctioneers
- Ch 139 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 142 Buildings, Unfit or Unsafe
- Ch 147 Business Hours
- Ch 153 Certificates of Compliance
- Ch 160 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 172 Fair Share Housing
- Ch 177 Fees
- Ch 182 Filming
- Ch 188 Fire Prevention
- Ch 193 Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 197 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 202 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 208 Games of Chance
- Ch 214 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 216 Garage Sales
- Ch 218 Graffiti
- Ch 220 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 225 Housing Standards
- Ch 231 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 236 Library Materials
- Ch 239 Loitering
- Ch 244 Motels and Hotels
- Ch 249 Newsracks
- Ch 254 Noise
- Ch 265 Outdoor Display and Sales
- Ch 271 Parks
- Ch 276 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 281 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 287 Property Maintenance
- Ch 293 Rental Property
- Ch 297 Rent Control
- Ch 302 Sanitary Regulations
- Ch 307 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 312 Sewers
- Ch 316 Signs
- Ch 327 Stormwater Control
- Ch 333 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 340 Swimming Pools
- Ch 346 Taxation
- Ch 351 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 356 Telephones, Public
- Ch 362 Towing and Storage
- Ch 368 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 375 Vehicles, Inoperable
- Ch 381 Water Emergencies
- Ch 385 Waterway Cleanup
- Appendix
- Ch A400 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-9-1987 by Ord. No. 7-87 (Ch.
71, Art. III, of the 1985 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Drinking or possession of open containers of any alcoholic
beverages, as defined by the Revised Statutes of the State of New
Jersey, in such public places, including public buildings or their
premises, streets, roads, alleys, avenues and sidewalks.
The consumption of alcoholic beverages, except as otherwise provided in § 113-21, is hereby prohibited on public streets in the Central Business Historic District, as defined in Chapter 96, Zoning, including roads, alleys, avenues and sidewalks and in and about public buildings and their premises surrounding them.
Notwithstanding any provisions contained herein
to the contrary, block party permits or resolutions authorizing block
parties or events in the public parks which shall include the right
to possess or consume alcoholic beverages, where such permission is
granted by the Commissioner for Streets and Public Property, shall
not be deemed violative of this article.
[Amended 9-26-2006 by Ord. No. 06-14]
A.
Any violation of this Article III shall be punished as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, General Penalty. Any person who is convicted and fined for violating the same ordinance within one year of the date of a previous violation of said ordinance shall be subject to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine shall be calculated separately and in addition to the fine imposed for violating the ordinance.[1]
B.
In addition to the fine authorized for this offense,
the court may suspend or postpone the driving privilege of the defendant,
in accordance with the provisions set forth in Title 39 of the New
Jersey Statutes Annotated.
