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Editor's Note: For state law authorizing Township to license
places of public amusement, including bowling alleys, dance halls
and poolrooms, see N.J.S.A. 40:52-1.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 1; amended by Ord. No. 1004, § 1; Ord. No. 1568, § 1]
No person, whether owner or sponsor, unless duly licensed in
accordance with the provisions of this article shall have, keep, own
or maintain within the Township any billiard rooms or poolrooms, dance
halls, skating rinks, roller derby, bowling alleys, tennis courts,
squash courts, swimming pools, golf courses or other places where
amusement or recreation of the public is carried on as a business.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 2]
Any person desiring to obtain a license to conduct any of the
businesses listed in the preceding section shall obtain from the Township
Clerk an application form. This form shall contain spaces for the
following information:
(a)
The name of the applicant or, if a company, the name of its officers
or, if a partnership, the names of the partners.
(b)
The permanent home residences of the persons named in the application.
(c)
A description of the business to be licensed.
(d)
A description of the building or ground to be used.
(e)
A resume of the past business experience of the applicant for the
last five years.
(f)
Proper blank spaces for the approval of the Chief of Police, the
Construction Official, the Health Officer and the Chief of the Fire
Department.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 3]
Upon receiving an application for a license as required by the
preceding section, the Township Clerk shall in turn submit the application
to the officials named in the preceding section for their approval.
The Chief of Police, before approving the application, shall satisfy
himself as to the moral and public safety hazards involved, the Chief
of the Fire Department as to the fire hazards, the Construction Official
as to the safety of the structures in which the business is to be
conducted and the Health Officer as to the proper provisions of sanitary
conveniences. No official to whom the application is submitted for
approval shall delay action thereon more than three days from the
time it is put in his hands.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 4]
Upon the return to him of the application with the approval
of the other officials stated thereon, and upon the payment of the
required fee, the Township Clerk shall issue a license.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 5]
It shall be the duty of the Township Clerk to keep a record
of all licenses issued pursuant to this article and make a report
thereof and of the fees collected therefor monthly to the Township
Council.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 6]
All licenses issued pursuant to this article shall expire on
the 31st day of December of each year. No deduction shall be made
for parts or portions of the year for which the license is issued.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 7]
Every person licensed pursuant to this article shall display
such license in a prominent and conspicuous place where business is
conducted.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 8; amended by Ord. No. 1004, § 2; Ord. No. 1568, § 2; Ord. No. 1937, 12-15-1981, § 3; Ord.
No. 3518, 9-30-1997, § 16]
(a)
The fees for licenses required by this article shall be as set forth in Appendix III, Fees and Charges for Certain Township Services, of Chapter 2 of this Code.
(b)
For licenses where the fee is not otherwise specified: a fee in an amount as set forth in Appendix III, Fees and Charges for Certain Township Services, of Chapter 2 of this Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(c)
Any building or any ground in or on which athletic contests, wrestling, boxing and sparring exhibitions, contests, exhibitions, shows, festivals, displays, games, rodeo, roller derby, amusement or entertainment of any kind is held that charges admission or that charges a fee of any kind in connection with the activity being licensed: a fee in an amount as set forth in Appendix III, Fees and Charges for Certain Township Services, of Chapter 2 of this Code, unless the business has been licensed under another provision of this article. The use of any building or grounds for any of the purposes listed in this § 5-8(c) shall not be considered as a business use when the buildings or grounds used or owned or rented and the business being licensed under this § 5-8(c) is conducted by the bona fide active members of a Township charitable, patriotic, civic, religious or educational organization, or when the activity is conducted wholly for a Township charitable, patriotic, civic, religious or educational purpose, as certified to by the sponsor of such project.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 9]
Before the renewal of any license issued pursuant to this article, the officials named in § 5-2 shall give their consent thereto.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 10]
No license granted in accordance with this article shall be
transferred.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 11]
A license issued pursuant to this article may be revoked by
the Township council by reason of the violation of the terms of the
license, the violation of any provision of this Code or other Township
ordinance, state or federal statute or falsification in applying for
a license. The licensed person shall be granted a hearing by the Township
council upon his request prior to any such revocation. A license may
be suspended for not more than two weeks by the issuing officer without
a hearing.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 12; amended at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The place where a business licensed under this article is carried
on shall be at all times open to inspection and shall be under the
control and regulation of the Chief of Police, and the Chief of Police
is hereby authorized to make, promulgate and enforce such further
rules and regulations in respect to each business as shall make for
maintenance of order in the Township.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 13]
(a)
This
article shall not be considered as affecting any church, fraternal
order or other private non-profit-making association which operates
any of the places of amusement or recreation specified in this article
solely for the use of its members. Facilities owned by such organizations
may also be rented or leased to other like organizations for the private
use of its members without this article applying, but if rented or
leased to individuals or other organizations who operate for private
profit, this article shall apply.
(b)
At the
discretion of the Chief of Police, places of amusement or recreation
privately owned, as stated in the above subsection, may be used or
rented to like organizations for public affairs to which an admission
is charged, provided all such admission charges are for the sole benefit
of the organization owning, operating or renting the place of amusement
or recreation or for the benefit of such organization's auxiliaries
or for a charitable or public benefit. For all cases covered by this
subsection, a license issued in accordance with the requirements of
this article, for which there shall be no charge, shall be obtained.
(c)
The use
of any premises, building or grounds for any of the purposes listed
in this article shall not be considered as a business use when the
premises, building or grounds used are owned or rented by a charitable,
religious or educational organization or when the activity is conducted
wholly for charitable, religious or civic purposes, as certified to
by the sponsor of the project.
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Editor's Note: Former Sec. 5-14, Buildings to be open to public
view, of the 1965 Code was repealed 1-8-2019 by Ord. No. 32-2018.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 5-16, Minors prohibited
in certain places, of the 1965 Code was repealed 1-8-2019 by Ord.
No. 32-2018.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 5, § 17]
No games of chance, gaming, gambling, playing for money among
contestants or any other such practices shall be permitted in any
place where any business licensed under this article is carried on.
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Editor's Note: For state law as to gambling generally, see
N.J.S.A. 2C:37-1 et seq.
[Ord. No. 3831, 9-7-2004, § 1]
Games of chance commonly known as "raffles," as provided by the laws of the State of New Jersey 1954, Chapters 5 and 6,[1] may be conducted seven days a week, including Sunday,
provided that the applicant for the license to conduct such game otherwise
qualifies under the provisions of the aforementioned statutes of the
State of New Jersey and the rules and regulations of the Legalized
Games of Chance Control Commission and, specifically, provided that
the organization conducting the games is a charitable, religious or
other organization specifically qualifying under the provisions of
the aforementioned statutes.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-50.
