[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, § 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.
[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, 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.