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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, § 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, § 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.
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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.