[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Woolwich as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-20-1988 by Ord. No. 88-4]
[Amended 10-19-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-16]
The following alcoholic beverage licenses may
be issued within the Township of Woolwich: club license, plenary retail
consumption license and plenary retail distribution license. The number
of licenses authorized for sale within the Township of Woolwich shall
be in accordance with the population of the Township as stated within
N.J.S.A. 33:1 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 13:2 et seq.
The annual fees for said licenses shall be as
follows:
[Amended 3-15-1999 by Ord. No. 99-6; 2-1-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-03]
A.
Plenary
retail consumption license and club license.
(1)
No licensee
shall sell, serve or deliver or allow, permit or suffer the sale of
or delivery of any alcoholic beverage or permit the consumption of
any alcoholic beverage on the premises except during the hours beginning
at 10:00 a.m. and ending at 12:00 midnight on Sundays, and during
the hours beginning at 10:00 a.m. and ending at 2:00 a.m. on Monday
through Saturday, and during the hours beginning at 10:00 a.m. on
December 31 and ending at 2:00 a.m. on the following day.
(2)
Club
licenses permitted in this Township shall be limited to the retail
sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the licensed premises
by the glass or other open receptacle and only to a bona fide member
of the club or bona fide guest of such member, pursuant to N.J.A.C.
13:2-8 and N.J.S.A. 33.1-12.5.
B.
Plenary
retail distribution license. No plenary retail distribution licensee
may sell spirituous liquors in original containers (package goods)
except during the hours beginning at 10:00 a.m. and ending at 9:00
p.m. on Sundays, and during the hours beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending
at 10:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday.
[Added 3-15-1999 by Ord. No. 99-6]
[Adopted 7-17-1989 by Ord. No. 89-14]
No person shall have in his possession any open
bottle or other container containing liquor, wine, beer or any other
alcoholic beverage while on any public highway, street, sidewalk,
road, parking area or lot, playground, park or other property owned
by, belonging to or over which the Township of Woolwich has control,
or in any vehicle or any public place in the Township of Woolwich,
except those premises duly licensed for the sale and consumption of
alcoholic beverages on the premises.
[Added 4-1-2002 by Ord. No. 02-03]
A.
Any person under the legal age to purchase alcoholic
beverages who, without legal authority, knowingly possesses or knowingly
consumes any alcoholic beverage on private property shall be punished
by a fine of $250 for a first offense and $350 for any subsequent
offense. The Court may, in addition to the fine authorized for this
offense, suspend or postpone for six months the driving privilege
of the offender.
(1)
Upon the conviction of any person and the suspension
or postponement of that person's driver's license, the Court shall
forward a report to the Division of Motor Vehicles stating the first
and last day of the suspension or postponement period imposed by the
Court pursuant to this section. If a person at the time of the imposition
of this sentence is less than 17 years of age, the period of license
postponement, including a suspension or postponement of the privilege
of operating a motorized bicycle, shall commence on the day the sentence
is imposed and shall run for a period of six months after the person
reaches the age of 17 years.
(2)
The Court shall, of any person convicted under this
section who is not a New Jersey resident, suspend or postpone, as
appropriate, the nonresident driving privilege of the person, based
on the age of the person and submit to the Division the required report.
The Court shall not collect the license of a nonresident convicted
under this section. Upon receipt of a report by the Court, the Division
shall notify the appropriate officials in the licensing jurisdiction
of the suspension or postponement.
B.
This section does not prohibit an underage person
from consuming or possessing an alcoholic beverage in connection with
a religious observance, ceremony or rite or consuming or possessing
an alcoholic beverage in the presence of and with the permission of
a parent, guardian or relative who has attained the legal age to purchase
or consume alcoholic beverages.
C.
This section does not prohibit possession of alcoholic
beverages of any such person while actively engaged in the performance
of employment by a person who is licensed under N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et
seq. or while actively engaged in the preparation of food while enrolled
in a culinary arts or hotel management program at a county vocational
school or post-secondary education institute.
An open bottle or open container containing
liquor, beer, wine or other alcoholic beverages in any vehicle shall
be presumptive evidence that the same is in the possession of all
of the occupants thereof and in violation hereof.
The Township Committee of the Township of Woolwich,
for good cause shown, may permit the drinking of liquor, wine, beer
or any other alcoholic beverage at public parks or in other public
areas or places by a resolution of the Township Committee, which resolution
shall be preceded by a written request of the organizations seeking
such permission, addressed to the Township Committee, and which resolution
shall state the hours within which such permission is granted and
the exact location where such permission shall be in force. The Township
Committee has the right to limit the beverage to one particular alcoholic
beverage.
