[Adopted 4-8-1974 by Ord. No. 125 (Ch. 33, Art. I, of the
1993 Code)]
The Township Committee of the Township of Buena Vista shall
issue plenary retail consumption licenses, plenary retail distribution
licenses and club licenses pursuant to the authority contained in
an Act passed by the State Legislature entitled "An Act Concerning
Alcoholic Beverages," and the amendments thereof and supplements thereto, when the applications therefor shall be approved by the
Township Committee under the restrictions, conditions and regulations
contained therein and in this article provided.
[Amended 3-9-1981 by Ord. No. 166-1981; 3-26-1984 by Ord. No.
179-1984; 11-6-2006 by Ord. No. 11-2006; 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 4-2011; 4-25-2016 by Ord. No. 24-2016]
A. Plenary retail consumption. For the applicable license fee(s) for a plenary retail consumption license, please refer to Chapter
133, Fees and Charges, Article
VII, Liquor License Fees.
B. Plenary retail distribution. For the applicable license fee(s) for a plenary retail distribution license, please refer to Chapter
133, Fees and Charges, Article
VII, Liquor License Fees.
C. Club. For the applicable license fee(s) for a club license, please refer to Chapter
133, Fees and Charges, Article
VII, Liquor License Fees.
[Amended 9-27-2004 by Ord. No. 9-2004; 12-13-2004 by Ord. No.
13-2004]
A. Except as provided in Subsection
B hereof, no licensee shall sell, serve or deliver or allow, permit or suffer the sale, service or delivery of any alcoholic beverages or permit any consumption of alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises between the hours of 2:01 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit consumption of alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises by the licensee or by bona fide employees of the licensee.
B. On January 1 of each year (New Year's Day), the above hours
of closure shall be between 4:01 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
C. During the hours that sales of alcoholic beverages are herein above
prohibited, the entire licensed premises shall be closed, and no person
other than the licensee and his bona fide employees shall be permitted
to remain thereon, but this closing-of-premises requirement shall
not apply to bona fide hotels, to restaurants as defined in N.J.S.A.
33:1-1(5), to clubs as provided for in N.J.S.A. 33:1-12(5), and State
Regulation No. 7, nor to other establishments where the principal
business is other than the sale of alcoholic beverages.
[Adopted 10-24-1977 by Ord. No. 144-1977 (Ch. 33, Art. II,
of the 1993 Code)]
It shall be unlawful to drink or to possess in an open container
any alcoholic beverage on any public street, sidewalk, avenue, alley,
highway or other thoroughfare or on any public park or beach or on
any public or private lot or in any motor vehicle thereon within the
Township of Buena Vista at any time.
It shall be presumed that any person drinking or possessing
in an open container any alcoholic beverage on any private lot within
the Township of Buena Vista, other than a residence, does not have
the consent of the owner of the lot to engage in such activity.
Any organized religious, civic, educational or charitable organization
shall be exempt from the application of this article, provided that
said organization, prior to conducting the prohibited activity, shall
file with and receive from the Township Clerk a certificate of exemption.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-15.