It shall be unlawful to sell or distribute alcoholic beverages within the Borough without a license.
The Council of the Borough shall constitute the authority for the administration of the issuance of the licenses under this article, and the Clerk of the Borough is authorized and empowered to issue licenses for the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages in the Borough when such licenses shall have been approved.
All applications for licenses or for renewals of licenses or for transfer from place to place or person to person shall be made as required by law and the state rules and regulations.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 33:1-12, the fees for alcoholic beverage licenses shall be as provided in Chapter 34, Fees, § 34-7.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
There shall be no more than five plenary retail consumption licenses, three plenary retail distribution licenses and three club licenses permitted in the Borough.
It is hereby determined that no seasonal retail consumption license or limited retail distribution license shall be issued in the Borough.
No plenary retail consumption license or plenary retail distribution license, except renewals for premises licensed prior to July 1, 1966, and transfers from person to person, shall be granted or transferred to other premises within 1,000 feet from existing licensed premises covered by either a plenary retail consumption license or a plenary retail distribution license, except that this limitation shall not apply to a transfer of a plenary retail distribution license existing on July 1, 1966, to a new licensed premises located within 1,000 feet of a plenary retail consumption licensed premises.
In addition to the penalties provided in § 1-2 of this Code for violations of this chapter, the license issued pursuant to this article may be suspended or revoked for violation of any provision of this chapter or for violation of any provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated or of any of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of Alcoholic Beverage Control.