[Adopted as Ch. 35, Art. 1, of the 1973 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or partnership
or corporation to operate, use or maintain any store, dwelling or
other building of any kind for the sale or exposure for sale of the
beverages authorized by the Act of the Legislature of New Jersey entitled
the "Alcoholic Beverage Law," Title 33 of the Revised Statutes of
1937, as amended and supplemented, within the Borough of Somerdale,
in the County of Camden and State of New Jersey, without first obtaining
a license therefor pursuant to said Act.
The Borough Clerk is hereby authorized to sign, issue and deliver
all licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages which have been heretofore
or may hereafter be approved by the Mayor and Council, and he shall
keep a complete record of all such licenses.
[Amended 5-9-1990 by Ord. No. 90:03]
A.
The license fee to be paid hereunder must accompany the application
and shall be as set forth in the current Fee Ordinance of the Borough.
[Amended 9-12-1990 by Ord. No. 90:09]
B.
All license fees shall be paid in cash or by certified check to the
order of the Borough of Somerdale and shall be turned over by the
Borough Clerk, when and as received, to the Borough Treasurer.
[Amended 7-29-1987 by Ord. No. 87:19]
A.
No licensee shall sell, serve, deliver or allow, permit or suffer
the sale, service or delivery of any alcoholic beverage or permit
the consumption of any alcoholic beverage on the licensed premises
on New Year's Day, when it is a weekday, between the hours of
5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; on New Year's Day, when it is a Sunday,
between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon; on other weekdays between
the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; and on other Sundays between
the hours of 3:00 a.m., and 10:00 a.m. The last drink shall be served
by or before 3:00 a.m., and all customers shall have left the premises
by 3:15 a.m.
[Amended 7-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2013:09]
B.
During the hours sales are hereinabove prohibited, the entire licensed
premises shall also be closed, but this closing of the premises requirement
shall not apply to bona fide hotels or to restaurants as defined in
N.J.S.A. 33:1-1.
C.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, a plenary retail distribution licensee, as that term is defined by N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., but no other licensee, shall be allowed to sell any alcoholic beverages for consumption off the licensed premises (only in original containers) on other Sundays (within the context of Subsection A above) between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon, in addition to any hours otherwise allowed.
No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale or barter or
suffer to be sold or bartered any alcoholic beverage at any place
in the Borough of Somerdale without a license first having been obtained
pursuant to the Alcoholic Beverage Law.
Every license shall be exposed to public view in a conspicuous
place on the licensed premises, and any omission so to do shall be
presumptive evidence that such place is not licensed to sell alcoholic
beverages.
The Borough Treasurer shall keep a separate account of all receipts
and expenditures of fees received under this article.
