[Adopted 10-12-1994 by Ord. No. 94:111]
A. 
No minor shall enter any premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages unless accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, except as provided hereinafter. This shall not apply to minors who are guests at bona fide hotels, motels or restaurants or who enter a licensed premises where food is sold for the purpose of purchasing food or who are required to enter a licensed premises in the course of their business or occupation.
B. 
Minors shall also be permitted to enter premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverage consumption, provided that the persons or entities to which the license is issued have received prior approval by formal resolution adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Somerdale.
It shall be unlawful for a minor to consume, to have consumed, to purchase attempt to purchase, or have purchased for him or her or have in his or her possession any alcoholic beverage. For purposes of this subsection, "consume" or "consumed" excludes those instances where a minor, in the home, apartment or rental unit of his or her own parent or parents, or an adult in loco parentis, under the supervision and control of his or her own parent or parents, consumes or has consumed any alcoholic beverage.
A. 
No minor shall have in his possession any altered or false document for the purpose of identification or establishing his age with the intent to use the same in order to purchase alcoholic beverages. Possession of such documents by a minor shall be prima facie evidence of intent to use them to purchase alcoholic beverages.
B. 
No minor shall misrepresent his age to any person in connection with the purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages in the Borough.
C. 
No person shall permit the use of any document owned by or issued to him by any minor for the purpose of purchasing alcoholic beverages in the Borough.
No minors shall appear in any public place in the Borough while under the influence of alcohol, whether such alcohol was consumed within the Borough or outside the Borough. Any minor found within the Borough to be under the influence of alcohol shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this article.
It shall be unlawful for any one to purchase for, attempt to purchase for, furnish to or attempt to furnish to a minor any alcoholic beverages, except in those instances where such purchase or furnishing leads to the consumption by a minor of alcoholic beverages which is excluded from the coverage of § 73-13.
Any license issued under this article may be suspended or revoked by the Board of Commissioners for the violation of any provision of this article or the violation of any of the provisions of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq. and the rules and regulations of the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the State of New Jersey. Proceedings for the suspension or revocation of a license shall be in accordance with the provisions of the statute cited, by service of a five-day notice of charges issued against the licensee. The licensee shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity for a hearing. Suspension or revocation shall carry the penalties and prohibitions provided for in the statute cited, and shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed for a violation of this article.
As used in this article, a minor shall mean any individual below the age as determined by the State of New Jersey legally allowed to consume alcoholic beverages pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto or any pertinent amendments as may be applicable.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to any combination of the following:
A. 
A fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.
B. 
A term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days.
C. 
A period of community service not exceeding 90 days.