[Adopted 6-3-1985 by Ord. No. 85-5 as Ch. 68, Art. I, of the 1985 Code]
[Last amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II]
The annual fee for a plenary retail consumption license, a plenary retail distribution license and a club license are set forth in Chapter 212, Fees.
No licensee shall sell, serve or deliver, or allow, permit or suffer the sale, service or delivery of, any alcoholic beverages, or allow the consumption of any alcoholic beverages, on licensed premises on Monday to Friday, inclusive, between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., and on Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. The closing hour on New Year's Day shall be 5:00 a.m. if that day falls on a Sunday; otherwise, no closing hour is fixed.
During the hours that sales are prohibited in accordance with the provisions of § 128-2 hereof, the entire licensed premises shall be closed, and no person shall be permitted to remain thereon during such hours except the licensee, his bona fide employees and any officer of the law duly authorized to enforce municipal, state or federal regulations regarding the sale of alcoholic beverages or to make investigations pertaining thereto; provided, however, that the closing of the premises and the exclusion of persons therefrom shall not apply to hotels, to restaurants as defined in N.J.S.A. 33:1-1t or to other establishments where the principal business is other than the sale of alcoholic beverages.
No more than five plenary retail consumption licenses and one plenary retail distribution license shall be issued and outstanding in the Township of Washington at the same time. Not more than one retail license shall be granted to any person, corporation, partnership, limited partnership or association in the Township of Washington, and said license shall cover only the licensed premises. Not more than five club licenses shall be issued and outstanding at the same time.
No person shall be served alcoholic beverages in any back room or any side room which is not open to the use of the public generally, except in the case of club licenses, where no person shall be served alcoholic beverages in any room which is not open to the use of the members generally.
During all hours when any premises on which alcoholic beverages are sold, distributed or dispensed shall be open for business under a plenary retail consumption license, said premises shall be and remain lighted throughout, either naturally or artificially, so that each and every person or object therein shall be and remain clearly discernible for a distance of 25 feet.
No person shall hold a license or be employed in the serving or sale of alcoholic beverages in any licensed premises unless and until his name and address, together with his fingerprints, have been furnished to and filed with the Police Department of the Township of Washington; except, however, that this provision shall not apply to temporary employees employed in any such licensed premises for less than two days consecutively.