[Adopted 8-28-70 by Ord. No. 0-11-70 as Art. I of Ch. 24 of the 1970 Code of the Township of Winslow[1]]
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Editor's Note: This legislation was originally adopted 5-25-46 and amended 11-27-48.
[Amended 3-25-87 by Ord. No. 0-6-87]
This Article is for the purpose of fixing license fees and regulating the sale of alcoholic beverages in the Township of Winslow, County of Camden and State of New Jersey, in accordance with the provisions of an act of the Legislature entitled "An Act Concerning Alcoholic Beverages," P.L. 1933, c. 436 (N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.) as amended and supplemented, and in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated or to be promulgated by the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control applicable hereto, and in accordance with the rules and regulations existing herein or hereafter adopted by competent municipal authority not inconsistent with said Act or said rules of said State Commissioner.
It shall be unlawful to sell or distribute alcoholic beverages otherwise than as provided in this Article and/or said Act.
The Chairman and Township Committee of the Township of Winslow, County of Camden, State of New Jersey, being the governing body of said municipality, shall constitute the authority for the distribution or issuance of licenses hereunder.
[Added 3-26-2024 by Ord. No. O-2024-008[1]]
A. 
No more than two club licenses shall be issued and outstanding at one time in the Township.
B. 
Except as stated in this article, the provisions of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq. (the "Act"), as the same may be hereafter amended, shall control the eligibility for a club license. In the event the Act is modified or amended in such a way as to impact these provisions, the appropriate state statute and administrative regulations shall control where inconsistent with this article.
C. 
No club license shall be issued for the sale of alcoholic beverages by the Township Committee of the Township unless same has been approved by the majority of the members of the Township Committee.
D. 
No license shall be issued except upon written application therefor, signed by the applicant, setting forth the information as required by statute, together with any and all other information which may be deemed necessary by the Township Committee in accordance with said Act and deemed necessary for a proper consideration of said application. Such application is to be made in the form as supplied by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, and same is to be verified by the oath or affirmation of the applicant and advertised according to law.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also renumbered former §§ 77-4 through 77-12 as §§ 77-5 through 77-12.1, respectively.
A. 
For each and every plenary retail consumption license and for each and every plenary retail distribution license, the following sums shall be charged:
[Amended 7-28-82 by Ord. No. 0-7-82; 4-26-89 by Ord. No. 0-22-89; 9-25-07 by Ord. No. 0-32-07]
(1) 
For the license year 1989-1990: the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.).
(2) 
For the license year 1990-1991: the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.).
(3) 
For the license years 1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995: the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700.).
[Amended 3-28-95 by Ord. No. 0-9-95]
(4) 
For the license year 1995-1996, the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800.).
[Added 3-28-95 by Ord. No. 0-9-95]
(5) 
For the license year 1996-1997, the sum of nine hundred dollars ($900.).
[Added 3-28-95 by Ord. No. 0-9-95]
(6) 
For the license years 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2006-2007, and 2007-2008 the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.).
[Added 3-28-95 by Ord. No. 0-9-95]
(7) 
For the license year 2008-2009, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.).
(8) 
For the license year 2009-2010, the sum of one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400.).
(9) 
For the license year 2010-2011, the sum of one thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600.).
(10) 
For the license year 2011-2012, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.).
(11) 
For the license year 2012-2013, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.).
B. 
The annual fee for a club license shall be $160.
[Added 3-26-2024 by Ord. No. O-2024-008[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsections B and C as Subsections C and D, respectively.
C. 
All license fees shall be paid in cash or by certified check to the order of the Township of Winslow, New Jersey, and all such receipts shall be turned over by the Township Clerk, when and as received, to the Treasurer of the Township of Winslow.
D. 
The Township Clerk is hereby designated as the proper person to sign all licenses on behalf of the Township Committee.
[Amended 4-22-81 by Ord. No. 0-9-81]
A. 
No licensee shall sell, serve or deliver, or allow, permit or suffer the sale, service or delivery of, any alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises on New Year's Day, whether it is a weekday or a Sunday, between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; on Saturday and other Sundays, between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; and on other weekdays between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
B. 
No club licensee shall sell, serve, deliver or allow, permit or suffer the sale, service or delivery of any alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on any day of the week; except and provided, however, that on the first day of January no alcoholic beverage shall be sold in the said Township between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. of said day; or permit any consumption of any alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on any day of the week; except and provided, however, that on the first day of January no alcoholic beverage shall be consumed on licensed premises between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on said day.
[Added 3-26-2024 by Ord. No. O-2024-008[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection B as Subsection C.
C. 
The regulations set forth for distribution licensees by the State of New Jersey, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, are herewith adopted by the Township of Winslow.
Every license shall be exposed to public view in a conspicuous place in the establishment licensed, and any omission so to do shall be presumptive evidence that the place where alcoholic beverages are being sold is unlicensed.
A. 
Not more than twenty-five (25) plenary retail consumption licenses and not more than four (4) plenary retail distribution licenses shall be issued and outstanding at the same time in the Township of Winslow, but this limitation shall not prevent the renewal of plenary retail consumption licenses presently outstanding or the person-to-person transfer of such licenses and the renewal of licenses so transferred.
B. 
No plenary retail consumption or plenary retail distribution license shall hereafter be granted for or transferred to premises within two thousand (2,000) feet of premises for which a license of either type is then outstanding. This distance-between-premises provision shall not prevent the renewal or person-to-person transfer of licenses for premises now licensed. The two-thousand-foot distance shall be measured in the normal way that a pedestrian would properly walk from the nearest entrance of the licensed premises to the nearest entrance of the premises sought to be licensed.
All licensed establishments shall be kept clean and sanitary and subject to the rules and regulations of the Board of Health of this municipality.
No licensee shall sell, serve or deliver, or allow, permit or suffer the service or delivery of, any alcoholic beverages, directly or indirectly, to any persons under the age of twenty-one (21) years, or allow, permit or suffer the consumption of alcoholic beverages by any such person upon the licensed premises.[1]
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Editor's Note: The section immediately following this section, which pertained to sale during elections, was repealed 9-25-70 by Ord. No. 0-14-70.
No more than one (1) retail distribution or one (1) retail consumption license shall be granted to any person, corporation, partnership, limited partnership or association regardless of the number of different places of business conducted by such person, corporation, partnership, limited partnership or association.
[Amended 9-25-07 by Ord. No. 0-32-07]
A. 
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the transfer of a license from person to person, as provided in P.L. 1935, c. 257, (N.J.S.A. 33:1-26), and any such transfer shall not be affected by the limitations hereby placed upon the issuance of new licenses.
B. 
A fee in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the annual license fee as set forth in Section 77-4A shall be charged for the transfer of any license pursuant to this section. This transfer fee shall be paid in accordance with Section 77-4B.
[Amended 3-25-87 by Ord. No. 0-6-87]
A. 
Any person who shall sell or distribute any alcoholic beverages in violation of any of the provisions of this Article shall be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or to imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both, in the discretion of the court.
B. 
Any license issued pursuant to this Article may be suspended or revoked for violation of any of the provisions of this Article or for violation of any of the provisions of said Act or any of the rules or regulations provided by the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.