Township of Union, NJ
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2024-01-23
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 199 Alcoholic Beverages
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Article III Possession or Consumption by Underaged Persons on Private Property
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Administration, Department of
- Ch 19 Claims Approval
- Ch 24 Contracts
- Ch 29 Court, Municipal
- Ch 39 Economic Development
- Ch 43 Emergency Management
- Ch 48 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 50 (Reserved)
- Ch 57 Environmental Commission
- Ch 65 Flood Control Commissions
- Ch 72 Health, Board of
- Ch 76 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 91 Law, Department of
- Ch 98 Mayor's Alliance Against Drug Abuse
- Ch 102 Meetings
- Ch 107 Nepotism
- Ch 112 Officers and Employees
- Ch 122 Payroll
- Ch 127 Personnel Benefits
- Ch 131 Public Safety Department
- Ch 136 Public Works Department
- Ch 141 Purchasing
- Ch 151 Recreation, Department of
- Ch 156 Residency Requirements
- Ch 164 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 171 Tax Assessment, Department of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 190 Affordable Housing
- Ch 195 Alarms
- Ch 199 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 199 Art III Possession or Consumption by Underaged Persons on Private Property
- § 199-29 Underaged possession or consumption.
- § 199-30 Violations and penalties.
- § 199-31 Exceptions.
- § 199-32 Definitions.
- Ch 203 Amusements and Entertainment
- Ch 208 Animals
- Ch 213 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 226 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 231 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Leaves
- Ch 240 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 245 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 249 Business Operations
- Ch 252 Cannabis Business Permits
- Ch 256 Donation Bins
- Ch 261 Condominium and Cooperative Conversions
- Ch 266 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 270 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 274 Cranes
- Ch 279 Curfew
- Ch 287 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 294 Fees
- Ch 298 Firearms and Hunting
- Ch 302 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 307 Fires and Fire Prevention
- Ch 316 Gasoline Stations and Garages
- Ch 321 Golf
- Ch 326 Graffiti
- Ch 337 Junk Dealers and Junkyards
- Ch 344 Liability Insurance
- Ch 346 Library
- Ch 351 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 356 Limousines
- Ch 361 Littering
- Ch 365 Locomotion Devices, Human-Powered
- Ch 371 Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles
- Ch 376 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 387 Newsracks
- Ch 392 Nuisances, Public
- Ch 403 Obscenity
- Ch 407 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 415 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 419 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 423 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 440 Property Maintenance
- Ch 447 Rental Property
- Ch 457 Sales and Outdoor Displays
- Ch 461 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 466 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 476 Shopping Carts
- Ch 481 Site Improvements
- Ch 486 Smoking and Tobacco Products
- Ch 491 Soil Removal
- Ch 496 Solid Waste
- Ch 501 Space Heaters, Liquid-Fuel-Burning
- Ch 505 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 520 Stormwater Management
- Ch 530 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 534 Sump Pits and Pumps
- Ch 550 Taxation
- Ch 554 Taxicabs
- Ch 559 Telephones, Public
- Ch 564 Theaters
- Ch 568 Towing
- Ch 573 Trailers and Tourist Camps
- Ch 577 Trees
- Ch 590 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Part III: Land Development
- Ch 170 Land Development
- Part IV: Board of Health
- Ch 650 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 660 Animals
- Ch 682 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 693 Fees, Board of Health
- Ch 697 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 708 Health Officers and Personnel
- Ch 713 Housing
- Ch 728 Laundries, Launderettes and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 735 Noise
- Ch 739 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 754 Recreational Bathing Places, Public
- Ch 761 Sanitary Standards
- Ch 766 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 781 Wells
- Appendix
- Ch A800 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4844 (Ch.
160, Art. III, of the 2004 Code)]
It shall be unlawful for any person under the
legal age to, without legal authority, knowingly possess or knowingly
consume an alcoholic beverage on private property.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, in
accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:48-1.2, be punished
by a fine of $250 for a first offense and $350 for any subsequent
offense.
A.
Nothing contained
in this article is intended, nor shall it be construed, as prohibiting
an underaged person from consuming or possessing an alcoholic beverage
in connection with a religious observance, ceremony or rite or consuming
or possessing an alcoholic beverage in the presence of and with the
permission of a parent, guardian or relative who has attained the
legal age to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages.
B.
Nothing contained
in this article is intended nor shall it be construed as prohibiting
possession of alcoholic beverages by any such person while actually
engaged in the performance of employment by a person who is licensed
under Title 33 of the Revised Statutes or while actively engaged in
the preparation of food while enrolled in a culinary arts or a hotel
management program at a county vocational school or post-secondary
educational institution; provided, however, that this article shall
not be construed to preclude the imposition of a penalty under this
article, N.J.S.A. 33:1-81 or any other section of law against a person
who is convicted of unlawful alcoholic beverage activity on or at
premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth:
A person who has qualified as a guardian of the underaged
person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment.
The underaged person's grandparent, aunt or uncle, sibling
or any other person related by blood or affinity.
