A. 
Plenary retail consumption licenses. The number of plenary retail consumption licenses shall be limited to 12.
B. 
Club licenses. The number of club licenses shall be limited to nine.
C. 
Plenary distribution licenses. The number of plenary distribution licenses shall be limited to four.
The number of package goods liquor stores within the boundary lines of the Township of Florence shall at no time exceed the number of four, and at no time shall any three such places be located within the radius of one mile.
[Amended 7-6-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-11; 6-5-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-15]
A. 
Plenary retail consumption license. The annual fee for each plenary retail consumption license shall be as set forth hereafter:
Year
Fee
2000
$1,194.39
2001
1,433.27
2002
1,719.93
2003
1,805.00
2004
1,895.00
2005
1,989.00
2006 and each year thereafter
2,000.00
B. 
Club license. The annual fee for each club license shall be $150.
C. 
Plenary distribution license. The annual fee for each plenary distribution license shall be the amount as set forth hereafter:
Year
Fee
2000
$597.20
2001
716.64
2002
859.96
2003
946.00
2004
1,041.00
2005
1,145.00
2006
1,260.00
2007
1,386.00
2008
1,525.00
2009
1,678.00
2010
1,846.00
2011 and each year thereafter
2,000.00
[Amended 2-5-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-4; 1-26-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-3; 8-2-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-16]
A. 
No licensee shall sell, serve or deliver, allow, permit or suffer the sale, service or delivery of any alcoholic beverage upon or from the licensed premises except during the hours set forth below:
(1) 
Plenary retail consumption licenses.
(a) 
Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. the following morning;
(b) 
Sunday from 12:00 noon to 2:00 a.m. the following morning; provided, however, that a licensee may begin the sale of alcoholic beverages at 9:00 a.m. if sold in conjunction with prepared food for consumption on premises (i.e., on-site meals).
(2) 
Plenary retail distribution licenses.
(a) 
Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; and
(b) 
Sunday from 12:00 noon to 10:00 p.m.
(3) 
Club licenses.
(a) 
Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. the following morning; and
(b) 
Sunday from 12:00 noon to 2:00 a.m. the following morning.
(4) 
On New Year's Day plenary retail consumption license and club licenses may be open from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. the following morning.
B. 
During the hours that the consumption of alcoholic beverages upon the licensed premises is prohibited by this chapter, the entire licensed premises shall be closed to all persons except the licensees or employees who clean or perform other necessary work in or about the premises during such prohibited hours; and the entire interior of the bar or business room or any other room where alcoholic beverages are sold, delivered or consumed shall be kept open to full view of the public thoroughfare or from adjacent rooms to which the public is freely admitted. The closing-of-premises requirement shall not apply to: (i) club licenses which may remain open for business, except for the sale, service or delivery of alcoholic beverages, during the hours prohibited by this chapter; or (ii) hotels, restaurants as defined in N.J.S.A. 33:1-1t, or to clubs as set forth in N.J.S.A. 33:1-12, Subsection 5, and State Regulation No. 7.
[Added 5-5-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-14]
Any person applying for an administrative background search in connection with the transfer of any alcoholic beverage license shall pay to the Township of Florence a fee of $25.