[Adopted 8-27-1974 by Ord. No. 1541 as
Ch. 3 of the 1974 Code]
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
This article is for the purpose of regulating
the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the Village,
in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., and
in accordance with the rules and regulations issued or to be promulgated
by the State Director, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, applicable
thereto.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Sections 3-2 through
3-9 of the 1974 Code, providing for various regulations, were deleted
10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375.
The Council shall constitute the authority for
the administration of issuance of licenses under this article and
shall forthwith report the issuance of all such licenses to the State
Director, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
It shall be unlawful to sell or distribute alcoholic
beverages in the Village without a license previously applied for
and granted pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
All applications for licenses under this article
and all licenses issued thereunder and proceedings in connection therewith
shall be subject to N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., and such rules and regulations
of the State Director, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, applicable
thereto and shall be subject to any other statutes of the state or
of the United States now extant or hereafter enacted affecting such
subject matters.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
All applications for licenses shall set forth,
in full, answers to questions prescribed by N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.,
and by the rules and regulations of the State Director and shall include
declarations called for by such provisions.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
No license shall be issued to any person, firm,
corporation, group or partnership not fully qualified under the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., and such rules and regulations of the
State Director.
[Amended 9-13-2023 by Ord. No. 3965]
All licenses shall be for a term of one year
from the first day of July in each year, and all fees shall be paid
in advance, prior to the renewal of the liquor license, on a date
to be determined by the Municipal Clerk of the Village of Ridgewood.
Any licensee, except a seasonal retail consumption licensee, who shall
voluntarily surrender his license and who shall not have committed
any violation of this article or of any rule or regulation and who
shall have paid all taxes, setoffs or counterclaims that may have
become due to the state or to the Village, shall be entitled, after
deduction of 50% of such fee as a surrender fee, to the prorated fee
for the unexpired term.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
A.
Any license issued under this article may be suspended
or revoked for violation of any of the provisions of this article
or any of the provisions of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., or any other
statutes heretofore mentioned or of any of the regulations and rules
prescribed by the State Director, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
B.
Proceedings for suspension or revocation shall be
in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., by service
of a five-day notice of charges preferred against the licensee, as
provided in N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., and affording of a reasonable
opportunity for a hearing, and such suspension or revocation shall
carry the penalties and prohibitions provided for in N.J.S.A. 33:1-1
et seq.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
No license shall be issued for the sale of alcoholic
beverages within 200 feet of any church or public school or private
schoolhouse not conducted for pecuniary profit except to manufacturers,
wholesalers, hotels, clubs and fraternal organizations which own or
are actually in possession of the licensed premises at the time of
the effectiveness of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., such 200 feet to be
measured in the normal way that a pedestrian would properly walk from
the nearest entrance of such church or school to the nearest entrance
of the premises sought to be licensed; provided, that this prohibition
may be waived at the issuance or renewal of such license by the Council
or authority of such school or church, and such waiver shall be effective
until the date of the next renewal of such license; and provided also
that this prohibition shall not apply to the renewal of any license
where no such school or church was located within the prohibited distance
of such licensed premises at the time of the issuance of the license
or as otherwise excepted by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.
A.
The holder of a plenary retail consumption license
shall be entitled, subject to the rules and regulations, to sell for
consumption on the licensed premises any alcoholic beverages by the
glass or other open receptacles and also to sell all alcoholic beverages
in original containers for consumption off the licensed premises.
Such license shall not permit the sale of alcoholic beverages in or
upon any premises in which a grocery, delicatessen, drugstore or other
mercantile business is carried on, except the keeping of a hotel or
restaurant, or the sale of cigars or cigarettes, at retail, as an
accommodation to patrons or the retail sale of nonalcoholic beverages
as accessory beverages to alcoholic beverages.
[Amended 7-22-1975 by Ord. No. 1585; 7-27-1976 by Ord. No.
1608; 9-27-1977 by Ord. No. 1652; 8-8-1978 by Ord. No. 1681; 8-28-1979 by Ord. No. 1733; 8-12-1980 by Ord. No. 1765; 6-23-1981 by Ord. No.
1807; 11-10-1981 by Ord. No. 1828; 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375; 9-13-2023 by Ord. No. 3965]
The holder of a plenary retail distribution license shall be entitled, subject to rules and regulations, to sell any alcoholic beverages for consumption off the licensed premises, but only in original containers. The renewal fee for a plenary retail distribution license shall be as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees.
[Amended 1-28-1975 by Ord. No. 1555; 11-10-1981 by Ord. No.
1828]
Sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption
upon premises for which a plenary retail consumption license has been
issued shall be permitted during the following hours: Monday through
Saturday, from 7:00 a.m. in the morning until 2:00 a.m. the following
morning; on Sunday, from 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. and from 12:00 noon
to 2:00 a.m. Monday morning.
A.
If Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve falls on Monday
through Saturday, such sales shall be permitted until 3:00 a.m. on
the following day, and if New Year's Eve falls on Sunday, such sales
shall be permitted until 3:00 a.m. on the following day.
B.
The hours aforesaid shall be the prevailing time in
the Village.
C.
During hours other than those established above, all
premises for which a plenary retail consumption license has been issued,
with the exception of restaurants as the same is defined by N.J.S.A.
33:1-1t, shall be closed and the sale and consumption of alcoholic
beverages in any premises for which a plenary retail consumption license
has been issued are hereby prohibited.
D.
Subject to the exceptions provided hereinabove pertaining
to Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, the sale of alcoholic beverages
in original bottle or can containers for consumption off the premises
by the holder of either a plenary retail consumption license or a
plenary retail distribution license shall be as follows: Monday through
Saturday, wine and malt alcoholic beverage may be sold from 7:00 a.m.
until 2:00 a.m. the following morning, distilled alcoholic spirits
may be sold from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. On Sunday, wine and malt
alcoholic beverages may be sold from 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. and from
12:00 noon until 2:00 a.m. Monday morning and distilled alcoholic
spirits may be sold from 12:00 noon until 10:00 p.m.
A.
The holder of a club license shall be entitled, subject
to rules and regulations, to sell only to bona fide club members and
their guests alcoholic beverages intended for immediate consumption
on the licensed premises.
B.
Club licenses shall be issued only to such corporations,
associations and organizations as are operated for benevolent, charitable,
fraternal, social, religious, recreational, athletic or similar purposes
and not for private gain, and licenses shall be subject to the qualifications,
conditions and restrictions imposed by the State Commissioner of Alcoholic
Beverage Control.
C.
Each application for a club license shall set forth
the names and addresses of all officers, trustees, directors or other
governing officials, together with the names and addresses of all
the members of the applying club, corporation or association.
Licenses not renewed in accord with the provisions
of Title 33 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated shall be deemed to
have expired and shall not be subject to renewal. The number of new
licenses (as defined in N.J.S.A. 33:1-12.13) in the Village shall
be subject to the limitations of N.J.S.A. 33:1-12.14.
