[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Bridgeton 11-4-1970 as Ch. VI of the 1970 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
This chapter is enacted to regulate the sale
and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the City of Bridgeton
in accordance with the provisions of an act of the Legislature of
the State of New Jersey entitled "An Act Concerning Alcoholic Beverages,"
comprising Chapter 436 of the Laws of 1933, its supplements and amendments,
and also comprising N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 to 33:1-96, and in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the Director of the Division of
Alcoholic Beverage Control.
For the purposes of this chapter, words and
phrases herein shall have the same meanings as they have in N.J.S.A.
33:1-1 to 33:1-96, and the rules and regulations of the Director of
the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
A.
Laws applicable. All applications for licenses, all
licenses issued, and all proceedings under this chapter shall be in
accordance with the Act, rules and regulations referred to in the
previous section and all other applicable laws of the State of New
Jersey or of the United States.
B.
Issuing authority. All licenses required by this chapter
shall be issued by the governing body which shall also administer
the provisions of this chapter.
[Last amended 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 11-19]
A.
No alcoholic
beverages shall be sold to, served to, or consumed by a consumer on
any day between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., except on Sundays
as hereinafter provided. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold to,
served to, or consumed by any consumer at any time on Sunday except
from 12:00 midnight until 2:00 a.m. and from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00
midnight.
[Amended 8-21-2012 by Ord. No. 12-05; 9-20-2022 by Ord. No. 22-21]
B.
Hours of
sale for club licenses shall be the same as the hours of sale, service,
or consumption for a retail plenary consumption licensee.
C.
Hours of
sale for retail plenary distribution licenses shall be the same as
the hours of sale, service or consumption for a retail plenary consumption
license.
[Amended 10-6-2003 by Ord. No. 03-5]
It shall be unlawful for any person:
A.
To consume alcoholic beverages while in or on a public
street, lane, sidewalk, public parking lot, public or quasi-public
place or in any public conveyance.
B.
To consume alcoholic beverages in a private motor
vehicle while the same is in motion or parked in any public street,
lane or public parking lot.
C.
To consume alcoholic beverages while upon any private
property not his own without the express permission of the owner or
other person having authority to grant such permission.
D.
To discard alcoholic beverage containers upon any
public street, lane, sidewalk, public parking lot, public or quasi-public
place or upon any private property not his own without the express
permission of the owner.
A.
Any license issued under this chapter may be suspended
or revoked for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter
or any provision of any applicable statute or any of the rules or
regulations of the State Director 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 to 33:1-96 by
service of a five-day notice of charges preferred against the licensee
and affording a reasonable opportunity for hearing. Any suspension
or revocation shall carry the penalties and prohibitions provided
in the statutes referred to.
C.
Suspension or revocation of a license shall be in
addition to any other penalty which may be imposed for a violation
of this chapter.
[Added 6-5-1990 by Ord. No. 89-37]
If the applicant purposely misstates the facts on the application, in addition to the ability of the Council to deny the application or suspend or revoke the license, if previously applied for or granted, the applicant shall be deemed to have violated this chapter and be subject to the maximum penalties as set forth in Chapter 1, Article III, General Penalty, of Code of the City of Bridgeton. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any misstatement on the application is purposeful.
