As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
A person of either sex, a firm, a corporation or any club
or association.
It shall not be lawful for any person or persons
to operate, use or maintain any store, vehicle, dwelling or other
building of any kind for the sale of or the exposure for sale of beverages
authorized by an Act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey
entitled "An Act Concerning Alcoholic Beverages," passed December
6, 1933 (P.L. 1933, Chapter 436), N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., as amended
and supplemented, within the Township of Maple Shade, in the County
of Burlington and State of New Jersey, without first having obtained
a license therefor pursuant to said act and the terms of this chapter.
The governing body of the Township of Maple
Shade, in the County of Burlington, shall constitute the licensing
authority for the administration of the issuance of licenses hereunder.
The approval of all applications shall be evidenced
in writing by the members of the governing body, and all licenses
granted pursuant to such approval shall be issued and signed by the
Township Clerk, who shall keep a complete record of all applications
and the licenses granted hereunder.
All applications for said license shall be in
the form required by law and as prepared and furnished by the Township
Clerk, and each license shall comply with the terms of the aforesaid
act and shall be subject to the terms and provisions thereof and of
this chapter.
Every license issued pursuant to this chapter
shall be exposed to public view in a conspicuous place in the licensed
premises, and any omission so to do shall be presumptive evidence
that the place where alcoholic beverages are being sold is unlicensed.
No license shall be issued for any premises
not having a floor space of at least 400 square feet in the bar or
room in which said beverages shall be dispensed.
[Amended 3-21-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-3]
No licensee shall allow, permit or suffer in
or upon the licensed premises any disturbances, brawls or unnecessary
noises, nor allow, permit or suffer the licensed place of business
to be conducted in such manner as to become a nuisance. No licensee
shall allow, permit or suffer in or upon the licensed premises adult
live entertainment and night club and cabaret type uses, except as
a conditional use as described in the Maple Shade Township Code.
The Township Treasurer shall keep a separate
account of all the receipts and expenditures of fees received under
this chapter.
[Amended 9-5-1984 by Ord. No. 1984-11; 9-20-2000 by Ord. No.
2000-11; 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-07]
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter, upon conviction, shall be subject to the penalty as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II, herein.