[Amended 1-11-1938 by Ord. No. 602]
Hereafter, no plenary retail distribution license
shall be issued unless or until the number of such licenses issued
and outstanding shall be less than 15; when the number of such licenses
issued and outstanding shall be less than 15, new licenses may be
issued but no new licenses may be issued which will cause the number
issued and outstanding to be greater than 15.
No new plenary retail distribution license shall
be issued for any premises within 500 feet of any other licensed premises
for which a plenary retail distribution license shall then be issued
and outstanding.
Plenary retail distribution licenses may be
transferred from one premises to another premises, provided the premises
to which the transfer is sought is not within 500 feet of a licensed
premises for which a plenary retail distribution license has been
granted.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the transfer of any plenary retail distribution license from person to person as provided in Chapter
257, P.L. 1935, and said transfer shall not be affected by the limitation
placed upon the issuance of new licenses.
Nothing herein contained shall apply to the
issuance of renewals or licenses already issued and outstanding at
the passage of this article, nor to the renewal of licenses issued
or transferred in accordance with this article.
This limitation shall apply to all licenses
which have been surrendered or revoked.
[Added 10-19-1977 by Ord. No. 1261]
Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
the number of plenary retail distribution licenses shall be further
subject to such limitations as may be promulgated by acts of the New
Jersey State Legislature.