[Adopted 7-23-1969 as Ch. 4, Art. II, of the 1969 Code]
This article is for the purpose of regulating the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the Borough of Eatontown in the County of Monmouth in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of New Jersey and in accordance with the rules and regulations applicable thereto issued or to be promulgated by the State Commissioner of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
As used in this article, the following term shall have the meaning indicated:
LICENSEE
Includes any person or persons or corporation or corporations who shall be the holder of any license issued by the Borough of Eatontown to sell alcoholic beverages.
[Amended 7-27-1977 by Ord. No. 19-77; 8-9-1978 by Ord. No. 8-78]
No licensee shall sell, serve or deliver, or allow, permit or suffer the sale, service or delivery of, any alcoholic beverage or allow the consumption of any alcoholic beverage on licensed premises on weekdays between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. or on Sundays between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., except New Year's Day each year as hereinafter provided.
A. 
No licensee shall sell, serve or deliver, or allow, permit or suffer the sale, service or delivery of, any alcoholic beverage or allow the consumption of any alcoholic beverage on licensed premises on New Year's Day when it is a weekday between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. or, when New Year's Day is on Sunday, between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.
B. 
During the hours that sales are hereinabove prohibited, the entire licensed premises shall be closed; provided, however, that this closing-of-premises requirement shall not apply to bona fide hotels, restaurants as defined in N.J.S.A. 33:1-1, Subsection t, clubs and other establishments where the principal business or activity is other than the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Any person or persons, corporation or corporations who or which shall violate this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $200 or imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Magistrate before whom said matter shall be heard.