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Borough of Glassboro, NJ
Gloucester County
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[Adopted 2-9-1971 by Ord. No. 3-71 as Ch. 37, Art. II, of the 1971 Code]
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Editor's Note: See also § 150-14, Persons under legal age for purchasing alcoholic beverages on premises, of Art. I, Licensing and Regulation of this chapter; and Art. III, Possession or Consumption by Underage Persons on Private Property, of this chapter.
[Amended 6-26-1973 by Ord. No. 73-12; 11-25-1980 by Ord. No. 80-21; 12-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98-26]
It shall be unlawful for a person under the legal age to enter any premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages for the purpose of purchasing or having served or delivered to him or her any alcoholic beverages.
[Amended 6-26-1973 by Ord. No. 73-12; 11-25-1980 by Ord. No. 80-21; 12-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98-26]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for a person under the legal age to consume, purchase, attempt to consume or purchase or have another purchase for him or her any alcoholic beverage on any premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
B. 
Violations and penalties. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by one or more of the following:
[Added 8-23-2011 by Ord. No. 11-34]
(1) 
First offense: mandatory fine of $400; no court appearance required if pleading guilty to the offense.
(2) 
Second or subsequent offense: a fine not less than $400 and not more than $2,000; or by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or by a period of community service not to exceed 90 days, or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the court.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
[Amended 6-26-1973 by Ord. No. 73-12; 11-25-1980 by Ord. No. 80-21; 12-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98-26]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any adult person to purchase any alcoholic beverage for a person under the legal age for consumption of any premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
B. 
Violations and penalties. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by one or more of the following:
[Added 8-23-2011 by Ord. No. 11-34]
(1) 
First offense: mandatory fine of $400; no court appearance required if pleading guilty to the offense.
(2) 
Second or subsequent offense: a fine not less than $400 and not more than $2,000; or by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or by a period of community service not to exceed 90 days, or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the court.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
[Amended 6-26-1973 by Ord. No. 73-12; 11-25-1980 by Ord. No. 80-21; 12-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98-26]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person under the legal age to misrepresent or misstate his or her age for the purpose of inducing any retail licensee or any employees of any retail licensee to sell, serve or deliver any alcoholic beverage to him or her.
B. 
No person under the legal age shall have in his or her possession any altered or false document for the purpose of identification or establishing his age with the intent to use the same in order to purchase alcoholic beverages. Possession of such documents by a person under the legal age shall be prima facie evidence of intent to use them to purchase alcoholic beverages.
[Added 12-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98-26]
It shall be unlawful for a person under the legal age to consume, to have consumed, to purchase, attempt to purchase or have purchased for him or her or have in his or her possession any alcoholic beverage. For purposes of this section, "consume" or "consumed" excludes those instances where a person under the legal age, in the home, apartment or rental unit of his or her own parent or parents, or an adult in loco parentis, under the supervision and control of his or her own parent or parents, consumes or has consumed any alcoholic beverage.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Art. III, Possession or Consumption by Underage Persons on Private Property, of this chapter.
[Amended 12-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98-26; 8-23-2011 by Ord. No. 11-34; 12-29-2016 by Ord. No. 16-60; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Each and every person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, may, in addition to other penalties noted, upon the conviction thereof, be punished by one or more of the following: a fine not less than $400 and not more than $2,000; or by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or by a period of community service not to exceed 90 days, or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the court.
A copy of this article shall be displayed at all times in every establishment within the Borough of Glassboro which is the holder of a plenary retail consumption license, a plenary retail distribution license or a club license.