[Adopted 6-23-1980 as Ch. VI of
the 1980 Code]
This article is enacted to regulate the sale
and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the Borough of Mountain
Lakes, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Legislature
titled "An Act Concerning Alcoholic Beverages," N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et
seq., as supplemented and amended, and in accordance with the rules
and regulations issued or to be promulgated by the State Director
of Alcoholic Beverage Control applicable thereto.
For the purpose of this article, relevant words
and phrases herein shall have the same meanings as in N.J.S.A. 33:1-1
et seq. and the rules and regulations of the Director of the Division
of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
[Adopted 6-11-2001 by Ord. No. 10-01]
It shall be unlawful for any person under the legal age to, without legal authority, knowingly possess or knowingly consume any alcoholic beverage on private property, except as provided for in §
71-10 below.
Any person convicted of violating the provisions
of this article shall, in accordance with the provisions of the N.J.S.A.
40:48-1, as amended, be punished by a fine not to exceed $250 for
the first offense and not to exceed $350 for any subsequent offense.