[Amended 1-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-03]
This section shall regulate the sale and transportation
of alcoholic beverages in the Township of Bridgewater, in the County
of Somerset, in accordance with the provisions of the New Jersey Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act (N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.) and in accordance with
the rules and regulations issued or to be promulgated by the State
Commissioner of Alcoholic Beverage Control applicable thereto.
The Township Council of the Township of Bridgewater,
being the governing body of said municipality, shall constitute the
authority for the administration and issuance of licenses under this
chapter and shall forthwith report the issuance of all such licenses
to said State Commissioner of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
[Amended 6-6-1939]
It shall be unlawful to sell or distribute alcoholic
beverages in the Township of Bridgewater, in the County of Somerset,
without a license previously applied for and granted pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter and said Act.
No license shall be issued except after written
application presented by the proposed licensee upon forms approved
by the governing body and after conformity with publication of notice
and otherwise as required by said Act and this chapter.
All applications for licenses under this chapter
and all licenses issued thereunder and proceedings in connection therewith
shall be subject to said Act and said rules and regulations of said
State Commissioner of Alcoholic Beverage Control of New Jersey applicable
thereto and shall be subject to any other statutes of New Jersey or
of the United States now extant or hereafter enacted affecting said
subject matters.