This article is enacted under the authority
granted by N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 to 33:1-96, also known as "Chapter 436
of the Laws of 1933," as supplemented and amended. The purposes of
this article are to render effective provisions of the act cited,
the rules and regulations issued by the Director of the Division of
Alcoholic Beverage Control of the State of New Jersey and other applicable
laws of the State of New Jersey and the United States of America.
For the purposes of this article, words and
phrases herein shall have the same meanings as they have in N.J.S.A.
33:1-1 to 33:1-96 and the rules and regulations of the Director of
the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
The Township Committee is designated as the
authority which shall issue all licenses and otherwise administer
the provisions of this article.
All applications for licenses shall be filed
with the Township Clerk in the form prescribed by the Director of
the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The application shall
be addressed to the Township Committee and shall be accompanied by
evidence of payment of the federal tax stamp.
Proof of publication of a notice of an application
for a license or renewal or transfer of a license shall be in the
form prescribed by state rules and regulations and shall be filed
with the Township Clerk immediately after the second publication of
the notice.
All applications for licenses shall be referred
by the Township Clerk to the Chief of Police, who shall investigate
the character and fitness of the applicant and the premises proposed
for licensing and report his recommendations to the Township Committee.
All licenses, except those issued by the State
Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control under N.J.S.A.
33:1-20, shall be granted by the Township Committee, signed by the
Township Clerk.
The number of licenses permitted for each class
of license shall be determined according to the procedure established
by the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, based on current population
figures for the Township of Pohatcong.
Sales of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted
on election days during the same hours the licensed premises would
normally be open.
Any person who violates any provision of this
article or who permits the violation of any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed
$500 or to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed
90 days, or both.