This section shall provide an application fee
and licensing requirements for the issuance of identification cards
for licensees and covered employees.
A. Definition. A "covered employee" is an employee or
agent who either:
(1) Serves alcoholic beverages as part of his/her job
duties;
(3) Is any employee that has supervisory authority; or
(4) Is any employee whose duties include the performance
of security functions.
B. After approval of an application and before the license
is issued, every plenary consumption licensee or covered employee
shall provide full and complete answers, in writing, on a form identified
as an alcohol beverage control employee application furnished by the
Police Department of the Borough of Palisades Park, to all questions
presented thereon as to identity, character, antecedents and general
experience of any such licensee or covered employee.
C. The licensee or covered employee shall, along with
filing the application, attach thereto two color passport photograph,
two by two inches. Said photograph is not to have been taken more
than 30 days prior to the execution of the application.
D. The licensee or covered employee shall submit to having
his/her fingerprints taken as a requirement of the application process.
E. Two separate and distinct forms of identification
shall be submitted by the licensee or covered employee while executing
the alcoholic beverage employee application for review by an appropriate
official of the borough.
F. The applicant shall provide a money order or check
payable to the Borough of Palisades Park, for the sum of $50 to defray
the expense of processing the application. Also, the applicant shall
provide a money order or check to be payable to the New Jersey State
Police, Identification Division, in an amount which shall be the current
charge posted by the New Jersey State Police, Identification Division,
for the fingerprint processing fee for each applicant. The fingerprint
processing fee may be subject to change as the New Jersey State Police,
Identification Division, changes or regulates their fee schedule.
G. If a plenary retail consumption license is granted
or transferred, the Palisades Park Police Department shall, upon application
of the licensee or covered employee, issue an identification card
showing compliance with the provisions of this section. The identification
card, issued pursuant thereto, shall be physically located on the
licensed premises so that it can be submitted upon demand at any time
during business hours. The identification card shall remain valid
for the remainder of the calendar year in which it was issued, as
well as the next complete calendar year. The individual holder shall
undergo a renewal procedure resulting in the issuance of a new identification
card by the Palisades Park Police Department.
H. The licensee or covered employee, whose primary function
is the serving of alcoholic beverages or the performance of security
duties, while in the exercise of his/her duties on the licensed premises,
shall at all times conspicuously wear the presentation side of the
identification card bearing the individual's first name and identification
number. For purpose of this subsection, a waiter, waitress or other
type of employee whose primary function is the serving of food or
performing of services that does not require the delivery of service
of alcoholic beverages or only incidentally involves the service of
alcoholic beverages while serving a meal shall not be covered by this
subsection.
I. Renewal requirements shall compel the licensee or covered employee in making a formal application to renew his/her permit prior to its expiration on June 30. Renewal, as defined under this section, shall occur prior to the expiration of the applicant's identification card as outlined in Subsection
G. The fee of $50 shall be submitted each time a renewal application is introduced.
J. No licensee shall engage any covered employee connected
with the business of the licensee unless the covered employee has
conformed to the rules and regulations set forth in this section.
If new covered employees are hired by the licensee, such new covered
employees shall comply with the regulations set forth in this section
before being permitted to work in the licensed premises.
K. If the applicant for a plenary retail consumption
license is a corporation, all the officers thereof shall comply with
the regulations of this section pertaining to the license involved;
and should there be a replacement or election of new officers during
the licensed term, such replaced or newly elected officers must comply
with the requirements of this section.
L. At all times during periods of employment, the identification
card provided herein shall remain in the possession and control of
the employee.
M. Any employer may immediately hire any individual who
is in the possession of and displays a valid identification card issued
in accordance with the provisions of this article, without the necessity
of applying for a new identification card.
N. In the event that any person or persons affected by this article who have been issued an identification card in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall transfer the same or otherwise allow another person to use said card shall be subject to immediate revocation of the card and this shall be deemed a violation of this article and punishable as set forth in §
84-22.
In the event that an applicant shall lose his/her
bar identification card, a replacement card may be obtained for a
fee of $5, check or money order payable to the Borough of Palisades
Park.
Any person who shall violate a provision of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine
not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90
days, or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each
day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.