[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Rahway as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Hours of operation of golf courses — See Ch. 241.
[Adopted 2-12-2024 by Ord. No. O-01-24[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. I, Licenses, adopted 7-9-1984 by Ord. No. A-12-84 as Ch. 84, Art. I, of the 1984 Code.
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The owner of a business or the owner of a rental unit or units shall maintain liability insurance for negligent acts and omissions in an amount of no less than $500,000 for combined property damage and bodily injury to or death of one or more persons in any one accident or occurrence.
B. 
The owner of a multifamily home which is four or fewer units, one of which is owner-occupied, shall maintain liability insurance for negligent acts and omissions in an amount no less than $300,000 for combined property damage and bodily injury to or death of one or more persons in any one accident or occurrence.
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The City hereby establishes as its reasonable administrative fee for the filing with the City Clerk the annual registration of the certificate of insurance required by Subsection a of N.J.S.A. 40A:10A-2 for businesses and rental units and multifamily homes with four or fewer units, one of which is owner-occupied, the sum of $50 for a paper application, which shall be due and payable to the City on the date on which such certificate of insurance is due for filing and registration. There shall be no charge to file the annual registration electronically through the City's website or similar manner deemed sufficient by the City Clerk.
B. 
The City may collect, through a summary proceeding pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999, P.L. 1999, c. 274 (N.J.S.A. 2A:58-10 et seq.), a fine of not less than $500 but no more than $5,000 against an owner who failed to comply with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:10A-2.
[Adopted 5-10-1982 by Ord. No. A-10-82]
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The purpose of this article is the regulation of the opening and closing hours of all businesses and commercial establishments to which the public is invited in the interest of the protection of the employees, patrons and law enforcement officers. It has been determined that unprotected and under-staffed business and commercial enterprises are prey to the criminal element in our society during the late night and early morning hours and that certain security devices must be provided in order to protect the general public who use these establishments.
B. 
The provisions and requirements of this article shall not apply to nor include any business or commercial establishment issued a license or permit for on-the-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages or permitted to carry on a business or commercial activity under the laws of the United States, the State of New Jersey or other municipal ordinances not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
No business or commercial establishment to which the public is invited shall be open for business between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Eastern standard time (2300 to 0500 hours) unless:
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There are two employees on continuous duty in that part of the business or commercial establishment to which the public is invited; or
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The business or commercial establishment shall employ a security officer or the premises has in operation a security device approved by the Chief of Police of the City of Rahway, which may consist of a silent and/or audible burglar alarm connected to a central security monitoring system designed to activate police response; a closed-circuit television connected to a central security monitoring system designed to activate police response or such other device which can be activated instantaneously to notify law enforcement officers that a crime or disorderly persons activity is in progress; or
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Such business is a gasoline service station where no cash is kept on the premises or accepted in payment after 11:00 p.m. or before 5:00 a.m. Eastern standard time and where such fact is announced to the public by prominently displayed notices or advertisements on the premises.
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.