[Adopted 8-6-1940 (Ch. 33, Art. I, of the 1976 Code)]
This article is for the purpose of fixing license fees, limiting the number of licenses and regulating the sale of alcoholic beverages in the Township of Berlin in the County of Camden, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., as amended and supplemented, and the rules and regulations applicable thereto and promulgated or to be promulgated as provided therein.
It shall be unlawful to sell or distribute alcoholic beverages in the Township of Berlin in the County of Camden otherwise than as provided in this article or said New Jersey Statutes Annotated, rules and regulations, or without a license previously applied for and granted, pursuant to the provisions of this article or said statutes, rules and regulations.
[Amended 6-3-1996; 6-2-1976 by Ord. No. 76:6; 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-32; 2-26-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-1; 4-29-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-3]
The fee(s) payable hereunder shall be as set forth in Chapter 156, Fees.
A. 
All license fees shall be paid in cash or by certified check to the order of the Township of Berlin in the County of Camden, and all receipts shall be turned over by the Township Clerk, when and as received, to the Township Treasurer.
B. 
Every license shall be signed by the Township Clerk and shall bear the Seal of the Township.
Every license shall be exposed to public view in a conspicuous place, in the place licensed, and any omission so to do shall be presumptive evidence that the place where alcoholic beverages are being sold is unlicensed.
Any license issued pursuant to this article may be suspended or revoked for a violation of any of the provisions of this article or for violation of any of the provisions of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated, Title 33, or any of the rules and regulations promulgated or to be promulgated as provided therein.
A. 
No more than six plenary retail consumption licenses shall be in effect in this municipality at any one time.
B. 
No more than one plenary retail distribution license shall be in effect in this municipality at any one time.
[Amended 6-3-1946]
C. 
No new licenses shall be issued for any premises within 400 feet of any other licensed premises, and in the event of the transfer of any existing license, no transfer shall be permitted to any premises within 400 feet of any existing licensed premises. The four-hundred-foot distance shall be measured in the normal way that a pedestrian would properly walk from the nearest entrance of licensed premises to the nearest entrance of the premises sought to be licensed.
[Amended 6-3-1946]
[Amended 12-7-1948; 7-12-1971]
No licensee or person shall sell, serve, deliver or allow, permit or suffer the sale, service or delivery of any alcoholic beverage on the licensed premises on New Year's Day, when it is a weekday, between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; on New Year's Day, when it is a Sunday, between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; on Saturdays between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; on other weekdays between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; and on other Sundays between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
During the hours sales of alcoholic beverages are prohibited, all licensed premises shall be closed.
All premises in which alcoholic beverages shall be sold or otherwise dispensed shall have reasonable access to light from the public highway, and the interior of such premises shall be fully exposed to public view at all times.
[Amended 6-2-1976 by Ord. No. 76:6; 7-24-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-10]
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.