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.
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.
[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.