[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 7-9-1984 by Ord. No. A-12-84
as Ch. 84, Art. I, of the 1984 Code]
The owners of any commercial and industrial businesses, other than those
for which a license or permit is required to be obtained under the provisions
of any ordinance of the City of Rahway, shall, before offering for sale any
goods, wares or merchandise or performing any service or transacting any business
within the City of Rahway, obtain a license from the City Clerk. The fee for
each license shall be $2, and the license shall be issued by the City Clerk
upon receipt from the Building Inspector, the Health Officer and the Chiefs
of the Fire and Police Departments of a certificate that the business involved
and place where same is to be conducted are not in violation of any ordinance
of the city or law of the State of New Jersey. All licenses shall be issued
for a term of one year commencing from the date of issuance.
A.
After notice and hearing, the City Clerk may revoke a
license issued under this article for failure to comply with or for violation
of any provisions of the city's ordinances or of state law or for any
other good and sufficient cause.
B.
Any license issued may be temporarily suspended, pending
a hearing, by the City Clerk.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Shall not be deemed to include any business or profession for which
a license to conduct same has been issued by the State of New Jersey, and
same shall not be deemed to include any service rendered by persons under
the age of 18 years.
Any person who violates any 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
upon each day during which or on which a violation occurs or continues.
[Adopted 5-10-1982 by Ord. No. A-10-82]
A.
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:
A.
There are two employees on continuous duty in that part
of the business or commercial establishment to which the public is invited;
or
B.
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
C.
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.
