[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Kingwood 6-16-1986 by Ord. No. 5-5-1986.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded
former Ch. 51, Alcoholic Beverages, adopted as follows: Art. I, 12-12-1933
by resolution; Art. II, 10-8-1958; Art. III, 8-19-1977 by Ord. No.
4-8-77; Art. IV, 1-28-1966, as amended.
This chapter is enacted under the authority
granted by N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., An Act Concerning Alcoholic Beverages,
being P.L. 1933, c. 436, as supplemented and amended, and in accordance
with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of the
Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the State of New Jersey
and other applicable laws of the State of New Jersey.
For the purpose of this chapter, words and phrases
herein shall have the same meanings as they have in N.J.S.A. 33:1-1
et seq. and the rules and regulations of the Director of the Division
of Alcoholic Beverage Control, as supplemented and amended.
The Township Committee of the Township of Kingwood,
being the governing body of said municipality, shall constitute the
authority for the issuance of licenses and shall otherwise administer
the provisions of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful to sell or distribute alcoholic
beverages in the Township of Kingwood without a valid license currently
in effect, or contrary to the provisions of this chapter or applicable
state laws and regulations.
B.
The annual fee for a plenary retail consumption license
or a plenary retail distribution license for the license year beginning
July 1, 2005, shall be $2,400. Each and every year thereafter, beginning
with the license year of July 1, 2006, the annual fee for such license
shall be $2,500.
[Amended 7-19-1988 by Ord. No. 6-7-88; 8-21-1989 by Ord. No.
6-14-89; 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 12-11-2004]
C.
The annual fee for a club license shall be $100.
[Amended 11-4-2021 by Ord. No. 21-20-2021]
A.
Retail consumption sales hours. No alcoholic beverage
shall be sold, served, delivered or consumed on any licensed premises
between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Sunday and between
the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on other days, except as hereinafter
provided.
B.
Retail package sales hours.
[Amended 3-15-1993 by Ord. No. 8-5-93]
(1)
The sale of alcoholic beverages in original containers
by plenary retail distribution licensees for consumption off the licensed
premises shall be permitted during the following hours:
(2)
In addition, the sale of wine and malt alcoholic beverages
in original bottle or can containers for consumption off the premises
shall be permitted during the hours authorized by state law and regulations.
C.
Club license hours. No club licensee shall sell, serve
or deliver or allow, permit or suffer the sale, service, delivery
or consumption of any alcoholic beverage on the licensed premises
during hours or on days when plenary retail consumption licensees
in the Township of Kingwood are prohibited from such activity by this
chapter.
[Amended 11-4-2021 by Ord. No. 21-20-2021]
Except as otherwise provided in N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty provisions in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, General Penalties, of the Township Code. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.