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Borough of Haledon, NJ
Passaic County
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[Adopted 6-25-1934 by Ord. No. 287 (Ch. 61, Art. II, of the 1984 Code)]
Applications for Class C licenses, as defined in Chapter 85 of the Laws of 1934 (N.J.S.A. 33:1-9), shall be made in the manner prescribed by said law, the supplements thereto and the acts amendatory thereof.
[Amended 2-10-1975 by Ord. No. 1-13-75E; 6-13-1984 by Ord. No. 5-9-84F; 9-9-1987 by Ord. No. 8-12-87]
A. 
The fee for plenary retail consumption licenses shall be $798 per year.
[Amended 12-27-2007 by Ord. No. 11-29-2007]
B. 
A fee for plenary distribution licenses shall be $702 per year.
[Amended 12-27-2007 by Ord. No. 11-29-2007]
C. 
The fee for club licenses shall be $188 per annum.
[Amended 12-27-2007 by Ord. No. 11-29-2007]
D. 
In addition to the sums referred to in Subsections A and B, a surcharge of $200 shall be assessed against each plenary retail consumption and distribution license annually to fund the Borough of Haledon's license retirement program consistent with N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.42.
[Amended 10-14-2015 by Ord. No. 9-23-2015A]
E. 
Surcharge monies will continue to be collected annually until the total revenue derived from the surcharge equals the total amount of expended by the Borough of Haledon to retire licenses pursuant to contracts authorized by ordinances adopted under this article and consistent with N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.39 through 40:48-2.43. If in the final license year in which the surcharge authorized by this article is in effect, the total additional revenue derived from all years the surcharge has been in effect shall exceed the amount expended by the Borough of Haledon for the acquisition and retirement of licenses, such excess shall be rebated pro rata to the then-current license holders or credited against the next renewal fee to be paid by the then license holders consistent with N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.42.
[Added 10-14-2015 by Ord. No. 9-23-2015A]
F. 
This section is adopted pursuant to the authority conferred upon the governing body by N.J.S.A. 33:1-12.
[Added 10-14-2015 by Ord. No. 9-23-2015A]
[Added 5-14-1980 by Ord. No. 4-9-80A]
All licensed premises shall be closed from 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and from 2:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Sundays; provided, however, that on January 1, New Year's Day, of each year, such licensed premises may remain open all day for the purpose of selling, serving or dispensing of alcoholic beverages, except where New Year's Day falls on Sunday, and when New Year's Day falls on Sunday, such licensed premises shall remain closed between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
[Added 6-19-2008 by Ord. No. 5-29-2008B]
A. 
No person under the age of 21 shall enter any premises licensed for the plenary sale of alcoholic beverages unless accompanied by his or her parent or guardian. This shall not apply to minors who are guests at bona fide restaurants, or who enter a licensed premises where food is sold, for the purpose of purchasing food, or who are required to enter a licensed premises in the course of their business or occupation. These restrictions shall apply at all times to any such licensed premises whether or not alcoholic beverages are being sold at the time any person under the age of 21 is present.
B. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
RESTAURANT
An establishment regularly and principally used for the purpose of providing meals to the public, having adequate kitchen and dining room equipped for the preparing, cooking, and serving of food for its customers and in which no other business, except such as is incidental to such establishment, is conducted.
[Amended 2-18-2010 by Ord. No. 1-21-2010A]
[Amended 9-12-1984 by Ord. No. 8-8-84; 6-19-2008 by Ord. No. 5-29-2008B]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment in the county jail of the County of Passaic for a period not exceeding 90 days, or both, and the license of such person, firm or corporation, upon conviction as aforesaid, may be revoked by the Council.
A. 
No plenary retail consumption license permitting the sale of alcoholic beverages in original containers for consumption off the licensed premises from portions of the licensed premises other than the public barroom pursuant to N.J.S.A. 33:1-12.23 et seq. and the New Jersey Administrative Code, Section 13.2-33.1 et seq., excepting renewals and transfers from person to person, shall be granted for or transferred to any premises within 1,000 feet of a licensed premises covered by a plenary retail distribution or plenary retail consumption license. In the event a licensee desires to transfer to another premises, he shall be permitted to do so within 600 feet of the premises wherein he is located at the time of said transfer but shall comply with the provisions aforementioned when transferring to premises in excess of 600 feet from the premises upon which the transfer is sought.
B. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Subsection A of this section, the Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control may allow the transfer of a plenary retail distribution license to within 1,500 feet of the premises wherein the license is located at the time of the said transfer, where the licensed premises is being taken for any municipal, county, state or federal project, or where the licensed premises is destroyed to the extent that it can no longer be used for the purpose for which the license was issued and it is not intended to restore the same. If such a transfer is granted, no plenary retail consumption license shall be transferred to the premises or part thereof so vacated by such transfer.
C. 
The said 1,000 feet, 1,500 feet and 600 feet referred to in Subsections A and B of this section shall be measured in a normal way that a pedestrian would properly walk from the nearest entrance of the licensed premises to the nearest entrance of the premises sought to be licensed.