[Adopted 8-11-1960]
The Borough Council shall issue plenary retail consumption licenses and club licenses for the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages pursuant to the authority contained in an act titled "An Act Concerning Alcoholic Beverages," approved December 6, 1933, and the amendments thereof and the supplements thereto, when applications therefor shall be approved by the Borough Council, under the restrictions, conditions and regulations contained therein and in this article provided.
The number of plenary retail consumption licenses issued and outstanding in the Borough of Clayton at the same time shall not exceed two.
[Amended 1-27-1966 by Ord. No. 66-1]
The number of club licenses issued and outstanding in the Borough of Clayton at the same time shall not exceed two.
Plenary retail consumption licenses and club licenses shall permit the sale of alcoholic beverages from the first day of July in each year to 12:00 midnight of the 30th day of June the following year. If applications for a club license are made after the date of the adoption of this article but prior to June 30, 1961, the holder of such a license, issued pursuant to said application, shall be allowed to sell alcoholic beverages from the date of the issuance of such license to 12:00 midnight, June 30, 1961.
[Amended 5-10-1979 by Ord. No. 79-4; 7-27-1989 by Ord. No. 89-7; 12-27-1991 by Ord. No. 91-13; 4-22-1993 by Ord. No. 6-93; 12-10-1998 by Ord. No. 21-98; 7-13-2000 by Ord. No. 6-00; 10-22-2009 by Ord. No. 17-2009; 3-24-2011 by Ord. No. 6-2011; 4-10-2014 by Ord. No. 4-2014]
A. 
The license fee for a plenary retail consumption license shall be $1,791.36 per year.
B. 
The license fee for a club license shall be $188 per year. Where such a license shall be issued for a period of less than one year, the license fee shall be prorated on the basis of said annual license fee.
C. 
The license fee for a plenary retail distribution license shall be $2,160 per year.
[Amended 12-12-1968 by Ord. No. 68-8; 10-28-1976 by Ord. No. 76-8; 12-29-1981 by Ord. No. 81-19; 12-14-1989 by Ord. No. 89-15; 12-10-1998 by Ord. No. 18-98]
A. 
The sale of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted on Sundays between the hours of 12:00 noon and 12:00 midnight in the establishment of a licensee hereunder.
B. 
Beer, wines, liquors and other allowable malt beverages may be sold for off-premises consumption in original containers on Sundays between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., prevailing time.
C. 
Hours on Sunday, December 31.
(1) 
Whenever December 31 falls on a Sunday, a licensee is hereby permitted to sell, serve or allow the consumption of any alcoholic beverage on licensed premises between the hours of 12:00 noon and 2:00 a.m. on the following Monday.
(2) 
The hours above referred to shall be Eastern standard time.
The sale of alcoholic beverages between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on the same morning is hereby prohibited.
The holder of any plenary retail consumption license or any club license shall maintain, operate and conduct his business and the premises upon which said business is maintained, operated and conducted in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the statutes of the State of New Jersey and of the United States, and any regulations issued under authority thereof, and in accordance with the conditions, restrictions and regulations of this article provided.