[Adopted 11-17-1969 (Ch. 63, Arts. I, III and IV, of the 1981 Code)]
This article is for the purpose of regulating the sale of alcoholic
beverages in the Borough of Lindenwold, County of Camden, and State
of New Jersey, in accordance with the provisions of an act of the
Legislature entitled "An Act Concerning Alcoholic Beverages," Chapter
436 of the Laws of 1933,[2] as amended and supplemented, and in accordance with the
rules and regulations promulgated or to be promulgated by the Director
of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control applicable hereto, and
in accordance with the rules and regulations existing herein or hereafter
adopted by competent municipal authority not inconsistent with said
Act or said rules and regulations of said State Director.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any natural person or association of natural persons, association,
trust, company, partnership, corporation, organization, or the manager,
agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them.
Every delivery of any alcoholic beverage otherwise than by
purely gratuitous title or the solicitation or acceptance of an order
for any alcoholic beverage, and including exchange, barter, traffic
in, keeping and exposing for sale, serving with meals, delivering
for value, peddling, possessing with intent to sell and the gratuitous
delivery or gift of any alcoholic beverage by any licensee.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to operate, use
or maintain any store, dwelling or other buildings for the sale or
exposure for sale of any of the beverages authorized by the above-mentioned
Act of the Legislature, or to conduct the business of or otherwise
engage in selling or distributing such beverages, within the corporate
limits of the Borough of Lindenwold, without first obtaining a license
therefor as herein provided.
A.
Any persons who may desire a Class C license, that is, either a plenary
retail consumption license or a plenary retail distribution license
as provided in said Act, shall first make application therefor on
a blank form which shall be furnished by the Borough Clerk. Said application,
when fully completed and accompanied by cash or a certified check
for 100% of the requisite license fee, shall be filed with the Borough
Clerk, who shall present the same to Borough Council at the next meeting
thereof for the issuance of a license subject to the rules and regulations
and in accordance with the provisions of the said Act if said applicant
shall be duly qualified for and entitled to a license thereunder.
Any such license shall not be valid unless sealed with the corporate
seal of the Borough, attested by the Borough Clerk, and the license
fee paid in full.
B.
Any person who may desire a club license or a renewal of a club license
shall, in addition to any other requirements imposed by law, deliver
to the Clerk a list of members entitled to use the applicant's
facilities. The list may be amended by the applicant from time to
time to reflect new members. The applicant shall also supply to the
Clerk a copy of the club's bylaws setting forth the requirements
and qualifications of members and guests.
[Added 6-14-2000 by Ord. No. 1073]
Any such license shall be subject to the provisions of said
Act and of this article and to the police regulations and ordinances
of this Borough.
[Amended 6-19-1972 by Ord. No. 297; 3-20-1978 by Ord. No. 483; 5-15-1978 by Ord. No. 491; 6-16-1980 by Ord. No. 544; 11-16-1981 by Ord. No.
591; 12-1-1982 by Ord. No. 613; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No. 617]
A.
No licensee hereunder shall operate, keep or permit to be kept open
for the sale or distribution of beverages any place so licensed between
the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any weekday, or between the
hours of 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Sundays. All lights outside of
the building must be extinguished and music discontinued at 2:30 a.m.
and the premises cleared of all patrons by 3:30 a.m.
B.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no establishment operating under a
club license and located in an R-1 Zone shall operate, keep or permit
to be kept open for the sale or distribution of beverages between
the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday and
between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.
The premises of any establishment operating under a club license in
an R-1 Zone shall be cleared of patrons, members and/or guests by
12:30 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday and by 2:30 a.m. on Friday and
Saturday.
[Added 6-14-2000 by Ord. No. 1073]
Notwithstanding the provision of any Borough ordinance limiting
the hours for the sale of alcoholic beverages in the Borough of Lindenwold,
any licensee may also sell such beverages between the hours of 3:00
a.m. and 5:00 a.m. on January 1, commonly known as "New Year's
Day."
[Added 6-14-2000 by Ord. No. 1073]
No licensed establishment operating in a residential zone shall
permit any outdoor activities between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and
8:00 a.m. except for the coming and going of patrons.
Every license shall be exposed to the public view in a conspicuous
place on the premises licensed, and any failure to do so shall constitute
presumptive evidence that the place where alcoholic beverages are
being sold is unlicensed.
All license fees shall be paid in cash or certified check to
the order of the Borough of Lindenwold, New Jersey, and shall be paid
into the Borough treasury.
