[Adopted 10-12-1994 by Ord. No. 94:111]
A.
No minor shall enter any premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic
beverages unless accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, except
as provided hereinafter. This shall not apply to minors who are guests
at bona fide hotels, motels or 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.
B.
Minors shall also be permitted to enter premises licensed for the
sale of alcoholic beverage consumption, provided that the persons
or entities to which the license is issued have received prior approval
by formal resolution adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Somerdale.
It shall be unlawful for a minor to consume, to have consumed,
to purchase attempt to purchase, or have purchased for him or her
or have in his or her possession any alcoholic beverage. For purposes
of this subsection, "consume" or "consumed" excludes those instances
where a minor, in the home, apartment or rental unit of his or her
own parent or parents, or an adult in loco parentis, under the supervision
and control of his or her own parent or parents, consumes or has consumed
any alcoholic beverage.
A.
No minor shall have in his possession any altered or false document
for the purpose of identification or establishing his age with the
intent to use the same in order to purchase alcoholic beverages. Possession
of such documents by a minor shall be prima facie evidence of intent
to use them to purchase alcoholic beverages.
B.
No minor shall misrepresent his age to any person in connection with
the purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages in the Borough.
C.
No person shall permit the use of any document owned by or issued
to him by any minor for the purpose of purchasing alcoholic beverages
in the Borough.
No minors shall appear in any public place in the Borough while
under the influence of alcohol, whether such alcohol was consumed
within the Borough or outside the Borough. Any minor found within
the Borough to be under the influence of alcohol shall be deemed guilty
of a violation of this article.
It shall be unlawful for any one to purchase for, attempt to purchase for, furnish to or attempt to furnish to a minor any alcoholic beverages, except in those instances where such purchase or furnishing leads to the consumption by a minor of alcoholic beverages which is excluded from the coverage of § 73-13.
Any license issued under this article may be suspended or revoked
by the Board of Commissioners for the violation of any provision of
this article or the violation of any of the provisions of N.J.S.A.
33:1-1 et seq. and the rules and regulations of the Director of the
Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the State of New Jersey.
Proceedings for the suspension or revocation of a license shall be
in accordance with the provisions of the statute cited, by service
of a five-day notice of charges issued against the licensee. The licensee
shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity for a hearing. Suspension
or revocation shall carry the penalties and prohibitions provided
for in the statute cited, and shall be in addition to any other penalty
imposed for a violation of this article.
As used in this article, a minor shall mean any individual below
the age as determined by the State of New Jersey legally allowed to
consume alcoholic beverages pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
33:1-1 et seq., the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto
or any pertinent amendments as may be applicable.
