All applications for licenses shall be in writing
and conform to the official form promulgated by the Director of the
Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and filed with the Township
Clerk with evidence of payment of the Federal Tax Stamp and the annual
license fee as hereinafter provided. The application shall be addressed
to the Township Committee and filed with the Township Clerk. All questions
shall be fully answered, and the application shall be made under oath
and shall designate the place and type of license applied for.
All applications for licenses shall be referred
by the Township Clerk to the Police Committee, which shall investigate
the character and fitness of the applicant and the premises proposed
for license, and shall report its recommendations to the Township
Committee.
All licenses, except those issued by the State
Director under N.J.S.A. 33:1-20, shall be granted by the Township
Committee, shall be signed by the Mayor, attested to by the Township
Clerk, issued under the Seal of the Township of Hampton and shall
remain force for the term set forth therein unless sooner revoked
by the issuing authority or the Director for violation of regulations
concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages. Upon granting the license,
the Township Clerk shall forthwith report the issuance of same to
the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
All licenses shall be for a term of one year
from the first day of July in each year, and all fees shall be paid
in advance upon presentation of the application; provided, however,
that any licensee who shall voluntarily surrender his license, who
shall not have committed any violation of this article or of any rule
or regulation and who shall have paid all taxes, setoffs or counterclaims
that may have become due to the State of New Jersey or to the Township
of Hampton shall be entitled, after deduction of 50% of said fee as
a surrender fee, to the prorated fee for the unexpired term.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership
or corporation to offer for sale or sell, distribute or transport
for sale any alcoholic beverages in the township except pursuant to
and within the terms of a license issued as expressly allowed and
provided by laws and regulations governing alcoholic beverages.
[Amended 3-28-1989]
The fee for a plenary retail consumption license
shall be the sum of $480 per annum until July 1, 1990, when said fee
shall be $576 per annum; and the holder of such license shall be entitled,
subject to rules and regulations, to sell for consumption on the licensed
premises any alcoholic beverages in original containers for consumption
off the licensed premises.
[Amended 3-28-1989]
The fee for a retail distribution license shall
be the sum of $480 per annum until July 1, 1990, when said fee shall
be $576 per annum; a and the holder of such license shall be entitled,
subject to rules and regulations, to sell any alcoholic beverages.
Any person violating any provision of this article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding
$500 or to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed
90 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation
is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense and shall be punishable as such.