Every bar, social club and liquor store must renew licenses annually, by June 30. License holders must be up to date on sales tax payments to the state and must pass police inspections for compliance with state Alcoholic Beverage Control laws. The City Council acts as the local ABC board to approve renewals and hold hearings on renewals where the Police Division recommends denial,
As a resident, you are invited to share your concerns about a particular establishment before renewal. The council may still approve an application for renewal, but it may be at some political peril if a large number of residents object to a particular establishment.
In case you don't read those small-print legal notices in the back of the newspaper, here is the relevant one (enlarged, with emphasis added) that encourages citizen input. Please note that the objection must be in writing and should go to the municipal clerk. For Plainfield, that would be Municipal Clerk Abubakar Jalloh, 515 Watchung Ave., Plainfield NJ 07060
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES 2015-2016 LICENSE TERM Notice is hereby given that applications to renew all annual alcoholic beverage licenses will be filed with the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control or the municipal local license issuing authority and may be approved on or after May 1st of this year. Objection to any renewal should be made immediately in writing to the Municipal Clerk of the municipality where the license is located if that license sells alcoholic beverages to consumers, or the Director, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, P.O. Box 087, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 for any other type of alcoholic beverage license. No individual notices will be published with respect to license renewal applications. MICHAEL I. HALFACRE DIRECTOR DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL
One general issue over here on Block 832 is the proliferation of small liquor bottles tossed on lawns. I am sure other blocks have the same problem. This is a separate issue from license renewals, but in some communities attempts have been made to limit sales of single cans of beer and mini liquor bottles. They tend to be used for open-air drinking, which is prohibited in public places, including parking lots.
From the Municipal Code:
Sec. 10:7-6. Drinking intoxicating liquors prohibited under certain circumstances.
No person shall drink any intoxicating liquors on any street, highway, parking lot or in any motor vehicle not on private property or upon private property without the express consent of the owner.
(R.O. 1957, 10:4-3, as amended Aug. 5, 1963.)
Sec. 10:7-7. Drunkenness in public.
No person shall be in a drunk or intoxicated condition in or on any public place or in any place open to the public.
(R.O. 1957, 10:4-3 (d).)
unless they've paid the proper "dues" ... then it really doesn't matter what the people, the police or neighborhood has to say about the matter...
ReplyDeleteThe litter problem isn't just the ugliness and how it makes our town look. It's the broken glass. Concerned neighbors have recently organized trash pickup days which makes it look much better, and they deserve our thanks. But for dog owners, ironically that can be more dangerous - - with the large broken bottle pieces removed, dog walkers no longer can identify the dangerous stretches of sidewalk. The small glass pieces remain on the sidewalk for our pets to cut their feet on. I fear midnight trips to the emergency vet. Perhaps the only solution is to outlaw glass liquor bottles.
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