Ordinance Amendment
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES" OF THE TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER, COUNTY OF CAMDEN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY
BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Council of the Township of Gloucester, County of Camden, State of New Jersey that Ordinance amending Chapter 26 of the Township of Gloucester be and is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION I. That Chapter 26, Article 5, and Section 26-17, shall be amended as follows: §26-17a. Minors entering premises with intent to purchase. It shall be unlawful for a minor to enter any premises licensed for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in the Township of Gloucester for the purpose of purchasing or having served or delivered to him or her any alcoholic beverages. Any person violating this section shall be punished in accordance with Section 26-21 below.
§26-17b. Any person under the legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages who knowingly possesses without legal authority or who knowingly consumes any alcoholic beverage on public or private property shall be punished in accordance with Section 26-21 below.
§26-17c. This section does not prohibit an underage person from consuming or possessing an alcoholic beverage in connection with a religious observance, ceremony or rite or consuming or possessing an alcoholic beverage in the presence of and with the permission of a parent, guardian or relative who has attained the legal age to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages.
§26-17d. This section does not prohibit possession of alcoholic beverages of any such person while actually engaged in the performance of employment by a person who is licensed under N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq. or while actually engaged in the preparation of food while enrolled in a culinary arts or hotel management program at a county vocational school or post secondary education institution; however, no ordinance enacted pursuant to this section shall be construed to preclude the imposition of a penalty under this section, N..I.S.A. 33:1-81 or any other section of law against a sale of alcoholic beverages.
§26-17e. Statutory immunity will apply when:
(1) One of the underage persons called 9-1-1 and reported that another underage person was in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption;
(2) The underage person who called 9-1-1 and, if applicable, one or two other persons acting in concert with the underage person who called 9-1-1 provided each of their names to the 9-1-1 operator;
(3) The underage person was the first person to make the 9-1-1 report; and
(4) The underage person and if applicable, one or two other persons acting in concert with the underage person who made the 9-1-1 call remained on the scenic with the person under the legal age in need of medical assistance until assistance arrived and cooperated with medical assistance and law enforcement personnel on the scene.
SECTION 2. All ordinances and provisions thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance shall be and are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection or part, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall be declared invalid by judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction, such section, subsection, part, clause or phrase shall be deemed to be severable from the remainder of the ordinance.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after final passage and publication as required by law.