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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE V, CHAPTER 7; PUBLIC DANCE HALLS AND PUBLIC DANCES, 5:7-3 PREREQUISITES TO LICENSEES, AND TITLE V, CHAPTER 11: DISCOTHEQUES, 5:11-3 PREREQUISITES TO LICENSING, AND PROVIDING FOR UNIFORM PARKING AND SPRINKLER REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSEES OF DANCE HALLS AND DISCOTHEQUES.
Sponsors: Councilmembers Amador/Ramos
Deferred 6PSF-e 030514/ Public Hearing Open
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WHEREAS, the proliferation of Public Dance Halls and Discotheques has created difficulty with neighborhood parking in City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure adequate parking for residents and other commercial establishments, the Municipal Council seeks to amend the associated licensing ordinances (Title V, Chapter 7, for Dance Halls and Chapter 11 for Discotheques) to include uniform on-site or off-site, but not on-street parking requirement for both uses and to make the requirement of sprinklers the same for each such use.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNCIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
Note: Strikethroughs are deletions and bold underlined are additions.
Section 1. That Title V, Chapter 7, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, are hereby amended as follows:
CHAPTER 7, PUBLIC DANCE HALLS AND PUBLIC DANCES
Editor's Note: The City is authorized to license and regulate Dance Halls by N.J.S.A. 40:52-1.
5:7-1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Chapter:
"Dancing" shall not apply to exhibitions or performances where persons paying admission do not participate.
"Director" shall mean the Director of the Department of Finance and/or his/her designee (for this Chapter only, this includes for enforcement purposes, the Police Director, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, Executive Secretary of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and/or their designees, where applicable).
"Promotional event" shall mean any event that is commercial and may be adver...
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