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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING, TITLE VIII, BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS, CHAPTER 30, REGULATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES, SECTION 2, REGISTRATION OF ALL NEW AND PRE-EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORES, TO CREATE SUBSECTION 8:30-2(A), PROHIBITED DISTANCE FROM EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORES, AND TO FURTHER INCLUDE THE INCREASING OF FINES AND PENALTIES SET FORTH IN SECTION 8:30-13, VIOLATION AND PENALTY.
Sponsor(s): Council Member, Patrick O. Council
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council on behalf of the City of Newark wishes to create distance between new and existing convenience stores citywide; and
WHEREAS, the City realizes the need to amend existing enforcements and penalties; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council finds and declares the following amendments to the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, are deemed necessary.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
Note: Additions are shown in Bold and Underlined. Deletions are shown in Strikeouts.
SECTION 1. Title VIII, Business and Occupations, Chapter 30, Regulation of Convenience Stores, Section 2, Registration of all New and Pre-Existing Convenience Stores, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, to create a new subsection 8:30-2(a), Prohibited Distance from Existing Convenience Stores and increase existing fines and penalties established in 8:30-13, Violation and Penalty as follows:
CHAPTER 30, Regulation of Convenience Stores
? 8:30-2(a) PROHIBITED DISTANCE FROM EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORES.
No person shall keep, maintain, or operate a convenience store in the City of Newark without first having registered with the Police Official.
a. No new, newly constructed or established convenience store shall be permitted to be maintained, located or operated within 500 feet of any existing convenience store...
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