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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT TITLE 8, BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONS; CHAPTER 14, SHOE SHINE PARLORS AND CIGARS STORES, TO INCLUDE HOURS OF OPERATION AND EXPRESSLY PROBHITING 24 HOUR OPERATION, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED.
Sponsor: Councilmember Ramos/ James
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WHEREAS, there has been recent evidence that certain businesses which are licensed as Cigar Stores by the City of Newark seek to operate on a 24-hour basis, which has created difficulties in City of Newark neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, in order to eliminate any confusion on the part of business owners, licensed by the City of Newark to operate a Cigar Store, that they are not allowed to operate on a 24-hour basis, the Municipal Council seeks to amend the associated licensing ordinance, Title VIII, Chapter 14, Shoe Shine Parlors And Cigar Stores, to include specific hours of operation and expressly prohibiting 24-hour operation.
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. Title VIII, Chapter 14, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, 2000, as amended and supplemented, are hereby amended as follows:
CHAPTER 14, SHOE SHINE PARLORS AND CIGAR STORES
8:14-1. DEFINITIONS.
Cigar store shall mean a store or shop, or part thereof, place, building, structure or vehicle, where cigars or tobacco or all or any of them, are exposed for sale, or sold, and inclusive of sale of any cigars or tobacco or all or any of them, from vending machines, or other apparatus or mechanical device.
Director shall mean the Director of the Department of Finance and/or his designee.
Person shall mean any individual, firm, member of a firm, partnership or member thereof, corporation or any officer, director or stockholder of such corporation, unless otherwise ...
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