File #: 23-0464    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance Requiring Special Police at Amusement Business after Certain Business Hours
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 3/22/2023 In control: Law
On agenda: 5/3/2023 Final action: 6/7/2023
Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5, AMUSEMENT AND AMUSEMENT BUSINESSES, CHAPTER 5, MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT BUSINESSES, SECTION 4-8(A), BUSINESS HOURS, AND CREATING CHAPTER 14, MANDATE TO HIRE SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, TO REQUIRE THE HIRING OF SPECIAL POLICE DURING SPECIFIED BUSINESS HOURS.
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
Title
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5, AMUSEMENT AND AMUSEMENT BUSINESSES, CHAPTER 5, MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT BUSINESSES, SECTION 4-8(A), BUSINESS HOURS, AND CREATING CHAPTER 14, MANDATE TO HIRE SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, TO REQUIRE THE HIRING OF SPECIAL POLICE DURING SPECIFIED BUSINESS HOURS.

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

Note: Additions are shown as underlined and bold. Deletions are strikethroughs.

Section 1. Title 5, Amusement and Amusement Businesses, Chapter 5, Miscellaneous Amusement Businesses, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, is amending Section 4-8(a), Business Hours.

? 5:4-8(a) BUSINESS HOURS.

a. Every place of business licensed under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs b and c of this Section, shall close at 1:00 a.m. every day except Saturday Sunday, on which day they shall close at midnight. All such places shall then remain closed until 7:00 a.m.
Section 2. Title 5, Amusement and Amusement Businesses, Chapter 5, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, by adding thereto Section 14: Mandate to Hire Special Police Offers.

? 5:14 MANDATE TO HIRE SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS.

a. Any place of business licensed under this Chapter which offers any entertainment, including, but not limited to, live music, disc jockey, and the sale and/or service of any alcoholic beverage, if open at any time after 11:00 p.m. on any day, and has an occupancy of fifty (50) or more occupants, shall have Special Police Officers on premise from 11:00 p.m. through closing.
1. Closing shall be defined as the end of a business or commercial establishment's day, pursuant to State Statute and/or City Ordinance.
b. Penalty:
1. Any person who vio...

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