New Ordinance Adjusts Sidewalk Café Fees in Morristown

ORDINANCE O-3-2023 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 4 SECTION 5 “SIDEWALK CAFES”

Introduced 1.24.23

Adoption Date Pending

Businesses with questions or comments please email: jennifer@morristown-nj.org.

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WHEREAS, the Town of Morristown desires to amend the current ordinance regulating Sidewalk Cafe fees for eligible establishments with and without an Alcoholic Beverage Control retail license;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Town Council of the Town of Morristown, County of Morris, State of New Jersey, being the governing body thereof, that Chapter 4 “Licensing and Business Regulations”, Section 5 “Sidewalk Cafes”, Subsection 7 “License Fee” be and hereby is amended to read as follows:

4-5 SIDEWALK CAFES.

4-5.7 License Fees.

Establishments without a liquor license shall be subject to the following fees:
One (1) to ten (10) seats: $250.00.
Eleven (11) to twenty-five (25) seats: $375.00.
Twenty-six (26) to fifty (50) seats: $500.00.
Over fifty (50) seats: $625.00.
Establishments with a liquor license shall be subject to the following fees:
One (1) to ten (10) seats: $250.00.
Eleven (11) to twenty-five (25) seats: $500.00.
Twenty-six (26) to fifty (50) seats: $750.00.
Over fifty (50) seats: $1,000.00.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, if any section, paragraph, subsection, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall be adjudged by the courts to be invalid, such adjudication shall apply only to the section, paragraph, subsection, clause or provision so adjudicated, and the remainder of the Ordinance shall be deemed valid and effective.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, any ordinances or parts thereof in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are repealed to the extent of such conflict.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED , this Ordinance shall take effect upon passage.