Egg Harbor Township committee adopts ordinance reducing one liquor license and raises fire permit fees

The Egg Harbor Township Committee unanimously adopted two ordinances that update the township code on alcoholic beverage licenses and fire-permit fees.

Ordinance 10 amends chapter 64 (alcoholic beverages) to reflect a reduction in plenary retail consumption licenses from 28 to 27 because of the permanent lapse of license 0108-33-007-009. During the public-comment period, resident Ed McClinchy asked whether the license had been the one formerly at “Lamarcka at CMU” (as he described it). No further public testimony was recorded. The committee voted yes on the ordinance (Ellis, Hodgson, Pauls, Rosenberg, Fromer).

Ordinance 11 amends chapter 111 (fire prevention), increasing permit fees for permit types 1 through 4 and creating application fees for certificates of smoke-alarm, carbon-monoxide-alarm and portable-fire-extinguisher compliance as required by the New Jersey Administrative Code. No members of the public spoke on Ordinance 11. The committee voted to adopt the ordinance with a unanimous roll-call vote (Ellis, Hodgson, Pauls, Rosenberg, Fromer).

Both ordinances were read into the record by a township official during the meeting. The recorded motions to adopt were made and seconded by members on the floor; the roll-call votes recorded all five members in favor. The adoption changes municipal code language and fee schedules; the committee did not discuss implementation details or fee amounts during the public meeting beyond the ordinance text being read into the record.