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Ocean City was founded in 1879 as a dry town, and it never has issued a liquor license, forbids the sale of alcohol, and prohibits BYOB at restaurants. New Jersey has a strong tradition of municipal home rule. [20] Local municipalities thus have considerable authority in the licensing and regulating of alcohol-related businesses.
The city's safety officials said the ban was necessary to protect tourists and residents from teens bringing alcohol or weapons to the boardwalk. ... Ocean City enacted a similar ban last year ...
Sale, processing or consumption of any liquor or spirit of greater than 153 proof is illegal. (FSS 565.07) No retail sale of wine in containers larger than 1 gallon. FS 564.05 Supermarkets and other licensed business establishments may sell beer, low-alcohol liquors, and wine.
States that permit localities to go dry. 33 states have laws that allow localities to prohibit the sale (and in some cases, consumption and possession) of liquor. Still, many of these states have no dry communities. Two states— Kansas and Tennessee —are entirely dry by default: counties specifically must authorize the sale of alcohol in ...
September 13, 2024 at 5:10 AM. Ocean City's Inlet Parking Lot will be closed for public parking from Sept. 10 until Oct. 13, 2024, to accommodate several upcoming events taking place this fall ...
Ocean City is a city in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.It is the principal city of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Cape May County, and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. [21]
The new plan to keep kids from drinking alcohol: Ban kids (and some adults) from buying drinks containing zero alcohol. No, it doesn't make much sense.
In 1919, the requisite number of state legislatures ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, enabling national prohibition one year later. Many women, notably members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, were pivotal in bringing about national Prohibition in the United States, believing it would protect families, women, and children from the effects of alcohol ...