Alcohol Beverage Control  Application (ABC)

Our office maintains over 300 liquor licenses within the City of Jersey. Each liquor license requires to be renewed annually, the license term is from July 1st - June 30th

Contact information for Alcohol Beverage Control:

State of New Jersey
Department of Law and Public Safety
Division of Alcohol Beverage Control
P.O. Box 087
Trenton, NJ 08625-0087
Telephone #609-984-2830
ABC website @: NJ ABCABC website @: NJ ABC
https://nj.gov/lps/abc/posse/login.html

Contact information for the Division of Taxation:

New Jersey Division of Taxation Regional Office
124 Halsey Street – 2nd floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Telephone # 973-648-4700
E-Mail the ABC Licensing  Unit  @
[email protected] 

Bar Cards are to be obtained and renewed only by the ABC Enforcement Unit, contact # 201-547-4807

Alcohol Beverage Control Application (Transfer)
Once a month, the third Tuesday of every month the ABC Board of Commissioners meet to vote on liquor license transfers.

Contact information for Alcohol Beverage Control:
State of New Jersey
Department of Law and Public Safety
Division of Alcohol Beverage Control
P.O. Box 087
Trenton, NJ 08625-0087
Telephone #609-984-2830
ABC website @: NJ ABC
https://nj.gov/lps/abc/posse/login.html

Contact information for the Division of Taxation:
New Jersey Division of Taxation Regional Office
124 Halsey Street – 2nd floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Telephone # 973-648-4700
E-Mail the ABC Licensing Unit @
[email protected]

Bar Cards are to be obtained and renewed only by the ABC Enforcement Unit, contact # 201-547-4807

Apply HERE 

Auto Repair & Auto Body Shop Application

REPAIR WORK ON MOTOR VEHICLES - Any work done on the premises of a motor vehicle repair shop which requires direct or indirect physical contact with a motor vehicle or any part of a motor vehicle.

Any place, indoors or outdoors, where motor vehicles are repaired for a fee; or where the work of repairing motor vehicles is carried on as an incident to:

(1)The business of selling new or used motor vehicles;
(2)New or used motor vehicle parts; or
(3)Any other traffic in motor vehicles or their parts or equipment

Motor vehicle repair shop-  does not include places where only the following work is done:

(1)Tire changing or repairing.
(2)Lamp globe changing.
(3)Charging of batteries.
(4)Installing minor parts or making trivial repairs customarily done in connection with the business of selling motor fuel, oil or motor vehicle accessories.

Apply HERE

Burglar Alarm Application 

ALARM SYSTEM - A device or system that emits, transmits or relays a signal intended to summon, or that would reasonably be expected to summon, police services of the city, including but not limited to local alarms. "Alarm system" does not include:

A. An alarm installed on a vehicle unless the vehicle is permanently located at a site;

B. An alarm designed to alert only the inhabitants of premises that do not have a local alarm;

C. An alarm designed to be activated by an individual to alert about a robbery or holdup or personal attack in progress.

Apply HERE

Nightclub / Entertainment License

Our office maintains over 60 entertainment licenses within the City of Jersey City. Each entertainment license requires to be renewed annually, the license term is March 1^st – February 28^th  

An entertainment license is required if your establishment is orchestrating the following: 

Floor shows, pre-recorded devises, smart phone applications, live vocals and/or bands

Depending on the capacity of your establishment will determine the application fee and renewal fee.

RETAIL FLORIST — A person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling at retail or wholesale, to the public, in any quantity, cut or rooted flowers, funeral sprays, wreaths, designs, corsages, potted plants or cuttings or bedding plants of natural growth, and selling the aforementioned products during the entire calendar year. This section shall not apply to the sale of Christmas trees.

Impound Operators:  Must maintain, either within a District or no farther than three miles from the boundary lines of a District, a single site or location with a minimum of 75 storage spaces for Class I vehicles, five spaces for Class II vehicles, and five spaces for Class III vehicles. Impound operators shall use the auto Impound tracking computer software program prescribed by the City and be governed by the City's usage policies and procedures for such software