The city of NJ could lift its ban on alcohol sales after 120 years

Cheers! Prohibition might finally be over in one New Jersey town.

One of the Garden State’s last “dry cities” could finally let restaurants sell booze after 120 years.

Voters in Haddon Heights, a suburb about seven miles southeast of Camden County, are weighing an Election Day ballot question about whether to allow retail consumption licenses after more than a century. NJ.com reports.

Haddon Heights, founded in 1904, has no liquor stores or bars. It is one of 30 Jersey municipalities that do not allow retail consumption licenses, according to the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association.

However, Tuesday’s voting proposal is non-binding, so the city council would still have the final say.

Haddon Heights Mayor Zachary Houck hopes to raise a glass to allowing liquor sales, saying the change could help revamp the borough’s business district.

“If the community comes out and expresses an opinion that says we are firmly against this, I think most of the council would be inclined to say, OK,” Houck said. “If it is a split decision, we have to make the decision there.”

Gov. Phil Murphy has expressed support for and signed legislation to expand the number of liquor licenses for restaurants in New Jersey.

Even if it were approved, the booze cruise wouldn’t leave.

New Jersey law allows one retail liquor license for every 3,000 residents, and only about 7,400 people live in Haddon Heights — so only two restaurants would get retail licenses if the proposal passes.

Last year, the city of Rutherford in Bergen County granted its first liquor license to a restaurant in more than a century after voters approved a ballot question.

In September, Cape May County passed a resolution in support of maintaining the ban on alcohol sales, which has been in place for 115 years, according to NJ.com.