N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.39
In any case in which a municipality acquires by purchase or condemnation any real estate within the municipality which includes any licensed premises for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages, or upon application of the holder of any such license in a municipality in which the number of retail consumption licenses exceeds the limitation thereon provided for in P.L. 1947, chapter 94 (N.J.S.A. 33:1-12.14), the governing body of the municipality, whenever it finds that a transfer of the license to, and the retirement of the license by, the municipality is in the public interest, may contract with the licensee for such transfer upon such terms and for such consideration as shall be mutually agreeable and as the governing body shall deem to be reasonable. Upon the transfer of any retail alcoholic beverage license as herein provided, such license shall thereupon be retired by the municipality and shall not thereafter be reissued to any applicant.
N.J.S. § 40:48-2.39