[Adopted 2-15-1995 by Ord. No. 95-01]
No license or permit including any renewal thereof
shall be issued to any person, persons or corporation who or which
is either the owner or agent for owner of or the tenant of any lands
and/or premises situated within the Borough of Longport, unless sufficient
proof has been submitted to said Borough of Longport that no delinquent
property taxes or assessments, or delinquent water or sewer charges
are outstanding upon the land or premises upon which permission is
sought for the issuance of said license or permit, including Construction
Code permits.
Not withstanding § 111-29 herein, any owner or tenant may, in writing, request a waiver of the provisions of § 111-29 from the Board of Commissioners based upon temporary financial hardship. In the event that such temporary financial hardship, with reasonable justification therefor, is demonstrated to the Board of Commissioners, the Board may authorize the issuance of a temporary license or permit; subject, however, to the applicant providing assurance of payment of the delinquency within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed six months.
Upon payment by the licensee or permittee of
all delinquent taxes, assessments, water and sewer charges on the
property upon which the licensed activity or business is conducted,
said license or permit shall thereafter be issued if there is no other
basis for denial.
For purposes of this article, local real estate
property taxes shall be considered delinquent when they have not been
paid in a timely fashion pursuant to the requirements of N.J.S.A.
54:4-66.
Sufficient proof of payment of said taxes shall
be a receipt from the Tax Collector of the Borough of Longport or
any other properly authenticated document executed by the Tax Collector,
which declares that the local real property taxes and assessments
on the real property in question are current. Sufficient proof of
payment of said water and sewer charges shall be a receipt from authorized
Borough of Longport personnel.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to nor include any alcoholic beverage license or permit issued pursuant
to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.
