As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
EMPLOYEE
Any person who is employed either full- or part-time in any
capacity at a hotel.
HOTEL
Any building, including but not limited to any related structure,
accessory building and land appurtenant thereto, and any part thereof,
which contains 10 or more dwelling units or has sleeping facilities
for 25 or more persons and is kept, used, maintained, advertised as,
or held out to be, a place where sleeping or dwelling accommodations
are made available. The term "hotel" also means any facility that
is commonly regarded as a hotel, motor hotel, motel, tourist lodge,
or established guesthouse in the community in which it is located.
The term "hotel" does not include those facilities that are excluded
by statute. [See N.J.S.A. 55:13A-3(j).]
OWNER
The person who owns, purports to own, or exercises control
of any hotel.
PERSON
Any individual, group of individuals, corporation, association
or other legal entity.
No person shall engage in the business of conducting a hotel
without first having applied for and obtained from the Township a
license therefor as hereinafter provided.
The Township Clerk shall forward copies any application submitted in accordance with §
57-3 to the Township Police Department, Township Administrator, Township Zoning Officer, Township Fire Inspector, and Township Construction Code Official, who shall inspect the property to determine whether or not the property complies with all applicable health, fire code, and local regulations and statutes. If the property does not comply, said officials shall attach to the application a written list of violations and return the same to the Township Clerk, who shall in turn forward said findings to the applicant. If the property does comply, said officials shall issue their approval. Thereupon, if the applicant has complied with all other licensing provisions set forth in §
57-3, the Township Clerk shall issue a license in accordance with the terms and conditions of this chapter.
No license shall be issued under this chapter to any person
who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, nor shall
any such license be issued to any corporation in which any stockholder
holding 10% or more of any of the stock thereof, or in which any director
or officer thereof, shall have been convicted of a crime involving
moral turpitude.
The following acts or activities are prohibited at a hotel.
A. No owner or employee shall rent a dwelling unit in a hotel to any
person, nor permit, suffer or allow the renting of any dwelling unit
to any person for less than a period of 12 hours.
B. No owner or employee shall rent a dwelling unit in a hotel to any
person, nor permit, suffer or allow the renting of any dwelling unit
to any person for a period of time which exceeds 30 days. Any person
switching or changing units during the thirty-day period shall not
extend the thirty-day period.
The Township Police Department or any duly authorized representative
of the Township may inspect the licensed property from time to time,
at any hour of the day or night, to determine that the provisions
of this chapter are being complied with.
No owner shall employ in, on or about the licensed property
any person convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude within a
period of five years from the date of such conviction.
All licenses issued under this chapter are subject to a $25
late fee if the license is not renewed by the expiration date of the
then current license.
It is hereby imposed within the Township a tax to be assessed in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:48F-1 et seq. on charges of rent for every occupancy within a hotel. The tax shall be at the rate of 3% on charges of rent for every occupancy. Said tax shall be in addition to any and all taxes or fees imposed under state statute or local ordinances upon the occupancy of a hotel. For the purpose of this article, the term "hotel" shall have the same meaning proscribed it in Article
I of this chapter.