[Adopted 6-5-1957 by Ord. No. 761]
Within the limits of the Borough of Hasbrouck
Heights, no person, firm or corporation shall conduct or carry on
the business of letting a furnished apartment, as the same is herein
defined, or occupy or, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever,
utilize any place or premises which is let as a furnished apartment
unless and until there shall be granted by the Mayor and Council of
the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, in accordance with the terms of
this article, and shall be in force and effect, a license to conduct
said business for the place and premises in or upon which said business
shall be conducted and carried on.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The letting of an apartment or apartments consisting of one
or more rooms with cooking facilities and bath, equipped with furniture
for living and sleeping purposes, rented for compensation and which
would be under the exclusive control of the occupant; provided, however,
that this article shall not apply to a single apartment in premises
in which the owner thereof shall continue, at all times, to personally
reside.
Said license shall be applied for by written
application filed with the Mayor and Council. Said application shall
set forth the full name of the applicant, the location of the premises
in or at which said business is to be conducted and a detailed description
of the apartment or apartments to be rented, a description of the
furniture and the terms of each letting. Said application shall also
be accompanied with a deposit to cover the license fee for the current
year in the amount hereinafter provided.
[Amended 5-29-1990 by Ord. No. 1538; 4-11-2000 by Ord. No.
1893]
There shall be charged and collected for said license an annual fee as set forth in Chapter 133, Fees, per apartment. Said license shall expire on January 1 in each year, and, in the case of the first license issued to any applicant hereunder, the fee therefor shall be prorated as to the balance of the year then remaining. Said license fee shall be payable in advance for each year or part thereof.
For sufficient cause after notice and hearing,
the Mayor and Council may refuse to grant an application for a license
hereunder or may revoke any such license previously granted.
Such licensed place or premises shall at all
times comply with all of the proper police, fire, health and zoning
regulations imposed by the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, and said
business and the place or premises where conducted shall at all times
be subject to inspection by the police, fire, health and building
authorities of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights. No licensed premises
shall be used for immoral purposes, and the licensee shall file with
the Police Department the names, ages, occupations and previous addresses
of all occupants of each licensed apartment within 24 hours of the
occupancy or change of occupancy thereof. No licensed apartment shall
be rented for a period less than one month.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Police
Department to immediately report, in writing, to the Mayor and Council
any violation upon the licensed premises of any regulation of this
article or of any other law or ordinance of the Borough. Said report
shall set out the specific regulation violated and the nature of such
violation.
