[Adopted 5-21-1979 by Ord. No. 51-79 (Ch.
XXII of the Revised General Ordinances)]
Except as provided in §
108-2, no insurance company shall pay to a claimant any claim in excess in the aggregate of $2,500 for fire damages on any real property located within the Township of Washington pursuant to any fire insurance policy issued or renewed after the adoption and filing of this article with the State Commissioner of Insurance until such time as all taxes and assessments and all other municipal liens or charges due and payable appearing on the official certificate of search shall have been paid either by the owner of such real property or by the insurance company from the proceeds of the insurance policy.
The prohibition as contained in §
108-1 hereinabove shall be inapplicable in the situation where the Township of Washington enters into an agreement with the owner of the property in question to require payment of all delinquent taxes, assessments and other municipal liens by installments if the municipality is satisfied that the claim for fire damages is to be used to restore or improve the fire-damaged property.
No change in this article shall take effect
until it is filed with the Commissioner of Insurance.
[Adopted 11-21-2022 by Ord. No. 12-22]
The following words and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
BUSINESS
Any person offering and/or engaged in buying, selling, storing
and/or transferring merchandise, goods, real property, personal property,
moneys, services and/or other items who do so for a fee, price, retainer,
commission, percentage and/or other means of compensation for the
purpose, stated or otherwise, of realizing a profit or other gain.
Every owner having a municipal insurance registration certificate
for a business or rental unit or multifamily home of four or few units,
one of which is owner-occupied, that ceases to operate, changes the
principal activity in which it is engaged, changes its location and/or
locations in the municipality, moves out of the municipality or changes
owners and/or managers, must submit written notice to the Clerk within
30 days of such change. In the event of cessation of business or moving
out of the municipality, the person having a certificate for a business
must provide the name, address and home telephone number of the person
or principal officer of the business to the Clerk within 30 days of
such event.
Issuance of a municipal insurance registration certificate by
the municipality does not evidence compliance with other applicable
rules, regulations, ordinances and statutes of the municipality, county
and State of New Jersey, or other regulatory agencies having jurisdiction
over the activities of the certificate holder.
The annual fee for registration of the certificate of insurance
pursuant to this article shall be $20, due at the time the certificate
of insurance is to be registered with the Township Clerk.
If the owner of a business or rental unit(s) subject to the
registration requirements of this article is found to be in violation
of these provisions, a fine of not less than $500 but no more than
$5,000 may be assessed against same through a summary proceeding in
accordance with the provisions of in N.J.S.A. 2A:58-10 et seq.