A. 
The following words and phrases as used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
BOARDINGHOUSE
A structure, building, dwelling or house where the business of keeping boarders generally is carried on and where a furnished room and meals are regularly served as part of such accommodations.
HOTEL or INN
A structure, building, dwelling or house where the business of furnishing sleeping accommodations to guests, with or without meals, is conducted.
LODGING HOUSE
A structure, building, dwelling or house where the business of accommodating lodgers is carried on in substantially the same manner as a rooming house, except that the unit rented as part of such accommodations is a furnished apartment rather than a furnished room.
ROOMING HOUSE
A structure, building, dwelling or house where the business of accommodating roomers is carried on in substantially the same manner as a boardinghouse, except that no meals are served as part of such accommodations.
B. 
For the purposes of this chapter, hotel, inn, lodging house, boardinghouse and rooming house shall include every dwelling house and any other building or structure kept, held or used where sleeping, lodging, boarding or light housekeeping rooms are offered for pay for three or more persons.
The operation, conduct and management of a hotel, inn, lodging house, boardinghouse, rooming house, furnished room or similar accommodations shall not be under the management, control or supervision of any person convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or suffering from a contagious or venereal disease, unless such person shall not reside at such premises or any part thereof and shall not at any time physically enter or visit the premises.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 11-10, which dealt with unrelated persons occupying the same sleeping quarters, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. 2).
A. 
Any person aiding, abetting, assisting or conspiring with any other person in the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation thereof and punished as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article 1.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. 2).
B. 
Each day any violation of this chapter exists or continues to exist shall be deemed a separate violation or offense under this chapter.
C. 
Should any violation of this chapter be found by the Building and Zoning Inspector, Plumbing Inspector, Sanitary Inspector, Chief of Police or Fire Inspector of the borough, such officer shall notify the owner, manager or operator of such premises, in writing, to remove and abate such violation within five days and shall inform such owner, manager or operator that upon failure to comply with such notice, proceedings for violation of this chapter will be instituted against such owner, manager and/or operator in the Municipal Court of the borough. All of the aforesaid inspecting officers of the borough shall cooperate in the enforcement of this chapter and the prosecution of proceedings for the violation thereof.
This chapter is not intended to regulate:
A. 
Nursing homes.
B. 
Convalescent hospitals.
C. 
Educational or secular institutions.
D. 
Hotels where sleeping accommodations are supplied for pay to transients or permanent guests in which 15 or more rooms are rented, furnished or unfurnished, with or without meals or every building, or part thereof, which is rented for hire to 30 or more persons for sleeping accommodations. Such hotels with 15 or more rooms and such buildings for 30 or more persons are regulated by the Supervisor of Hotel Fire Safety in the State Department of Law under N.J.S.A. 29:1-8 et seq.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Repealed by L. 1967, c. 76. See now N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.