[Adopted 11-14-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-26]
A. 
Creditor responsibility. Pursuant to the provisions of the Public Laws of 2014, Chapter 35,[1] a creditor filing a summons and compliant to foreclose a lien on a residential property that is vacant and abandoned, whether the filing of the summons and compliant is made before or after the determination that the property is vacant and abandoned, shall be responsible for the care, maintenance, security, and upkeep of the exterior of the residential property. This obligation applies whether the determination that the property is vacant and abandoned is made by the public officer pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, Chapter 85 ("Buildings, Unfit") of the Code of the Township of Robbinsville, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2A:50-73 or otherwise.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.12s.
B. 
Notice to creditor; time to correct violations. If the public officer, or other authorized municipal official, determines that a creditor obligated to care, maintain, secure and keep up a vacant and abandoned property has failed to do so in violation of this chapter or Chapter 85 ("Buildings, Unfit") of the Code, the public officer or authorized municipal official shall issue a notice of violation to the creditor that has filed a summons and compliant to foreclose on the property in question. The notice shall require the person or entity to correct the violation within 30 days of receipt of the notice or within 10 days of receipt of the notice if the violation presents and imminent threat to public health and safety. The issuance of the notice shall constitute evidence that a property is "vacant and abandoned" for purposes of N.J.S.A. 2A:50-73.
C. 
Violations and penalties. Any creditor, person, firm, corporation or entity violating any provision of this § 187-10.5 shall be subject to a fine of $1,500 for each day of the violation.
D. 
Designated representative of out-of-state creditor; violation. An out-of-state creditor shall include the full name and contact information of the in-state representative or agent in the notice required to be provided to the municipal clerk pursuant to paragraph one of N.J.S.A. 46:10B-51. An out-of-state creditor found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have violated this provision shall be subject to a fine of $2,500 for each day of the violation commencing on the day after the ten-day period set forth in paragraph one of N.J.S.A. 46:10b-51 with respect to notifying the municipal clerk that an action to foreclose on the property has been filed.