[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Wall 11-8-1978 as Sec. 11-4 of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
General penalty — See Ch. 1, Art. I.
Land use and development regulations — See Ch. 140.
A. 
The use and occupancy of dwelling units by others than a family, as defined herein, has caused and resulted in acts of rowdyism, excessive noise, intoxication, vice, immorality, breach of public peace and order, and similar acts disturbing the peace and quiet of the neighborhood, and has adversely affected the peace and quiet of citizens of the Township, and such use and occupancy has caused an overcrowding of dwelling units and increased traffic congestion in the streets.
B. 
Such use and occupancy has greatly increased the need for police protection and surveillance; such use and occupancy tends to depreciate property values to the detriment of citizens of the Township; and such use and occupancy adversely affects the general welfare of the community.
Under and by virtue of the authority granted under N.J.S.A. 40:48-1(6) and 40:48-2, the rental, use and occupancy of any dwelling unit, as herein defined, by any person or persons other than a family as herein defined are hereby prohibited.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms or any part thereof located within a building and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or designed to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating.
FAMILY
A collective group of persons related by kinship, adoption, blood or marriage, living together under the same roof, in a common household, whose relationship is of a permanent and distinct domestic character and not resort or seasonal in character or nature, including any domestic servants, lodgers, boarders or guests.
No house, dwelling, building, structure or enclosure shall be used, or be permitted to be used, or be rented for use, as living quarters or sleeping quarters or for living purposes or sleeping purposes, by or to any society, club, fraternity, sorority, association, lodge, combine, federation, group, coterie or organization, or to any person or member on behalf of the same, or to any group or collection of persons who are unmarried or who do not qualify as a family as defined in this chapter.
This chapter shall not apply to rooming houses, hotels, motels or other places or public accommodations in the Township, which places are duly licensed as such by the Township, or convents, rectories, or parish houses or manses utilized in conjunction with any church or synagogue or similar house of worship.
Any person, firm or persons, corporation or group who aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures another to violate the provisions of this chapter shall, for each and every violation, suffer the penalty as stated in Chapter 1, Article I.
This chapter shall not apply to a person living alone whose residence in the Township is permanent and not resort or seasonal in character or nature, including domestic servants or guests. A person's residence shall be deemed permanent if it is his permanent home, or such person resides therein for a period of at least eight months or more during a calendar year.