[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Wall as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-8-1978 as Sec. 3-18
of the Revised General Ordinances]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any act of the Township Committee which it is requested to
take on behalf of any property owner, developer or contract purchaser
of property located within the Township, which rests within the sound
discretion of the Township Committee and which it is not obligated
by law to approve, issue or endorse. Such acts include, by way of
example and not by way of limitation, the issuance of any permit or
license under any ordinance of the Township which relates in any way
to the use or development of any property or the conduct of any business
enterprise thereon; the endorsement or approval of any application
for a highway occupancy permit, road opening permit, utility opening
permit, sewer extension permit; or any other permit or license issued
by any other governmental agency which requires the endorsement of
the Township Committee.
A.
Prior to the issuance of any permit or the taking
of any discretionary act by the Township Committee, the Township Clerk
shall ascertain the status of real property tax and assessment payments
for the property which will directly or indirectly benefit from the
permit or discretionary act, and shall report such information to
the Township Committee. The Township Committee shall include in any
resolution adopted authorizing the taking of any such discretionary
act a condition that, prior to the execution of any permit, license
or endorsement or the performance of any other discretionary act,
a certification be received by the Township Clerk from the Tax Collector
that all real property taxes and assessments pertaining to the property
directly or indirectly benefited by the discretionary act are current
and that no real property taxes or assessments are then due and owing.
B.
No Township official or employee shall issue any permit
or license, execute any endorsement on a permit, license or application
or perform any other discretionary act on behalf of the Township until
such time as the employee or official has received a certification
from the Tax Collector that all real property taxes and assessments
pertaining to the property directly or indirectly benefited by the
permit, license or discretionary act are current and that no such
taxes or assessments are then due and owing.
All ordinances of the Township of Wall pertaining
to the issuance of permits, licenses or other approvals or endorsements
shall be and are hereby amended to include as a precondition to such
issuance a requirement that all real property taxes and assessments
pertaining to the property to be benefited directly or indirectly
by such discretionary act shall be current and that no such taxes
or assessments shall be due and owing at the time the permit or license
is issued or discretionary act performed, except in such cases where
such a condition would violate an applicable provision of state law.
[Adopted 9-8-2010 by Ord. No. 13-2010]
A.
The Tax Collector shall provide any party entitled to redeem a certificate
two calculations of the amount required for redemption within one
calendar year at no cost.
B.
Any additional request by a party after the two calculations of the
amount required to redeem shall be provided to the party for a fee
of $50.
C.
All requests for a redemption calculation shall be made in writing
to the Tax Collector.
A.
A plaintiff (except a municipality) seeking to foreclose a tax lien
shall not recover any search fees, counsel fees or other fees when
foreclosing on a tax lien unless the plaintiff gives all persons entitled
to redeem 30 days' notice, by certified mail, of the intention
to file this complaint.
B.
The notice shall include the amount due on such tax lien as of the
date of the notice.
C.
The Tax Collector shall charge the lien holder seeking to file the
foreclosure complaint $50 for the calculation of the amount due to
redeem the tax lien.
(1)
A request for the redemption calculation shall be in writing and
specify the date for the calculation, which shall be the date of the
notice.
(2)
Neither the Tax Collector nor the municipality shall be liable for
an incorrect calculation.
(3)
The fee paid to the Township under this section shall not become
part of the lien and shall not be passed on to any party entitled
to redeem the tax lien under N.J.S.A. 54:5-54.
The Tax Collector shall mail a notice of tax sale to each interested
party by regular or certified mail. The mailing shall be in lieu of
any two publications of the notice. The cost for the mailing shall
not exceed $25 per set of notices and shall be added to the cost of
the tax sale for the particular property in addition to those provided
in N.J.S.A. 54:5-38.
