[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Carneys Point: Art. I, 5-10-1989 as Ord. No. 454. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-10-1989 as Ord. No. 454]
The Carneys Point Township Committee, by adoption
of this article, intends to require full and timely payment of all
taxes and assessments as a condition of operating a business in Carneys
Point Township. Therefore, whenever a permit, license or other approval
of the Carneys Point Township Committee is required under Township
ordinances, no permit, license or approval will be granted or renewed
unless the applicant for said permit, license or approval has paid
all property taxes. Similarly, when taxes on a business property are
delinquent for three consecutive quarters, the permit, license or
other approval for the business located at the property will be revoked.
The Carneys Point Township Committee shall not
issue any license or permit nor grant any other municipal approval
until the applicant for said license or permit or person requesting
such approval shall pay all delinquent property taxes or assessments
on the property wherein the business or activity for which the license,
permit or approval is sought or wherein the business or activity is
to be conducted.
In addition to any other information or documents
required under the Carneys Point Township Code for the issuance of
any license or permit or grant of any approval, any applicant for
a permit, license or other approval shall submit proof that all property
taxes or assessments on the property wherein the business or activity
for which the license, permit or approval is sought or wherein the
business or activity is to be conducted are paid in full. Either receipted
tax bills or a tax search issued by the Carneys Point Township Search
Officer shall be required as proof of payment of taxes. No application
for a license, permit or approval shall be considered until such proof
is filed with the Township Clerk.
Within 10 days after the issuance of a permit,
license or other approval by the Township Committee, the Township
Clerk shall notify the Township Tax Collector that said permit or
license has been issued or that such approval has been granted. The
Township Clerk shall also notify the Tax Collector as to the street
address and block and lot designation for the property for which the
license or permit has been issued or approval granted. The Township
Tax Collector shall maintain a separate journal which shall include
the following information:
A.
The name and address of the person holding the permit,
license or approval.
B.
The name and address of the property owner, if different
from the person holding the permit, license or approval.
C.
The street address of the property which the license
or permit has been issued or approval granted.
D.
The block and lot designation of the property for
which the license or permit was issued or approval granted.
E.
The type of permit or license issued or approval granted.
F.
The date the license or permit was issued or approval
granted.
G.
The date the license, permit or approval is to expire.
H.
The status of taxes at the time the permit or license
was issued or approval granted.
The Township Tax Collector shall notify the
Township Clerk whenever property taxes are delinquent for at least
three consecutive quarters on any property for which a license, permit
or approval has been granted. Such information shall be disseminated
by the Township Clerk to the Township Committee immediately, with
the Township Committee to consider revocation of the license, permit
or approval at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
Whenever a property owner or person who holds
a permit, license or approval fails to pay property taxes on the property
upon which the licensed, permitted or approved business or activity
is conducted for three consecutive quarters, said license, permit
or approval shall be revoked. The Township Clerk shall give notice
of the intent to revoke said license, permit or approval to the property
owner, licensee, permittee or person holding municipal approval not
less than 10 days in advance of the anticipated municipal action to
revoke said license, permit or approval. Said notice shall be given
in writing by certified mail. Prior to considering the revocation
of any license, permit or other approval, the Township Committee shall
consider any relevant information offered by the property owner or
person holding the permit, license or approval.
In the event that a license, permit or other approval is revoked pursuant to § 132-6, a new license or permit shall not be issued nor municipal approval granted until the applicant has complied with all of the requirements for the issuance of a license, permit or grant of approval as set forth in the appropriate portion of the Township Code. The applicant shall also be required to pay all taxes as is required by § 132-2 hereof.
A.
The provisions of this article shall apply to and
govern the issuance, renewal and continuation of all permits, licenses
and approvals granted by the Township, except for any alcoholic beverage
license or permit issued pursuant to the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Act, N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.
B.
The licenses, permits and approvals governed by this
chapter include but are not limited to the following: jitneys, kennels,
pet shops, shelters and pounds, septic tank cleaners, taxicabs, trailers
and mobile homes, building permits, certificates of occupancy, conditional
use permits, development permits, casual sales, circuses, fences,
fireworks, parades, parks, peddlers and solicitors, seasonal and holiday
sales, individual sewage disposal systems, sewers, soil removal and
street openings.
This article shall be effective immediately,
except that a property owner or person who holds a license, permit
or approval and who has failed to pay taxes due on the subject property
for at least three consecutive quarters shall have 30 days from the
date of adoption of this article in order to cure said delinquency
before the permit, license or approval is revoked.
