[Adopted 8-2-1974 as § 3-4
of the 1974 Code]
The term "group of minors" as used in this section
shall be construed to mean a unit of two or more individual persons
each under the age of 18 years.
No room, apartment, cottage or house in this
Township shall be rented to, by or for any group of minors unless
and until the following regulations have been complied with:
A. Every group of minors, when occupying a room, apartment,
cottage or house shall be under the direct, immediate and personal
supervision of a parent or guardian of one of the minors in the group
or a competent adult person having charge of and being responsible
for the proper conduct of the minors.
B. Before any room, apartment, cottage or house shall be occupied by a group of minors, the parent, guardian or adult person (as the case may be) referred to in Subsection
A, of this section, shall report to the police department of the Township and register for the group of minors in his or her custody, and register with the name and address of the parent, guardian or adult person having charge of the group of minors.
C. No landlord, realtor or owner of any room, rooms, apartment, cottage or house shall permit same to be occupied by any group of minors until the provisions of Subsections
A and
B above have been complied with.
D. No landlord, realtor or owner of any room, apartment,
cottage or house shall permit same to be occupied by or used for any
group of minors unless and until the lease is signed by a parent or
guardian of one of the minors in the group or by a a competent adult
person having charge of the group of minors and being responsible
for their proper conduct.
E. No such lease shall be sublet or assigned for use
by another group of minors unless and until the same provisions are
made and carried out as to the subletting or assignment as provided
above for the original lease.
F. No parent, guardian, or adult person shall have charge
of a group of minors for the purpose stated herein who shall have
a criminal record.
[Added 7-18-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16C]
A violation of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
III, General Penalty.
[Adopted 7-2-1993 by Ord. No. 93-12C]
For the purposes of this article, the following
meanings shall apply:
HEARING OFFICER
A person designated pursuant to §
148-7 herein to hear and determine proceedings under this article.
LANDLORD
Person or persons who own or purport to own, or exercise
control of, any building in which there is rented or offered for rent,
housing space for living or dwelling under either a written or oral
lease, including but not limited to any building subject to the "Hotel
and Motel Dwelling Law" P.L. 1967 C. 76, and owner-occupied two-unit
premises. In the case of a mobile home park, "landlord" shall mean
the owner of an individual dwelling unit within the mobile home park.
SEASONAL RENTAL
Any rental or residential accommodations for a term of lease
for a term of less than one year and including any part of the period
extending from May 15 to September 15.
Any hearing pursuant to §
148-5 shall be before a licensed attorney of the State of New Jersey named by the governing body. The hearing officer named shall not own or lease any real property within the Township of Long Beach, nor hold any interest in the assets of or profits arising from the ownership or lease of such property.