[Adopted 6-28-1989 by Ord. No. 89-28]
No permits, licenses, permissive approvals,
renewals or extensions thereof shall be granted by the Township of
Pennsauken or any Board, Commission or other political subdivision
thereof unless and until satisfactory evidence is adduced that the
applicant and/or any entity in which the applicant owns an interest
shall have fully paid any and all real property tax due to the Township
of Pennsauken from the applicant and/or related entity and, further,
that any and all real property owned by the applicant and/or related
entity complies with all requirements of the ordinances of the Township
of Pennsauken or laws of the State of New Jersey or of the United
States pertaining to the condition of the property.
For the purposes of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes but is not limited to any corporation in which the
applicant owns an equity interest and any partnership in which the
applicant is a partner; and with respect to any business activity,
including the use of a liquor license, the provisions of this article
shall apply to the real property to which the license has been assigned
regardless of the ownership of the real property.
The provisions of this article shall apply to
the following permits, licenses and approvals without limitation,
it being the intent of this article to apply to any permissive approval:
A.
Building permits.
B.
Zoning approvals.
C.
Certificates of occupancy.
D.
Liquor licenses.
E.
Sewer connection permits.
F.
Bureau of Fire Prevention permits.
G.
Contractor's permits.
H.
Peddler's permits.
I.
Permits for the operation of amusement devices.
J.
Permits for the operation of taxicab and/or limousine
services.
K.
Permits for the operation of motor vehicle sales.
L.
Plumber's licenses.
Any person or entity applying for any permit,
license and/or approval covered by this article shall, at the time
of application, be provided a copy of the form of notice attached
hereto.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The form of notice is available
at the Township offices.
The applicant shall obtain a statement from
the Tax Collector of the Township of Pennsauken with respect to the
status of the real property tax, if applicable, and a statement from
the office of the Construction Code Official with respect to compliance
pertaining to the condition of the property, if applicable. Any and
all fees required to obtain the appropriate statement or statements
shall be borne by the applicant. In the event that the statement from
the office of the Construction Code Official states the existence
of an unabated violation or violations, that statement shall be presumptive
evidence of that violation or violations.
