[Adopted 11-26-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-11]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
DELINQUENT
Any name and property listed on the County Tax Collectors report
of liens prepared by the Tax Claim Bureau.
INTERESTED PERSON
Any legal entity applying for a Township permit or on whose behalf
or for whose benefit an application for a Township permit is made.
OFFICIAL DEBT
Any delinquent or overdue tax, fee, assessment or other debt owed
to Warwick Township and the Warwick Township Water Sewer Authority, including
but not limited to any deficiency in any financial security posted pursuant
to Section 509 of the Municipalities Planning Code as adjusted in accordance with that section, and any escrow or
other security posted by a developer to secure payment of engineering, legal
and administrative costs of review in connection with a subdivision or land
development plan. The amount of "official debt" shall include all accumulated
penalties and interest.
TOWNSHIP PERMIT
Any permit or license issued by the Township or by any Township officer,
employee, authority, board or commission.
Except as provided in §
138-3, no Township permit shall be issued if an interested person owes any official debt. Upon full payment of the official debt, the Township permit shall be issued on compliance with all other applicable requirements.
This article does not forbid issuing a Township permit when the validity
of, obligation to pay or the amount of the official debt is currently the
subject of an appeal or other formal legal protest, contest or proceeding
by the interested person.