No room, rooms, apartment, cottage or house in this Township
shall be rented to, by or for any groups of minors unless and until
the following regulations have been complied with:
A. Every group of minors, when occupying a room, rooms, apartment, cottage
or house, shall be under the direction, 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 said minors.
B. Before any room, rooms, 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 the preceding subsection, shall report
to the Police Department of this Township and register for the group
of minors in his or her custody and register with said Police Department
the name and address of the parent, guardian or adult person having
charge of such group.
C. No landlord, realtor or owner of any room, rooms, apartment, cottage or house shall permit the same to be occupied by any group of minors until the provisions of §
335-22A and
B above have been complied with.
D. No landlord, realtor or owner of any room, rooms, apartment, cottage
or house shall permit the 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 of the group or by a competent adult person having
charge of said group of minors and being responsible for their proper
conduct.
E. No such lease shall be subject 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 in the original
lease.
No parent, guardian or adult person shall have charge of a group
of minors, for the purpose stated herein, who shall have a conviction
of a disorderly persons offense or greater.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
GROUP OF MINORS
A unit of four or more individual persons under the age of
18 years.
Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions
of this article shall suffer a penalty of a fine not to exceed $1,000
or imprisonment in the jail of the County of Ocean for a term not
to exceed 30 days, or both, at the discretion of the judge before
whom said conviction is had.