Township of Stillwater, NJ Chapter 248 Licenses and Permits

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Stillwater as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]

Article I Payment of Delinquent Property Taxes and Assessments

[Adopted 7-5-1988 by Ord. No. 88-14 (§ 3-7 of the 1971 Revised General Ordinances)]

§ 248-1 Issuance of license.

[Amended 7-21-1992 by Ord. No. 92-4; 12-1-1992 by Ord. No. 92-18]

Whenever the owner of any land in the Township of Stillwater applies for the issuance of any license or permit, pursuant to the provisions of the Code of the Township of Stillwater, no such license or permit shall be issued so long as there are any delinquent property taxes or assessments on the property wherein the business or activity for which the license or permit is sought or wherein the business or activity is to be conducted.

§ 248-2 Revocation of license.

When any licensee or permittee who is the owner of the property upon which the licensed business or activity is conducted has failed to pay the taxes or assessments due on the property for at least three consecutive quarters, the license or permit may be revoked by the Township Committee upon 10 days' notice to the holder of such license or permit. Upon payment of any such delinquent taxes or assessments, the license or permit shall be restored.

§ 248-3 Applicability to alcoholic beverage licenses and permits.

The provisions of this article shall not apply to or include any alcoholic beverage license or permit issued pursuant to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 100, Alcoholic Beverages.

Article II Reimbursement of Township for Costs of Prosecution

[Adopted 8-18-1992 by Ord. No. 92-14 (§ 3-9.2 of the 1971 Revised General Ordinances)]

§ 248-4 Unforeseen, engineering, attorney and hearing costs.

In addition to the permit fees specified in any section of the Code of the Township of Stillwater and any annual operating license fee, a permittee shall be obliged to reimburse the Township for the cost of all extraordinary costs or expenses necessitated as a result of unforeseen difficulties or exigencies necessitated by or resulting from any violation of any provision of the Code, including specifically all engineering fees, attorneys fees and costs incurred by the Township in prosecuting any complaint in the Municipal Court or Superior Court for violation of the provisions of the Code or any costs or fees incurred by the Township in conducting a hearing or hearings for revocation or suspension of any permit or obtaining injunctive or other relief in the Superior Court or any Appellate Court.