[Adopted 11-6-1991 by Ord. No. 91-14 (Ch. 89 of the 1985 Code)]
A.
No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall
sell, rent, lease, suffer or allow any person or persons, firms, partnerships
or corporations to live in or inhabit as a tenant or lessee any house,
apartment or other structure, including a mobile home and modular
unit, unless said person, firm, partnership or corporation shall first
obtain from the Borough of Woodcliff Lake an occupancy permit or continued
certificate of occupancy in accordance with this article.
B.
No person, group of persons, associations, partnerships
or corporations, or any combination thereof, who own, manage, conduct
or operate a dwelling unit shall sell, rent, lease, sublet or permit
the same to be occupied or rented, nor shall any person, group of
persons, associations, partnerships or corporations, or any combination
thereof, purchasing or acquiring in any manner occupancy or dwelling
units permit the same to be occupied without first securing from the
Construction Code Official as head of the Code Enforcement Agency,
or his designated representative of the Borough of Woodcliff Lake,
a certificate of occupancy or a continued certificate of occupancy
for said dwelling unit.
No certificate of occupancy or continued certificate
of occupancy shall be issued for a dwelling unit unless the condition
of the same complies with all of the statutes of the State of New
Jersey, the rules and regulations issued thereunder, the ordinances
of the Borough of Woodcliff Lake now in existence or hereinafter enacted
pertaining to zoning, health and safety.
In the event that there is a conflict in the
provisions of the codes of the Borough of Woodcliff Lake and the codes,
rules and regulations of the State of New Jersey, the higher standards
for the promotion and protection of the health, safety and welfare
of the inhabitants of the Borough shall prevail.
The Construction Code Official as Code Enforcement
Officer, his assistants and deputies of the Borough of Woodcliff Lake
shall be the persons who have the duty to enforce this article.
The Construction Code Official as Code Enforcement
Officer, his deputies and assistants shall have such powers as may
be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this article,
including but not limited to the following enumerated powers:
A.
To investigate the dwelling conditions of the Borough
of Woodcliff Lake in order to determine which houses, apartments or
structures, including mobile homes and modular units, are unfit for
human habitation.
B.
To enter into the lands and premises at reasonable
times for the purpose of making housing inspections incidental to
his duties.
D.
Upon application of a property owner, the Code Enforcement
Officer, his assistants or deputies shall make an inspection of said
house, apartment or other structure for which there has been an application
for an occupancy permit or continued certificate of occupancy within
five working days from the receipt of such application and the payment
of the proper fee.
E.
The Construction Official as Code Enforcement Officer,
his assistants or deputies shall make a report promptly after such
inspection and advise the applicant of any violations of the codes,
statutes and ordinances governing said premises in the Borough of
Woodcliff Lake.
Violations of the foregoing statutes, codes,
ordinances, rules and regulations, or noncompliance therewith, shall
be grounds for denial of an occupancy permit or a continued certificate
of occupancy.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to hotels or motels which are generally occupied by tenants or guests
for less than 30 successive days or those units regulated by the Department
of Community Affairs of the State of New Jersey.
Any individual, person, group of persons, associations,
partnerships or corporations, or any combination thereof, violating
any of the terms of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be
subject to a fine not in excess of $500 or imprisonment for a term
not in excess of 90 days, or both.
