City of Englewood, NJ Article VIII Rental Payments for Unlawful Premises

[Adopted 12-2-1986 by Ord. No. 86-44]

§ 325-59 General prohibitions.

No person shall charge, demand, receive or accept any rent or other payment for the use or occupancy of any residential premises within the City of Englewood which are used or occupied in violation of Chapter 250, Land Use, of the Code of the City of Englewood. Each such charge, demand, receipt or acceptance of rent or other payment in violation hereof shall constitute a separate offense.

§ 325-60 Notification of tenants.

Within 10 days of following receipt of a notice to abate an unlawful occupancy in violation of Chapter 250, Land Use, or within 10 days following receipt of a summons for violation of this article or Chapter 250 or prior to the institution of dispossess proceedings to correct an illegal occupancy, whichever first occurs, the owner of residential premises within the City of Englewood shall serve upon all of the unlawful occupants using or occupying said residential premises a copy of this article and shall post a copy of this article in a common area of the premises accessible to all the occupants thereof for inspection.

§ 325-61 Violations and penalties.

Any person violating any provision of this article shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both, for each separate violation hereof.