[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Quinton: Art. I, 5-6-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-3. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-6-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-3]
The Quinton Township Committee, by adoption of this article, intends to require full and timely payment of all taxes and assessments as a condition of operating a business in Quinton Township. Therefore, whenever a permit, license or other approval of the Quinton Township Committee is required under Township ordinances, no permit, license or approval will be granted or renewed unless the applicant for said permit, license or approval has paid all property taxes. Similarly, when taxes on a business property are delinquent for three consecutive quarters, the permit, license or other approval of the business located at the property will be revoked.
The Quinton Township Committee shall not issue any license or permit or grant any other municipal approval until the applicant for said license or permit or person requesting such approval such pay all delinquent property taxes or assessments on the property wherein the business or activity for which the license, permit or approval is sought or wherein the business or activity is conducted.
In addition to any other information or documents required under the Quinton Township Code for issuance of any license or permit or grant of any approval, any applicant for a permit, license or other approval shall submit proof that all property taxes or assessments on the property wherein the business or activity for which the license, permit or approval is sought or wherein the business or activity is to be conducted are paid in full. Either receipted tax bills or a tax search issued by the Quinton Township Tax Search Officer shall be required as proof of payment of taxes. No application for a license, permit or approval shall be considered until such proof is filed with the Township Clerk.
Within 10 days after the issuance of a permit, license or other approval by the Township Committee, the Township Clerk shall notify the Township Tax Collector that said permit or license has been issued or that such approval has been granted. The Township Clerk shall also notify the Tax Collector as to the street address and block and lot designation for the property for which the license or permit has been issued or approval granted. The Township Tax Collector shall maintain a separate journal which shall include the following information:
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The name and address of person holding the permit, license or approval.
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The name and address of the property owner, if different from the person holding the permit, license or approval.
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The street address of the property for which the license or permit has been issued or approval granted.
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The block and lot designation of the property for which the license or permit was issued or approval granted.
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The type of permit or license issued or approval granted.
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The date the license or permit was issued or approval granted.
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The date the license, permit or approval is to expire.
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The status of taxes at the time the permit or license was issued or approval granted.
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Procedure for revocation. The Quinton Township Tax Collector shall notify the Township Clerk whenever property taxes are delinquent for at least three consecutive quarters on any property for which a license, permit or approval has been granted. Such information shall be disseminated by the Township Clerk to the Township Committee immediately, with the Township Committee to consider revocation of the license, permit or approval at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
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Revocation. Whenever a property owner or person who holds a permit, license or approval fails to pay property taxes in the property upon the licensed, permitted or approved business or activity is conducted for three consecutive quarters, said license, permit or approval shall be revoked. The Township Clerk shall give notice of the intent to revoke said license, permit or approval to the property owner, licensee, permittee or person holding municipal approval not less than 10 days in advance of anticipated municipal action to revoke said license, permit or approval. Said notice shall be given in writing by certified mail. Prior to considering the revocation of any license, permit or other approval, the Township Committee shall consider any relevant information offered by the property owner or person holding the permit, license or approval.
In the event that a license, permit or other approval is revoked pursuant to § 174-5B, a new license or permit shall not be issued nor municipal approval granted until the applicant has complied with all of the requirements for issuance of a license, permit or approval as set forth in the appropriate portion of the Township Code. The applicant shall also be required to pay all taxes as is required by § 174-2 hereof.
The provisions of this article shall apply and govern the issuance, renewal and continuation of all permits, licenses and approvals granted by the Township, except for any alcoholic beverage license or permit issued pursuant to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq. The licenses, permits and approvals governed by this article include but are not limited to the following: jitneys, kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds, septic tank cleaners, taxicabs, trailers and mobile homes, building permits, certificates of occupancy, conditional use permits, development permits, casual sales, circuses, fences, fireworks, parades, parks, peddlers and solicitors, seasonal and holiday sales, individual sewerage disposal systems, sewers, soil removal and street openings.