Any applicant for a permit, license, approval or relief from
any ordinance or regulation of the Borough of Bloomsbury, from either
the Borough Council, any Borough board, officer, or licensing official
or Borough employee, seeking permission or authority for the applicant
to use any parcel of real property owned by the applicant within the
Borough of Bloomsbury, in the County of Hunterdon, shall, as a condition
to obtaining said permit, license, approval or relief, submit proof
with such application that all real estate taxes assessed against
such real property, to include rollback taxes that were assessed as
omitted assessments and which are unappealable, have been paid through
the current tax quarter or any required due date that have accrued
prior to or at the date of the application as filed.
No permit, license, approval or relief for any use or activity
in connection with a designated parcel of real property located in
the Borough of Bloomsbury, in the County of Hunterdon, shall be issued
by the Borough Council, any Borough board, officer or licensing official
or employee of the Borough unless that body, official or employee
has received from the applicant a certification that all real estate
taxes assessed against such real property, including rollback taxes
as above provided, have been paid through the current quarter or any
due date that accrued through the date of issuance of the permit,
license, approval or relief.
No application for land use or variance relief made to the Planning
Board of the Borough of Bloomsbury shall be deemed complete and no
hearing shall commence thereon unless the applicant supplies a certification
that all real estate taxes assessed against the real property which
is the subject of the application have been paid through the current
quarter or any due date on which the application is filed.
The Borough Tax Collector shall receive a fee in the amount
of $5 for providing the certification of the payment of all taxes
under this chapter.