No building or construction permits, certificates of occupancy, rental
registration permits, licenses, sewer permits, water permits, junkyard
licenses or other permits or licenses issued by the Township of Upper
Deerfield shall be issued to any person, persons, corporation or entity
which is either the owner of or the tenant of any lands and/or premises
situated within the Township of Upper Deerfield unless the applicant
for such permit and/or license has submitted sufficient proof to the
issuing authority of the Township of Upper Deerfield that there are
no delinquent real property taxes, other liens, charges or assessments
issued by the Township of Upper Deerfield which have not been postponed,
released or otherwise agreed to between the Township of Upper Deerfield
and such owner of real property within the Township of Upper Deerfield.
For the purposes of this article, local real property taxes, other
charges and assessments shall be considered delinquent if the same
have not been paid in a timely fashion pursuant to the requirements
of N.J.S.A. 54:4-66 or such charges or assessments are more than 30
days overdue from the date of notice of such assessment, charge or
expense given to property owners by the Township of Upper Deerfield.
Sufficient proof of payment of taxes, other charges and assessments
shall be received from the Tax Collector or other collecting authority
of the Township of Upper Deerfield or any other properly authenticated
document executed by the Tax Collector or other issuing authority
of the Township of Upper Deerfield which declares that real property
taxes or other liens, charges and assessments have been paid and are
current.
Pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:52-1.2, as a condition of issuance or renewal of a
license or permit, all delinquent property taxes or assessments on
the property must be paid. The license or permit shall be revoked
or suspended when any licensee, who is an owner of the property affected
by the license or upon which the licensed business or activity is
conducted, has failed to pay the taxes due on the property for at
least three consecutive quarters or more. The license or permit shall
be restored upon payment of taxes. The provisions of this section
shall not apply to or include any alcoholic beverage license or permit
issued pursuant to the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control Act,
N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.