[Adopted 9-15-2003 by Ord. No. 03-24 (Ch. XXV of the 2002
Revised General Ordinances); amended in its entirety at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A tax (hereinafter "hotel tax"), at the rate and in the manner
set forth in this article, is hereby imposed on charges of rent for
every occupancy of a room or rooms in a hotel located in the Township
and subject to taxation pursuant to Subsection (d) of N.J.S.A. 54:32B-3,
the New Jersey State Sales Tax, as said statute may be amended from
time to time.
Beginning on the effective date of this article, the hotel tax
shall be 3% on charges of rent for every occupancy.
The hotel tax shall be in addition to any other tax or fee imposed
pursuant to federal, state or local law or regulation upon the occupancy
of a hotel room located in the Township.
The hotel tax shall be administered and distributed solely in
accordance with the requirements set forth at N.J.S.A. 40:48F-5, as
said statute may be amended from time to time. Upon the Director's
certification of the amount of revenues collected in the Township
on a quarterly basis and upon the warrant to the New Jersey State
Comptroller, the hotel tax is paid and distributed to the Township.