[Amended 1-28-2004 by Ord. No. 1329; 1-28-2010 by Ord. No. 1500; 6-23-2011 by Ord. No. 1567; 12-27-2012 by Ord. No. 1612; 3-26-2015 by Ord. No. 1668; 5-1-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-10]
A. All boat slip rental permit holders of record on September 1 shall be given an opportunity to renew their slip rental permit for the next summer season. A permit renewal form shall be forwarded to each permit holder of record on or about October 1.
B. On or before November 1 of each year the permit holder of record shall return the following to the designated Borough office:
(1) Boat slip rental permit renewal form signed by the permit holder of record.
(2) Payment of the required deposit for the boat slip which shall be in an amount not less than 1/2 the total boat slip rental fee. Balance is due on or before April 1 of the contract year.
(3) A copy of the valid New Jersey vessel registration solely in the name of the permit holder for the vessel which will occupy the offered boat slip.
(4) A copy of the Certificate of Title to the vessel solely in the name of the permit holder if not already on record.
C. If the permit holder of record does not return the required documents and payments as provided above, the Borough shall on the first business day after the due date or as soon as possible thereafter provide written notice to the permit holder of record, by first-class mail, to return the documents and payment to the designated office within 10 working days after the date of the notice.
D. If the required documents and payment are not received in the designated Borough office within 10 working days after the date of the written notice as provided above, the offer to renew the permit shall become void immediately upon expiration of the ten-day period with the boat permit being subject to immediate reassignment.
E. Slip rental permits shall be issued for all vacated boat slips in accordance with the following:
(1) Permit holders of record in the marina who have submitted a written request to transfer to another boat slip shall be given an opportunity to transfer to a vacated slip. Requests for transfer shall be prioritized based on the date the request is received.
(a) Vacant boat slips shall be offered to new applicants that are either number one on the waiting list for the available slip size or to existing marina permit holders of record in the marina for two or more years, and who have submitted a written request to transfer to another vacant boat slip.
(b) Permit holders' requests for boat slip transfer shall be prioritized amongst other permit holders based on the date the request is received. Note that slip transfer requests must be done yearly when renewing their boat slip.
(2) The new applicant or permit holder selection shall be determined on the previous selection for that slip size. Every other selection shall be from the waiting list, whereas the other selection shall be from marina permit holders. Note that this selection process is cyclic over time. The initial selection for this process shall be from the waiting list.
(3) In the event the waiting list is exhausted in a particular slip size category, available slips in that size category shall be offered to applicants on the waiting list for the next smaller slip size category. (For example, the waiting list for 35-foot slip size becomes empty, the next applicant on the 30-foot waiting list would be offered the 35-foot slip.)
(4) In the event that the next smaller boat slip size category waiting lists described above are exhausted, the availability of the vacant boat slip shall be publicly posted at the marina. Permits for vacant boat slips shall be issued upon receipt of a boat slip rental permit application in accordance with this chapter.
(5) Permits for vacated boat slips shall be offered to applicants by category and in numerical order within that category. An attempt to contact applicants shall be made by telephone during normal business hours. The applicant will be given three business days to respond. If the designated Borough representative is not able to contact the applicant, the boat slip shall be offered to the next applicant on the waiting list. The applicant shall return the following to the designated Borough office within 10 days after the offering:
(b) Payment of the required deposit for the boat slip which shall be in an amount not less than 1/2 the total boat slip rental fee. Balance is due on or before April 1 of the contract year.
(c) A copy of the valid New Jersey vessel registration solely in the name of the permit holder for the vessel which will occupy the offered boat slip. In the event the permit holder is waiting on a new boat, a contract for the boat shall be provided.
(d) A copy of the Certificate of Title to the vessel solely in the name of the permit holder. In the case that the permit holder is waiting on a new boat, the Certificate of Title copy shall be given to the designated Borough office prior to using the boat slip.