For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined
as follows:
MOBILE HOME
Any vehicle or similar portable structure having no foundation
other than wheels, jacks or skirtings and so designed or constructed
as to permit occupancy for dwelling or sleeping purposes.
PERSON
Any natural individual, firm, partnership, association or
corporation.
No person shall, at the effective date of this chapter, begin
or continue to deal or trade in mobile homes in this Township unless
and until a license for each such dealer is procured pursuant hereto.
No license shall be considered or issued to any applicant pursuant
to this chapter unless the business is to be conducted on an approved
mobile home park, as defined in this Code, and unless the applicant
is the holder of a current and validly issued license of this Township
to maintain or operate such mobile home park wherein any such mobile
homes which are sold by the applicant may be placed and accommodated.
In addition, no license shall be considered or issued hereunder to
any applicant unless and until:
A. A written, signed application is made by such applicant on forms
therefor to be provided by the Township. Said forms shall make provision
for the applicant to furnish information giving the area, dimensions,
location and road frontage of the land where the business is proposed
to be conducted; name and address of the applicant; consent of the
owner of said lands for the conduct of business thereon, if the applicant
is not the owner; the precise location on the premises where the business
will be located and conducted; reference to the deed by which the
owner acquired said land and its recordation when recorded; and showing
all dwellings within 500 feet of the proposed site on which the business
shall be conducted. Said applicant shall also state in his application
whether he has ever been convicted of a crime and, if so, when, where,
the nature of the crime and the penalty imposed.
B. A fee of $100 shall be paid to the Township by the applicant. Said
fee shall be an annual fee for each license granted.
[Amended 4-13-1976 by Ord. No. 17-76]
Licenses shall be issued by the Township Clerk for such applicants
as meet the requirements of this chapter and as shall hereafter be
approved for such licenses by the Township Committee. Such licenses
shall be issued on an annual basis for a term of one year commencing
on April 1 of each year and terminating on March 31 following.
Any person convicted of a violation of this chapter shall, upon
conviction, be subjected to a penalty not exceeding $500 or imprisonment
in the Ocean County Jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both,
at the discretion of the Judge before whom said conviction is had.