Application for a license shall be made to the Township Clerk
in triplicate on a form provided for such application by the Township
Clerk. An application must be accompanied by payment to the Township
Clerk of $1,500 as an application fee, except as otherwise provided,
which fee is nonreturnable unless application is not accepted as provided
for hereinafter. The application will not be accepted by the Township
Clerk if the limit of licenses, permits and applications has been
met as provided hereinafter. If applicant has not been granted a permit
as provided for hereinafter within one year of the date of its application,
then said application will be deemed to be abandoned and of no further
force and effect.
An application for a license shall only be considered by the
Township Committee after the applicant has received the following
approvals and permits and has complied with Subsection E of this section:
A. Applicant has been issued a special use permit or variance pursuant
to the Code of the Township of Jackson, its amendments and supplements,
by the Board of Adjustment.
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B. Applicant has secured approvals of the Jackson Township Board of
Health and the Municipal Utilities Authority for the proposed provision
of water supply systems and facilities and sanitary sewerage systems,
and complied with any applicable rules and regulations of the State
Board of Health.
C. Applicant has received Planning Board approval for the site plan
of the proposed park in accordance with the standards as hereinafter
provided.
D. Applicant has complied with all other applicable ordinances of the
Township of Jackson and statutes of the State of New Jersey.
E. Applicant, if a corporation, has submitted to the Township Committee
the following:
(1) Names and addresses of all stockholders who own at least 10% of the
outstanding stock in such corporation.
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(2) Names and addresses for preceding five years of all officers and
directors of such corporation.
(3) Corporate status report and franchise tax report; or applicant, if
not a corporation but trading under a trade name, has submitted a
list of all principals, together with their addresses for the preceding
five years.
F. Applicant shall have delivered to the Township Clerk a certificate
of public liability insurance, reflecting the issuance to the applicant
of a policy of public liability insurance wherein the Township is
named as coinsured for damages arising out of any activity of the
applicant under a license issued under this chapter, in an amount
not less than $500,000/$1,000,000 for death or bodily injury and $50,000/$100,000
for property damage. Termination of said policy of public liability
insurance shall be cause for immediate revocation of any license issued
hereunder.
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The Police Department of the Township of Jackson shall use the information required under §
443-3 to aid it in acquiring additional information concerning the background and good moral character of the aforesaid stockholders, officers, directors or principals of any applicant. Report of such information acquired by the Police Department shall be submitted to the Township Committee and shall be used as a basis for determining whether consideration of such application would be in the best interests of the Township of Jackson.
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When the requirements of §
443-3 herein have been complied with, and after examining the application and the accompanying map or maps as elsewhere herein provided and after approval of the application and supporting documents by the Township Engineer and the Township Attorney, and after due consideration of the application and such factors as adequacy of provisions for public safety and public health, if the Township Committee shall be of the opinion that the proposed operation will not create conditions inimical to public health, safety and welfare and will not result in the creation of any public health or public safety problems or other conditions of danger, a license, to expire on the following 30th day of June, may, at the direction of the Township Committee, be granted under the terms and conditions of this chapter. The first year's license fee shall be prorated to the remainder of the annual license period, but in no case shall such prorated fee be less than the sum of $1,000. Approval by the Township Committee shall entitle the applicant to a license, said license to be issued by the Township Clerk. Such approval shall be given at an open meeting and shall be by resolution.
No permit for a park shall be issued and no license for a park
shall be granted except in the R-20 and R-40 (R-A) Zones, and such
parks shall be prohibited in all other zones.
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Upon receipt of a special use permit or variance and all necessary
approvals, the applicant shall apply to the Building Inspector of
the Township of Jackson and pay such fees as may be due the Township
for a building permit for the construction of any and all permanent
structures, buildings and appurtenances, according to the Building
Code.
All licenses for such parks shall expire on the 30th day of
June next following the date of issuance and shall be valid for a
period of one year.
A renewal of a zoological park or garden or animal exhibition park license shall and may be obtained from the Township Committee for each succeeding year in which the operation of the existing park is sought to be continued upon the payment to said Clerk of the operating license fees as provided hereinafter, submitting of a map as described in §
443-14 of this chapter to reflect any proposed changes in the park or its use, and the compliance with §
443-3F of this chapter dealing with insurance; provided, however, that no such renewal shall be issued if, in respect to said park:
A. There is any notice of an alleged violation issued by an enforcing
official pursuant to this chapter outstanding and unresolved.
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B. The licensee has not paid to the Township any sum due to the Township
under this chapter.
C. The licensee has failed or refused to correct a condition that would
constitute a violation of this chapter.
D. The licensee fails to submit any map required under this chapter.
E. The licensee has failed to pay or cause to be paid any taxes upon
the lands covered by such license.
F. The licensee is in violation of any federal, state, county or municipal
law or ordinance or health regulation as a result of any activity
or operation under this chapter.
G. Any operation of the licensee under this chapter endangers the person
or property of adjoining landowners or other persons in the Township.
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The annual operating license fee for each park is hereby fixed
at the sum of $3,000.
Licensee shall provide adequate internal roads or walkways suitably
paved, and shall install or cause to be installed adequate and suitable
signs and other devices warning of any traffic hazards, or any other
hazardous or dangerous conditions of which it is necessary to warn
patrons.
For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, the Municipal Health
Officer, the Building Inspector and the Township Engineer are hereby
designated as enforcing officers. It shall be the duty of the Municipal
Health Officer, the Building Inspector and the Township Engineer,
or one of them, to make physical inspections in connection with any
application for a license or renewal license hereunder and, in addition,
to make at least one other physical inspection after an interval of
approximately six months.
The Board of Health of the Township of Jackson is hereby authorized
and empowered to make and adopt such written rules and regulations
as it may deem necessary for the proper enforcement of the provisions
of this chapter; provided, however, that such rules and regulations
shall not be in conflict with the provisions of this chapter nor in
any way alter, amend or supersede any of the provisions thereof. The
Board of Health shall file a certified copy of all rules and regulations
which it may adopt in the office of the Clerk of the Township of Jackson.
The license certificate and a copy of this chapter shall be
conspicuously posted in the office of the park at all times.