Any applicant for the issuance or renewal of any license or
permit issued by the Township of Mount Olive, or requiring the approval
of the Township of Mount Olive, shall be required if he/she or it
is the owner thereof to pay any delinquent property taxes or assessments
on the property wherein the business or activity for which the license
or permit is sought or wherein the business or activity is to be conducted.
The Township of Mount Olive shall, upon notice in writing to
the licensee who is an owner of the property upon which the licensed
business or activity is conducted, revoke or suspend said license
or permit when said licensee has failed to pay the taxes due on the
property for at least three consecutive quarters. Notice shall be
mailed to the licensee at his/her or its last known address as shown
on the application for the license or permit sought to be revoked
or suspended. Notice shall be considered effective upon mailing by
certified mail, return receipt requested. Upon payment of the delinquent
taxes or assessments, the license or permit shall be restored.
Before issuance of licenses and permits by the various departments
or agencies of the Township of Mount Olive, said owner-applicant shall
ascertain from the office of the Tax Collector that taxes and assessments
have been paid to a current basis for the property on which the activity
or business in question is to take place. In the event that property
taxes or assessments are unpaid and not current, no permit or license
shall be issued until all such payments have been made by the property
owner.
The provisions of this article shall apply to the following
permits, applications and licenses issued by, or requiring approval
of, the Township of Mount Olive:
A. Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment applications;
C. Food establishment licenses;
F. Limousine and livery licenses.
Any person, firm or corporation found guilty in the Municipal
Court of the Township of Mount Olive of a violation of the terms of
this article shall be subject to one or more of the following in the
discretion of the Municipal Court Judge: imprisonment in the county
jail or in any place provided by the municipality for the detention
of prisoners for any term not exceeding 90 days or by a fine not exceeding
$2,000 or by a period of community service not to exceed 90 days.