[Adopted 2-9-1984 by Ord. No. 3-84 (Ch. 62, Art. II, of the 1981 Code); amended in its entirety 12-10-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-35]
[Amended 12-15-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-012]
The Township Chief Financial Officer be and is hereby authorized and directed to collect a fee in the amount of $20 from any payer whose check or credit card payment to the Township of Marlboro has been returned unpaid. Said fee shall be collected for any check returned, whether by stop payment, insufficient funds, uncollected funds or any other reason. Further, said fee shall be collected for any returned check to any department, division or other branch of the government of the Township of Marlboro.
[Added 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-22; amended 12-19-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-026; 12-18-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-011]
A. 
Requests for a refund of fees paid by an applicant for any program, license or permit must be in writing.
B. 
In the case of a request for a refund, the Township Chief Financial Officer is hereby authorized and directed to collect a processing fee consisting of a minimum of $5 or 20% of the amount to be refunded, whichever is greater, to a maximum of $25 which will be charged on all refunds except for cancellations initiated by the Township. This processing fee shall not be construed to supplant or override any nonrefundable deposit applicable to a particular program, nor apply to any portion of any program, license or permit fee which is payable to a state agency.
C. 
In cases where a refund request comes after a program has already begun or work has been completed by the Township, the amount to be refunded shall also be prorated based upon the number of days or sessions or reduced by the cost of work already completed.
D. 
Recreation programs only:
(1) 
A full refund will be granted to registrants of all programs cancelled by the Recreation Department.
(2) 
Registrants who withdraw from a program prior to the close of registration may receive a full refund less a processing fee pursuant to § 171-5.2B or a full credit towards future recreation programs in which case a processing fee will not be levied.
(3) 
Registrants who withdraw from a program between the close of registration and the start date of the program may receive a 50% refund less a processing fee pursuant to § 171-5.2B or a 50% credit towards future recreation programs in which case a processing fee will not be levied.
(4) 
There will be no refunds or credits applied for requests to withdraw from programs on or after the start date, except in the following circumstances:
(a) 
A medical note is provided stating that the participant is unable to continue in a program due to a documented medical condition which arose after the registration deadline, in which case the amount of the refund or credit shall be prorated as prescribed in this section.
(b) 
A participant is approved for a financial need waiver in which case the participant will receive a full refund and no processing fee will be levied.
(c) 
Documentation from the Marlboro Board of Education or Freehold Regional School District stating that the participant has a conflict with a school-sponsored program will receive a full refund less a processing fee or a full credit towards future recreation programs in which case a processing fee will not be levied.
(5) 
Nothing in this section shall supersede customized refund policies associated with summer camp or other programs codified in Ch. 265.