This Part 9 shall be known and may be cited as the Township's
"Residential Rental License Ordinance."
For the purposes of this Part 9, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein.
When not inconsistent within the context, words used in the present
tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular
number, and the words in the singular number include the plural number.
Words in the masculine shall also include the feminine. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely directory.
HABITABLE SPACE
Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating, or cooking.
Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility
spaces, and similar areas shall not be considered to be habitable
spaces.
LANDLORD
A person which leases as lessor to a tenant any rental property,
the use or occupancy of which continues for a period in excess of
30 days, and/or a person appointed to act as a resident agent under
this Part 9.
MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL
The individual duly appointed by the Municipality with the
responsibility of enforcing this Part 9, any assistants or deputies
thereof and any other Code Enforcement Officer of the Municipality.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, association, firm, limited liability
company or corporation.
PROPERTY OWNER
One or more person(s), corporation, partnership, or limited
liability company, who, jointly or severally, have legal title to
a rental unit, dwelling unit or building.
RENTAL PROPERTY
Any dwelling, including but not limited to a house, townhouse,
row house, duplex, twin, apartment, condominium, rooming house or
mobile home, and any building containing any such units, from which
the owner derives income or any other consideration from persons residing
at such dwelling, as evidenced by a contract, lease, sublease or agreement,
but not including any hotel, motel, bed-and-breakfast, or any other
business licensed to provide transient lodging to overnight guests.
RENTAL UNIT
A dwelling unit or rooming house unit that is occupied for
residential purposes and that is not: (a) an owner-occupied dwelling
unit or (b) otherwise exempted by this Part 9.
RESIDENT AGENT
A person residing in the commonwealth and within a twenty-five-mile
radius of the Township appointed by the landlord pursuant to this
Part 9. A resident agent may also be a tenant.
RESIDENTIAL RENTAL LICENSE
The license issued by the Municipality to the owner allowing
a rental unit to be rented or leased to a tenant who is not the owner
of the dwelling unit.
TENANT
A person who has the use or occupancy of a rental property
for a period exceeding 30 days, regardless of the payment of monetary
consideration associated with the use or occupancy of the rental property.