[Ord. No. 292 § 1]
Under and subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions
of this section, Raffles Licensing Law (N.J.S.A. 5:8-50 et seq.) and
the Bingo Licensing Law (N.J.S.A. 5:8-24, 35 et seq.) and the statutes
in such case made and provided and the rules and regulations adopted
and promulgated and the rules to be hereinafter adopted and promulgated
by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission of the State of
New Jersey, licenses shall be issued in the Township to bona fide
organizations or associations as designated and described in such
statutes which said organizations or associations have their principal
place of business or building for the holding of their meetings in
Maurice River Township.
[Ord. No. 292 § 2]
The Governing Body shall make an investigation of the qualifications
of each applicant and the merits of each application as directed by
the statutes. The Governing Body is hereby charged with the duty and
responsibility of making an initial investigation of each application
prior to the approval of the first license granted to qualified associations
or organizations under this section.
[Ord. No. 292 § 3]
No license under the Raffles Licensing Law or the Bingo Licensing
Law shall be issued for a period of more than one (1) year or shall
be issued for the holding, operation and conduct of any game of chance
which shall be licensed under any other licensing law.
[Ord. No. 292 § 4]
No application for the issuance of a license shall be refused
by the Township Committee until after a hearing is held on due notice
to the applicant and at which hearing the applicant shall be entitled
to be heard upon the qualifications of the applicant and the merits
of the application.
[Ord. No. 292 § 5]
Each license shall be in such form as shall be prescribed in
the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Control Commission.
[Ord. No. 292 § 6]
The Township Committee shall have and exercise control and supervision
over all games of chance so licensed in accordance with the Raffles
Licensing Law and the Bingo Licensing Law.
[Ord. No. 292 § 7]
No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be permitted
to participate in any game or games of chance held, operated or conducted
pursuant to any license issued by the Township.
[Ord. No. 292 § 8]
No game or games shall be held, operated or conducted under
any license issued by the Township more often than on six (6) days
in any calendar month or in any room or outdoor area where alcoholic
beverages are sold or served during the progress of the game or games.
[Ord. No. 292 § 9]
All conditions, restrictions, regulations or rules relating
to the licensing and contact of games of chance shall be in accordance
with the Raffles Licensing Law, the Bingo Licensing Law and any other
applicable statutes and the rules and regulations of the State Control
Commission.
[Ord. No. 292 § 10]
The Township Clerk shall on behalf of the Township:
a.
File with the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission, a certified
copy of this section within ten (10) days after its adoption.
b.
On or before the first day of February of each year or any other
time or times which the Township Committee may determine, make a report
to the Township Committee of the number of licenses issued in the
Township under the Raffles Licensing Law and the Bingo Licensing Law
and the names and addresses of the licensees, the aggregate of the
license fees collected, the names and addresses of all persons detected
in violation of the law or of the rules and regulations adopted by
the State Control Commission, of all persons prosecuted for such violations
and the result of each such prosecution and the penalties imposed
thereon, during the preceding calendar year or the period for which
the report is required.
[Ord. No. 292 § 11; Ord. No. 428 § 1]
a.
License fees for raffles shall be:
1.
Five ($5.00) dollars for each day upon which a raffle with respect
to which all tickets or rights to participate are sold only to persons
present at the time of the drawing or allotment of prizes.
2.
Five ($5.00) dollars for each one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars of
the value of prizes and in each raffle with respect to which tickets
or rights to participate may be sold in advance of the occasion of
the drawing or allotment of prizes. All license fees shall become
the property of the Township.
[Ord. No. 292 § 12]
No person, organization, club, company or squad shall conduct,
operate, run, participate in or attend any unlicensed raffle in the
Township.
[Ord. No. 292 § 13;
New]
[Ord. No. 292 § 14]
A conviction hereunder shall also be a proper ground, at the
discretion of the Township Committee, to suspend or revoke the license,
if any has been issued and is outstanding at the time of the conviction.
[Ord. No. 253 § 1]
As used in this section:
Shall mean and include any person who has obtained a valid
certificate of registration as hereinafter provided, which certificate
is in the possession of the solicitor on his or her person while engaged
in soliciting.
Shall mean and include every separate living unit occupied
for residential purposes by one (1) or more persons, contained within
any type of building or structure.
Shall mean and include any one or more of the following activities:
Seeking to obtain orders for the purchase of goods, wares, merchandise,
foodstuffs, services, of any kind, character or description whatever,
for any kind of consideration whatever; or
Seeking to obtain prospective customers for application or purchase
of insurance of any type, kind or character; or
Seeking to obtain subscriptions to books, magazines, periodicals,
newspapers and every other type or kind of publication.
[Ord. No. 253; Ord. No. 2014-627; Ord.
No. 2015-640]
a.
It shall be unlawful for any person, limited liability company, corporation
or any entity whatsoever to sell or offer for sale or to station or
place any stand, cart, motor vehicle or any vehicle whatsoever for
the sale or display of any farm products, goods, wares or any merchandise
whatsoever along the public roadways, streets, highways or thoroughfares
or any private road within the Township or upon any lands immediately
adjacent thereto or upon any lands whatsoever within the Township
except as shall hereinafter be provided.
b.
The above prohibition shall not apply to any person, limited liability
company, corporation or any entity whatsoever who:
1.
Conducts any retail business or business of any nature or description
in a permanently erected business structure which has been duly licensed
by the Township and, if applicable, received all necessary approvals
from the Land Use Board; or
2.
Conducts any business of any nature or description specifically permitted
or regulated by the ordinances of Maurice River Township or by the
statutes of the State of New Jersey; or
3.
Conducts any retail or wholesale business as permitted by the New
Jersey Right to Farm Act.
4.
Conducts door-to-door vending/sales, so long as said vendor is properly
registered as per Township Ordinance.
c.
Exemptions.
1.
Notwithstanding the above, every person who has been honorably discharged
from the active military service of the United States, and is a resident
of New Jersey and every exempt member of a volunteer fire department,
volunteer fire engine, hook and ladder, hose, supply company or salvage
corps, of any municipality or fire district within the State of New
Jersey, who holds an exemption certificate issued to him or her as
an exempt member of any such department, company, or corps, and that
he or she is a resident of the State of New Jersey shall have the
right to hawk, peddle and vend any goods, wares or merchandise or
solicit trade within the Township.
2.
Every such person noted above shall first procure a license from
the Township as hereinafter set forth.
3.
Every person who has been honorably discharged from the active military
service of the United States and who wishes to hawk, peddle and/or
vend within Maurice River Township must first obtain a veterans identification
card through the Cumberland County Clerk's office or through the County
Clerk of the county of residence and must comply with all requirements
as set forth in New Jersey statutes.
4.
Every person as set forth above wishing to hawk, peddle and/or vend
within Maurice River Township must complete an application form as
provided by the Township Clerk.
5.
Each person noted above shall receive a certificate permitting the
holder to hawk, peddle and vend within the Township free of charge.
Said certificate shall be valid for a period of ninety (90) days.
Said certificate shall automatically extend for an additional ninety
(90) days if there have been no violations during the initial ninety
(90) day period.
6.
Each person as set forth above wishing to hawk, peddle and/or vend
within the Township shall comply with all applicable laws of the State
of New Jersey to include any and all laws regarding collection of
sales tax unless said property to be sold is exempted from sales and
use taxation pursuant to New Jersey law.
[Ord. No. 253; Ord. No. 2014-627; Ord.
No. 2015-640]
a.
The Township Clerk shall cause to be kept in the Clerk's office an
accurate record of each application received and acted upon together
with all other information and data pertaining thereto and all certificates
of registration issued under the provisions of this section and the
denial of any applications. Applications for certificates shall be
numbered in consecutive order as filed and every certificate issued
and any renewal thereof shall be identified with a duplicate number
of the application upon which it was issued.
b.
Each certificate shall be valid for a period of ninety (90) days.
[Ord. No. 253; Ord. No. 2014-627; Ord.
No. 2015-640]
Application for a certificate of registration shall be made
upon a form provided by the Township. The applicant shall truthfully
state in full the information requested on the application, to wit:
a.
Name and address of present place of residence and length of residence
at such address; also business address if other than present address.
b.
Address of place of residence during the past three (3) years if
other than present address.
c.
Age of applicant.
d.
Physical description of the applicant.
e.
Name and address of the program, firm or corporation or association
by whom the applicant is employed or represents; and the length of
time of such employment or representation.
f.
Name and address of employer during the past three (3) years if other
than the present employer.
g.
Description sufficient for identification of the subject matter of
the soliciting in which the applicant will engage.
h.
Period of time for which the certificate is applied which shall not
be for more than ninety (90) days.
i.
The date, or approximate date, of the latest previous application
for a certificate under this section, if any.
j.
Whether a certificate of registration issued to the applicant under
this section has ever been revoked.
k.
Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a violation or a
felony under the laws of the State or any other State or Federal law
of the United States.
All statements made by the applicant upon the application or
in connection therewith shall be under oath.
[Ord. No. 253; Ord. No. 2014-627; Ord.
No. 2015-640]
Any person honorably discharged from the active military service
of the United States who shall have his or her veterans identification
card revoked by the County or State of New Jersey, shall not be permitted
to hawk, peddle and/or vend within the Township.
[Ord. No. 253; Ord. No. 2014-627; Ord.
No. 2015-640]
a.
Any person qualified to hawk, peddle and vend any goods, wares or
merchandise within the Township as set forth above shall only conduct
said activities on privately owned land within the Township.
b.
Said vendor must be the owner of said land or must have obtained
written permission to utilize said land for said vending activities.
c.
Prior to hawking, peddling and/or vending any goods on said land
as set forth above, all real estate taxes due and payable to the Township
must be paid in full.
d.
There shall be no hawking, peddling or vending activities on any
public property within the Township to include the right of ways of
any roadway within the Township. Said restriction against peddling
within any public right of way is based upon the safety concerns for
both the vendor and the public traveling along said public roadways.
[Ord. No. 253 § 12; Ord. No. 2014-627; Ord.
No. 2015-640]
The provisions of this section shall not apply to officers or
employees of the city, County, State or Federal Government, or any
subdivision thereof, when on official business.
[Ord. No. 253 § 13;
New; Ord. No. 2014-627; Ord. No. 2015-640]
[Ord. No. 460 § 1]
All nonprofit charitable organizations as defined in N.J.S.A.
45:17A-20 are authorized to solicit contributions on the roadways
of the Township owned roads. This authorization is not for any State
or County highway or any intersection of a County highway or State
highway without the approval of either the Board of Chosen Freeholders
of Cumberland County or the Commissioner of Transportation of the
State of New Jersey.
[Ord. No. 460 § 2]
Solicitation by authorized nonprofit charitable organizations
are subject to regulations promulgated pursuant to the Administrative
Procedure Act by the Department of Transportation of the State of
New Jersey in consultation with the Division of Highway Traffic Safety.
[Ord. No. 460 § 3]
Any nonprofit charitable organization that wishes to take advantage
of the authorization to solicit contributions on the roadways owned
by Maurice River Township shall notify the Township Clerk in writing
of their respective interest in soliciting contributions, setting
forth the date, time and place of such contribution solicitation,
and a certification that same shall be carried out in a safe and prudent
manner under the regulations established by the Department of Transportation
of the State of New Jersey.
[Ord. No. 215 § 1]
No person may engage in the business of cleaning, pumping or
servicing septic tanks or cesspools within the limits of the Township
unless the equipment for cleaning, pumping, or servicing same shall
have a tank capacity of not less than six hundred (600) gallons.
[Ord. No. 215 § 2; Ord. No. 609]
Any such person before engaging in the business as aforesaid,
upon submitting satisfactory proof to the Township Clerk that the
tank truck to be used has a capacity of not less than six hundred
(600) gallons, shall be issued a license by the Township Clerk to
engage in the business as aforesaid. The fee for the license shall
be fifty ($50.00) dollars and shall be paid to the Township Clerk
upon the issuance of same. The license shall be valid for one (1)
year from the date of its issuance.
[Ord. No. 215 § 3]
The application for such license shall submit satisfactory proof
to the Township Clerk that the tank truck has a capacity of not less
than six hundred (600) gallons.
[Ord. No. 215 § 4]
All equipment used in the business as aforesaid shall be kept
in a clean condition so as not to create a health hazard and shall
be at all times subject to inspection by any member of the Board of
Health or the agent designated by the Board of Health.
[Ord. No. 215 § 5]
The license issued may be revoked at any time upon satisfactory
proof being submitted to the Township Committee upon complaint duly
served upon the licensee either personally or by registered mail directed
to the address which appears upon the license application, charging
that the equipment used does not conform to the requirements hereinabove
set forth or that the equipment is not kept in a condition of proper
cleanliness. Licensee may appear before the Township Committee on
the date stated in the complaint to make answer to the charges. In
the event that there shall be a revocation of a license heretofore
issued, the license fee paid for same or a proportionate amount thereof,
shall be retained by the Township.
[Ord. No. 215 § 6;
New]
[Ord. No. 192 Art. I]
It shall be hereafter unlawful for any person, firm, association,
partnership, or corporation to keep or maintain a junk yard or junk
shop or deal in junk in any place within the limits of the Township,
without first having obtained a license for such purpose as hereinafter
provided, and in any manner contrary to the provisions of this section.
[Ord. No. 192 Art. II]
As used in this section:
Shall mean the violation of any of the provisions of this
section, or any false statement contained in the application for license,
or failure to pay any license fee when due, or any conviction of the
applicant during the term for which the license was issued for the
violation of any criminal statute or law of the State of New Jersey,
or of any State in the United States, or the United States Government.
Shall mean any secondhand, discarded or unused waste material
of any type that has outlived its usefulness for its original purpose,
including iron, metals, glass, paper, rags, clothes, machines, automobiles,
motor vehicles, or parts thereof, or accessories thereof, such as
auto bodies and the like, and all other materials commonly or generally
known as "junk" in the ordinary meaning of the word, acquired or collected
for commercial purposes, including specifically parts and portions
of automobiles and discarded automobiles and automobiles bodies.
Shall mean any person, firm, association, partnership, or
corporation which deals in junk for commercial purposes, or who buys
or otherwise acquires or collects or stores junk for commercial purposes
within the Township, in the manner provided in this section.
Shall mean any building within the Township, in which junk
is stored, or placed, or sold or purchased for commercial purposes
within the provisions of this section.
Shall mean any lands or parcels thereof on which junk is
collected or placed or stored for commercial purposes or for any remuneration
whatever.
Shall mean any land or building or both whereon a junk yard
is maintained under license hereunder or any junk shop which is licensed,
or any premises for which a license is issued to a junk dealer under
the provisions of this section.
[Ord. No. 192 Art. III]
a.
Written Application. All applicants desiring a license for the maintenance
of a junk yard or junk shop, or as a junk dealer, shall first file
a written application signed by the applicant with the Township Clerk
and furnish the information requested on the forms to be provided
by the Clerk.
b.
Payment of Fee. Applications shall be accompanied by payment of the
amount of the license fee for the period involved.
c.
Issuance; Denial. The Township Clerk shall present any application,
together with the fee accompanying the same to the Township Committee
at its next meeting. In the event the license applied for shall be
denied the fee accompanying the license shall be returned less, however,
the sum of ten (10%) percent thereof to cover the cost of investigation
of the applicant.
d.
Consent of Property Owner Required. If the applicant is not the owner
of the site where the business is to be conducted, the owner's consent
to the conduct of the business described in the application shall
be endorsed in writing on the application, or otherwise annexed thereto.
[Ord. No. 192 Art. IV]
a.
Consideration of Application. The Township Committee may consider
the application for license at the meeting for which the application
and proofs and fees are presented, or it may set a date for a hearing
to be held on the application at some reasonable time thereafter,
which hearing, however, shall not be later than one (1) month from
the date of the Township Committee meeting considering the same, and
at which hearing any objectors to the license may be heard and may
present evidence as well as the applicant and those in support of
the license.
b.
Investigation. If a date for hearing on the application for license
is set, the Township Committee may investigate the application and
the matters set forth in the application through its own officers,
employees or representatives and the Township Committee may investigate
and consider as part of its determination for the issuance of a license
any unreasonable depreciation of surrounding property of adjoining
owners which might ensue from the establishment or maintenance of
such a business at the location designated in the application, the
proximity of residences, schools, churches, public highways, the suitability
of the applicant to receive the license, which shall include his arrest
or conviction for criminal acts. Public convenience and necessity
and social and aesthetic desirability shall also be taken into consideration
in such determination.
c.
Denial. After considering all the evidence with respect to the application,
the Township Committee may deny the license to the applicant for good
cause revealed by the facts or evidence, and if any application for
license is denied, the Township Committee shall state in writing the
reasons for the denial forming the good cause found by the Township
Committee denying license to the applicant.
d.
Display of License. The license when issued by the Township shall
be displayed in a conspicuous place upon the licensed premises at
all times.
e.
Issuance; Effective Date. The Township Committee, after investigating
and considering any application for license hereunder, or after hearing
on the same shall, if the applicant subscribes to the provisions of
this section, authorize the Township Clerk to issue a license to the
applicant, which license shall be effective from the date of issuance
to midnight of the last day of December of the year in which issued.
[Ord. No. 192 Art. V]
All licenses granted under this section and all premises licensed
hereunder shall be subject to the following regulations:
a.
Fence Setback from Streets and Adjoining Property. Any fence as required
hereinafter shall be set back two hundred (200) feet from any public
road or street and one hundred (100) feet from the boundary line of
any adjoining property owner.
b.
Fence Setbacks from Residences, Churches and Schools. Such fence
shall be located at least five hundred (500) feet from any private
residence not owned by the applicant, or any church or school.
c.
Fencing Standards; Entrances and Exits; Signs.
1.
A junk yard shall be enclosed by a solid board fence or other fence
made of other solid, non-transparent materials, eight (8) feet high
from the ground and built in such a manner so as to obstruct visibility
of the junk yard from any public street or public property. The fence
or enclosure shall be suitably painted and shall be maintained in
good condition at all times. There shall be no advertisement allowed
or any description or writing on the fence except the owner's name
and description of the character of his business and such description
and writing shall not exceed an area of six (6) square feet. Such
fence shall be constructed in compliance with this section within
three (3) months of the granting of any license under the provisions
of this section.
2.
The premises, area, piece or parcel of land licensed and used as
a junk yard shall have not more than two (2) entrances and two (2)
exits each of which shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet in width and
such entrances and exits thereto and therefrom shall be enclosed by
a gate or gates which shall be secured, closed and locked when unattended
so as to preclude any entrance to the enclosure whenever the enclosure
may be unattended. Such gate or gates shall be built of solid board
or other solid nontransparent materials, which shall be at least seven
(7) feet and not more than eight (8) feet in height.
d.
Storage of Junk and Materials. No junk or rubbish or salvage material
of any type shall be maintained outside the enclosure surrounding
the licensed premises of any junk yard, nor outside of any junk shop
licensed hereunder.
e.
License Not Transferable to Person or Place. No license issued hereunder
shall entitle any licensee to operate under the license at, in or
on any lot, building, or location of any part thereof other than that
specified in the license, and no license shall be assignable or transferable
to any other person or party whatever.
f.
Burning of Materials; Fire Hazards. Burning of materials, subject
to all State regulations, may be allowed on one (1) day in each week
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., on any licensed premises,
except that this shall not prohibit the use of acetylene torches in
salvaging or repairing any goods, motor vehicles, or other chattels
on the premises or parts thereof. In the event that fires of accidental
nature occur on the licensed premises in such numbers or such periods
of time as to create a fire hazard to other properties or inhabitants
of the Township or otherwise occur so consistently or in such number
as to become a nuisance to any fire department of Maurice River Township,
the Township Committee may revoke the license granted after due hearing
and notice thereof because of the hazardous nature or conduct of the
business.
g.
Explosives Prohibited. No materials of any explosive nature shall
be maintained or demolished on any licensed premises.
h.
Offensive Odors. No materials shall be kept or maintained on the
licensed premises which shall be of such odorous nature as to be offensive
to adjoining property owners or other inhabitants in the area of the
licensed premises.
i.
Control of Rodents. The licensee shall take all reasonable measures
to keep rates or other vermin from the licensed premises.
j.
Fire Prevention and Protection. The licensee shall maintain sufficient
fire extinguishers on the licensed premises at all times, and shall
also establish fire protection according to standards recommended
by the National Board of Fire Underwriters for such premises. The
licensee shall also report all fires to the Chief of the nearest fire
department of the Township, furnishing date and extent of fire and
cause, if known.
k.
Purchases Prohibited from Persons Under Seventeen (17). No licensee
hereunder shall purchase any goods, articles, or other materials whatever
from any person under the age of seventeen (17) years.
l.
Storage of Junk; Height; Fire Hazard. No licensee shall pile or stack
or place junk above the level at the height of the fence enclosing
a junk yard or otherwise in such manner as to create a fire hazard
or to create a place for the harboring of rats, mice or vermin.
m.
Noise. The business of the licensee shall be operated in such manner
as not to cause unreasonably loud noises that are either so consistent
or so audible as to be a nuisance to other property owners or inhabitants
in the neighborhood.
n.
Vehicles Without Serial Numbers. No licensee shall knowingly buy,
sell, receive, dispose of, conceal or have in his possession any motor
vehicle from which the manufacture's serial number or any other number
of identification mark has been removed, defaced, altered, covered,
or destroyed with the apparent purpose of concealing the identity
of such vehicle.
o.
Record of Purchases. All junk dealers shall keep books in which records
are maintained of all purchases by the junk dealer and which books
shall be open to inspection by any law enforcement agency in order
to enable the law enforcement agency to trace stolen goods.
[Ord. No. 192 Art. VI]
Any license issued by the Township may be renewed annually thereafter
by furnishing notice of intention to renew the license in writing
with the Township Clerk at least thirty (30) days prior to January
1, and upon payment of the annual license fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars.
No hearing shall be required for the issuance of any renewal license
unless objections are filed in writing with the Township Clerk by
any inhabitant or taxpayer of the Township against the renewal of
the license. In the event a written objection is filed before renewal,
the Township Committee shall set a date for hearing and proceed to
hear the objection and all evidence for and against the issuance of
such license not later than fifteen (15) days from the beginning of
the renewal period, and, at the conclusion of the hearing, the Township
Committee may then determine whether to issue a renewal license or
to deny the same if the evidence presented indicates sufficient cause
by virtue of prior violations of this section by the licensee.
The Township Committee may authorize a temporary permit for
such licensee until the hearing has been completed and a determination
made so that the business of a licensee may not be suspended or interfered
with unreasonably by filing of any written objections.
[Ord. No. 192 Art. VII]
No licensee shall conduct any processing operations or purchase
or sell material on the licensed premises after 8:00 p.m. and prior
to 8:00 a.m. of the following day on weekdays, or at any time on legal
holidays designated as New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
[Ord. No. 192 Art. VIII]
a.
The Township Committee may revoke any license at any time during
the period for which the license was issued on the Township Committee's
own action, or on the objection of any taxpayer or resident of the
Township for good cause shown after a hearing provided to the licensee
following complaint in writing and at least seven (7) days notice
to the licensee setting forth the grounds of complaint.
b.
The licensed premises shall be open to inspection by the Township
Board of Health at any reasonable time of day or night upon the proper
authorization of such inspection by the Health Officer or the Township
Board of Health.
[Ord. No. 192 Art. IX]
a.
Annual Fee. The annual fees for each license issued hereunder shall
be the sum of fifty ($50.00) dollars, which shall be prorated where
the license shall not have been issued on January 1 of the year and
any period of a month over fifteen (15) days shall constitute a full
month and any period less than fifteen (15) days shall constitute
a half month for the purpose of prorating the annual fee.
b.
Payment; Denial Refund. Payment of the fees shall accompany filing
of all applications for licenses or for any intention to renew thereafter.
In the event an application for license is denied or renewal license
is denied, the fee shall be returned less ten (10%) percent for the
cost of the Township to investigate the same. In the event that license
shall be revoked for good cause shown or terminated voluntarily by
the licensee, there shall be no refund of any portion of the license
fee.
c.
Motor Vehicle Junk Yard Fees. Where the owner of any motor vehicle
junk yard has to obtain a permit from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 39:11-3 and the Township Committee has
approved the granting of such license, the license fee to be paid
to the Township shall be in the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars
annually, prorated as above, and the license shall be issued on January
1 and shall expire on December 31 in the year in which it was issued.
[Ord. No. 192 Art. X; New]
[Added 3-19-2020 by Ord.
No. 692]
a.
The maximum fees that a towing company may charge for nonconsensual
towing and/or storage of a motor vehicle within Maurice River Township,
Cumberland County, shall be as set forth herein.
b.
"Nonconsensual towing" shall be defined as the towing of a motor
vehicle without the consent of the owner or operator of the vehicle
and authorized by a law enforcement authority of the State of New
Jersey or any political subdivision of the State of New Jersey.
c.
The purpose of this section is to prevent unlawful and unconscionable
practices of towing companies as set forth in the New Jersey Predatory
Towing Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 56:13-7 et seq.
d.
The maximum fees for towing or storage of vehicles which have been
the subject of nonconsensual towing are hereby established as follows:
|
Service Call
|
Fee
|
|---|---|
|
Light-duty tow (vehicle not to exceed 10,000 pounds)
|
$150 plus $6 per mile
|
|
Medium-duty tow (vehicles weighing between 10,001 and 16,000
pounds)
|
$250 per hour
|
|
Heavy-duty tow (vehicles in excess of 16,001 pounds)
|
$500 per hour
|
|
Storage of automobiles and light-duty trucks as defined above
|
$45 per day for outside storage and $90 per day for indoor storage
|
|
Storage of trucks-dual wheel/single axle
|
$90 per day
|
|
Storage of heavy-duty vehicles (tractor/dump truck/ tractor
and trailer combinations/trailers)
|
$125 per day
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Light- and medium-duty winch (as defined above)
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$350 per hour
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Heavy-duty winch (as defined above)
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$600 per hour
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Recovery supervisor
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$225 per hour
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Recovery technician
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$125 per hour
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Manual laborers
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$100 per hour
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Vehicle/accident cleanup
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75 per hour; minimum of 1 hour
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Oil/liquid clean-up - oil dry
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$25 per bag
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Crash wrap per vehicle
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$90
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Release vehicle from storage after normal business hours
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$75
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