Note: Repeal of Prior Ordinances and Amendments:
All ordinances and amendments thereto entitled "An Ordinance
to Regulate, Control and Stabilize Rents and create a Rent Control
Board within the Township of Woodbridge, New Jersey," are hereby repealed.
Binding effect of prior actions and decisions of prior
lawful action of the Rent Control Board: The decisions, determinations
and prior orders of the Rent Control Board shall and hereafter continue
to be binding upon all landlords, tenants and property owners.
[1974 Code § 13A-1; Ord. #5-17-77 § 3;
Ord. #80-23, § 1; Ord. #81-59; Ord. #85-52 § 1;
Ord. #86-13 § I; Ord. #91-02; Ord. #97-17 § 1]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean the lawful real estate tax surcharge, capital
improvement surcharge, services increase surcharge or hardship increase
hereafter permitted.
Shall mean the lawful base rent in full force and effect
for housing space on January 1, 1977. No real estate tax surcharge,
capital improvement surcharge, service increase surcharge or hardship
increase shall be included in base rent, except for those increases
granted or allowed prior to January 1, 1977.
Except as hereafter provided, for all surcharges, shall be
1996. Said base year shall automatically be adjusted every five (5)
years following the effective date of this section and therefore the
base year shall become the year in which it has been adjusted. No
surcharge may be imposed on a first-time tenant during the first twelve
(12) months of occupancy after he/she becomes a first-time tenant
pursuant to this chapter.
Shall mean additions to rent resulting from an expenditure
of funds for additions to dwellings, structures, fixtures, edifices,
parking lots or other facilities which are reasonably expected to
last more than one (1) year. A repair or replacement which is not
classified as a capital repair or capital replacement pursuant to
the currently applicable Federal Income Tax regulations shall not
be considered a capital improvement for purposes of this chapter.
Shall mean the consumer price index for all items for all
urban consumers published by the United States Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics (base year—1967—100) for the
New York-Northeastern New Jersey region, of which Woodbridge Township,
New Jersey is a part.
Shall mean and include any building, structure or portion
thereof, trailer or land used as a trailer park which is rented or
offered for rent to one (1) or more persons or family units as their
residence or domicile.
Shall mean that multifamily facilities in the aggregate of
four (4) or less units shall be exempt from this chapter.
Shall mean:
Shall mean the actual space occupied as living area, together
with the privileges, services, furnishings, furniture, equipment,
utilities, garage, parking areas, playgrounds, recreational space,
common areas, storage space and improvements connected with the use
or occupation of the living area. Motels and hotels are exempt from
the provisions of this chapter.
Shall mean one having care, control and/or management of
a rental space.
Shall mean a tenant whose lease, whether oral or written,
shall be for renewable periods of less than one (1) year, including
but not limited to month-to-month and week-to-week tenancies or holdover
tenants.
Shall mean all housing space fit for human habitation as
defined by the statutes, rules, regulations and ordinances of the
State of New Jersey, County of Middlesex and the Township of Woodbridge,
which space is rented or available for rent as a residence or domicile.
Shall mean an additional charge over and above the base rent
due to a new or additional service not now being provided or required
to be provided. All existing services shall continue to be provided
in accordance with lease agreements, whether the same is oral or in
writing, and shall continue to be provided under any renewal thereof.
Shall mean the fee imposed by the Township to all users who
discharge sewers through domestic dwellings and business premises
as set forth in the Municipal Ordinances of the Township.
[1974 Code § 13A-1; Ord. #5-17-77 § 4;
Ord. #88-42]
There is hereby created a Rent Leveling Board within the Township
of Woodbridge, to be known as the "Township of Woodbridge Rent Leveling
Board." The Board shall consist of nine (9) members who shall reside
within or who shall be engaged in the ownership or management of residential
real estate within the Township and who shall be appointed by the
Mayor with the approval of the Municipal Council. One (1) member shall
be elected Chairman, who shall be neither a tenant nor a landlord.
No member shall hold any elective office within the Township. Members
of the Board shall serve during their terms without compensation.
Five (5) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum; a majority
vote shall be legally sufficient to render a determination or decision.
All determinations of the Board shall be final.
[1974 Code § 13A-3; Ord. #5-17-77 § 5;
Ord. #85-52 § II]
The Rent Leveling Board shall implement the purpose of this
chapter in the manner following:
a.
The Chairman or, in his/her absence, the Acting Chairman, shall have
the power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the
production of records and may administer oaths and take testimony,
and the provisions of the County and Municipal Investigations Law[1] shall apply.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 2A:84A et seq.
b.
The Rent Leveling Board shall promulgate and issue rules and regulations
to give effect to the purpose of this chapter and revise, repeal and
amend the same from time to time. Sufficient copies of the current
rules and regulations shall be on file in the office of the Township
Clerk.
c.
The Rent Leveling Board shall supply information and assistance to
the landlords and tenants and aid them in compliance with this chapter.
d.
The Rent Leveling Board shall hold hearings and adjudicate applications
from landlords and tenants to assist them in the application of the
provisions of this chapter.
e.
The Rent Leveling Board shall hold hearings and adjudicate applications
from tenants as to probable violations of this chapter.
f.
The Rent Leveling Board shall give both landlord and tenant reasonable
opportunity to be heard before making any determination.
g.
The Rent Leveling Board shall render a determination within forty-five
(45) days after the date of filing any application or petition, unless
all interested parties agree to an extension of time for the determination
of the Board, which extension shall not exceed thirty (30) additional
days from the date such action of the Board was required. Failure
of the Board to act within the time limit set forth herein shall constitute
a rejection of the application.
h.
The Rent Leveling Board shall be authorized and empowered to file
complaints for the prosecution of violations of this chapter in Municipal
Court.
i.
The Rent Leveling Board shall have the power to order refunds in
rent and rebates in the event that they find that a tenant has been
overcharged by a landlord.
[1974 Code § 13A-4; Ord. #5-17-77 § 6]
Members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years or
until a successor for each is duly appointed and qualified. However
all new appointments made after the effective date of this chapter
shall expire on December 31, 1979. Any member shall be subject to
removal by the Municipal Council for cause upon written charges and
hearing.
Unexpired terms shall be filled in the same manner as this chapter provides for in the appointment of members under subsection 20-2.1.
[1974 Code § 13A-5; Ord. #5-17-77 § 7;
Ord. #80-23 § 2; Ord. #80-48 § 1; Ord. #81-59,
Ord. #85-52 § III; Ord #86-13 § II]
a.
The owner of newly constructed housing space being rented to a new
tenant for the first time shall not be restricted in the initial rent
charged, but thereafter shall be subject to the provisions of this
chapter.
b.
Establishment of rents between the landlord and tenants to whom this
chapter is applicable shall be determined by the provisions of this
chapter. At the expiration of a lease or at the termination of the
lease of a periodic tenant, no landlord shall request or receive a
percentage increase in rent which is greater than five (5%) percent
of the base rent for the previous twelve (12) month period.
[1974 Code § 13A-6; Ord. #5-17-77 § 8;
Ord. #80-23 § 3; Ord. #81-59; Ord. #85-52 § IV]
In the event that any dwelling unit becomes vacant subsequent
to the adoption of this chapter, then said unit shall not be restricted
in the initial rerental, but thereafter shall be subject to the provisions
of this chapter.
[1974 Code § 13A-7; Ord. #5-17-77 § 9;
Ord. #85-52 § V; Ord. #86-13, § III; Ord. #88-42;
Ord. #97-17 § 1]
a.
The landlord may seek a tax surcharge from the tenant as a result
of increased real property taxes levied against the premises. Any
such tax surcharge shall not exceed the amount authorized by the following
provisions:
1.
The landlord shall divide the increase in the real property tax levied
for the year in which the tax surcharge is sought over the actual
taxes paid for the base year by dividing the total number of square
feet of floor space on the premises of which the dwelling is a part
to arrive at a tax increase per square foot of floor space. In the
event that newly constructed housing space is being rented to a new
tenant, for the first time, the base year for a tax surcharge shall
be the year subsequent to the first tax year in which the dwelling
is leased.
2.
No tenant shall be liable for a tax surcharge in excess of the tax
increase per square foot multiplied by the number of square feet of
the floor space of the dwelling occupied by the tenant. There shall
be excluded from the real property tax increase all square footage
which applied to housing space being rented to a new tenant for the
first time and until such tax surcharge is applicable to such housing
space. In addition thereto, all real estate taxes applicable to pool
clubs, garages or other additional services which are not part of
the lease rent for all tenants shall be excluded in arriving at the
total increase on real estate taxes over the base year, as defined
herein.
b.
In the event that there is a decrease in the municipal real estate
tax from the base year, as defined herein, the decrease shall be allocated
among the existing tenants, excluding those who have not acquired
a base year tax surcharge, as a reduction in the addition to base
rent or reduction in base rent. Said decrease shall be allocated as
follows:
1.
The base rent shall be reduced by a dollar amount reflecting the
percentage of the total reduction in taxes that the apartment's square
footage bears to the total square footage of the complex.
2.
No tax surcharge may be imposed if property taxes, as a result of
court judgment, are less than taxes imposed for the base year, as
defined herein. Any tax surcharge already collected pursuant to property
taxes which are reduced upon appeal must be refunded to the tenant
within sixty (60) days after the landlord receives the refund.
3.
All funds, once received by the landlord, must be held in an interest-bearing
trust or security account until distributed to tenants. Accrued interest
shall be distributed to tenants in proportion to each said refund
amount.
[1974 Code § 13A-8; Ord. #5-17-77 § 10;
Ord. #86-13 § IV; Ord. #86-42; Ord. #97-17 § 1]
The landlord seeking a tax surcharge shall notify the tenant
by personal service or certified mail of the calculations involved
in computing the tax surcharge, including the amount of real property
tax levied for the year in which such tax surcharge is sought; the
real property tax levied on the premises for the previous year; the
real property tax levied for the base year; the square footage of
floor space in the premises of which the dwelling is a part; the square
footage of the dwelling; the square footage to be excluded from the
calculations; the tax increase per square footage of the dwelling
occupied by the tenant; and the maximum allowable tax surcharge. Said
application and notice must be made sufficiently in advance so that
approval by the Rent Leveling Board can occur prior to November 1
of the affected year.
[1974 Code § 13A-9; Ord. #5-17-77 § 11]
The tax surcharge permitted or allowed shall be collected in
twelve (12) equal monthly payments commencing with the month subsequent
to the month the tax surcharge is granted. A tenant whose lease term
expires during the twelve (12) months for which a tax surcharge may
be collected shall be required to pay not more than one-twelfth (1/12)
of said increase during each month of his/her term.
[1974 Code § 13A-10; Ord. #5-17-77 § 12]
The tax surcharge shall not be considered as base rent for purposes of computing percentage increase in rent allowable under subsection 20-5.1.
[1974 Code § 13A-11; Ord. #5-17-77 § 14;
Ord. #81-59; Ord. #85-52 § VI]
In the event that the tax appeal is taken by the landlord and
the landlord is successful in each appeal, and the tax is reduced,
the landlord shall reduce the addition to the base rent or the base
rent after applying one hundred (100%) percent of said reduction,
after deducting the reasonable certified expenses incurred by the
landlord in presenting the appeal.
[1]
Editor's Note: In the 1974 Code, former Section 13A-11, Tax
surcharge not allowable when tax is appealed, Ord. May 17, 1977, §
13, was repealed by Ord. #81-59.
[1974 Code § 13A-12; Ord. #5-17-77 § 15;
Ord. #85-52 § VII; Ord. #86-13 § V]
a.
A property owner may seek addition to base rent for any capital improvement
or service surcharge. The landlord shall notify each tenant who may
or shall be affected by such capital improvement or service surcharge
by personal service or certified mail of the total cost of the completed
improvement, or service surcharge, the number of years of useful life
as claimed by the landlord for purposes of depreciation under Federal
Income Tax regulations for capital improvement surcharge; the annual
average cost of the surcharge; the total number of square feet of
the structure in which dwelling space is located; the total number
of square feet occupied by the tenant; and the capital improvement
of service surcharge which the landlord is seeking from the tenant.
b.
The tenant shall be liable for capital improvement or service surcharge
in the same manner as he is liable for a tax surcharge hereinabove
provided.
c.
A landlord seeking a capital improvement or service surcharge shall
apply to the Rent Leveling Board which shall determine if any such
improvement is a capital improvement or service addition and file
with said Rent Leveling Board a copy of the notice to the tenant as
provided in this chapter. Under the provisions of this chapter, the
landlord shall be entitled to classification of a capital improvement
or service surcharge prior to commencement of such improvement or
additional service. However, no surcharge shall take effect until
the improvement or service has been completed or added.
d.
No capital improvement or service surcharge granted pursuant to this
chapter shall in total exceed fifteen (15%) percent of the tenant's
base rent in effect at the time of the granting of such capital improvement
or service surcharge.
e.
Prior to any appeal to the Rent Leveling Board for a capital improvement
or service surcharge, the landlord shall post in the lobby of each
building in which the tenants may or shall be affected thereby or,
if there is no lobby, to post in a conspicuous place on the premises
a notice of the appeal, setting forth the basis of the appeal and
the place and date scheduled for the hearing thereto. All notices
required to be served under this chapter and the posting of notices
referred to herein shall be posted not less than ten (10) days in
advance of the date scheduled for hearing of the appeal.
f.
Whenever a landlord undertakes such major additions so as to require the expenditure of forty (40%) percent of the assessed value of the property, the tenants of such premises shall have deemed to be tenants for the first time, as in subsection 20-3.1, and the landlord shall not be restricted in the amount of the initial rental thereon.
h.
Landlord, upon filing, must present certified records and documentation
substantiating the necessity for the surcharge.
i.
Should the documentation be proven deficient or insufficient, it
would be the responsibility of the landlord to obtain a supplemental
certified documentation required to bring said filing into compliance
before any surcharge can be levied.
j.
In the event that any apartment should become decontrolled, all previous
surcharges shall merge into the new rent and no surcharges accrued
prior to the date of the new rent may be charged. This provision shall
take precedent over any prior lease which permitted the imposition
of any surcharge during its term. Any tenant whose rent becomes decontrolled
shall be treated as a first-time tenant pursuant to this chapter.
[1974 Code § 13A-17; Ord. #81-59; Ord. #85-52 § VIII;
Ord. #86-13 § VI]
a.
Landlords may secure a once-a-year fuel-cost surcharge under such
circumstances where the landlord's fuel cost for any given year exceeds
his/her cost from the period from January 1 to December 31 of 1980
or the initial year of the lease. Fuel surcharges to tenants in apartments
controlled by this chapter cannot exceed the ratio of units so controlled
to the total units covered by the increase, and each increase shall
be calculated on the basis of the percentage of heated square footage
of each controlled unit.
b.
If a landlord has a decrease in fuel costs in the year subsequent
to the enactment of this chapter and its base year, then the landlord
must pass the decrease along to the tenants in possession, such decrease
to be passed along to the tenant in accordance with the procedure
for increases in paragraph a hereof.
[1974 Code § 13A-17.1; Ord. #91-02]
Landlords may secure a once-a-year sewer user fee surcharge
under such circumstances where the landlord sewer user fees for any
given year exceeds his/her cost from the period from January 1 to
December 31, 1989 or the initial year of the lease. Sewer user fee
surcharge to tenants in apartments controlled by this chapter cannot
exceed the ratio of units so controlled to the total units covered
by the increase.
[1974 Code § 13A-17.2; Ord. #91-02]
a.
The landlord may seek a sewer user fee surcharge from the tenant
as a result of increased sewer user fees levied against the premises.
Any such sewer user fee surcharge shall not exceed the amount authorized
by the following provisions:
1.
The landlord shall divide the increase in the sewer user fee surcharge
levied to the year in which the sewer user fee surcharge is sought
over the actual sewer user fee paid for the tax year 1989 or the year
during which the tenant is classified as a first-time tenant, by dividing
the total number of square feet of floor space in the premises of
which the dwelling is a part to arrive at a sewer user fee increase
per square foot of floor space. The landlord shall then multiply said
figure by seventy-five (75%) percent to arrive at the permissible
sewer user fee surcharge.
2.
No tenant shall be liable for a sewer user fee surcharge in excess
of seventy-five (75%) percent of the sewer user fee increase per square
foot multiplied by the number of square feet of the floor space of
the dwelling occupied by the tenant.
b.
If a landlord has a decrease in sewer user fee in the year or years
subsequent to the enactment of this chapter, then the landlord must
pass the decrease along to the tenant in possession, such decrease
to be passed along to the tenant in accordance with the procedure
for increases in paragraph a hereof.
c.
A landlord may pass along up to a maximum of seventy-five (75%) percent
of his total sewer user fees as charged by the Township.
d.
The landlord seeking a sewer user fee surcharge shall notify the
tenant, by personal service or certified mail, of the calculations
involved in computing the surcharge, including the amounts of the
sewer user fee levied for the year in which the surcharge is sought;
the user fee levied on the premises for the previous year; and the
sewer user fee levied on the premises for the initial year of the
lease is subsequent to 1989. The notice shall also set forth the calculations
evidencing the amount of the surcharge for each residential unit.
The application of notice must be made sufficiently in advance so
that approval by the Rent Leveling Board can occur prior to November
1 of the affected year or April 1, 1990, for the sewer user fees initially
imposed in the calendar year 1990. All other procedures not set forth
above shall be in accordance with the procedure for tax surcharges.
[1974 Code § 13A-17.3; Ord. #91-02]
The sewer user fee surcharge permitted or allowed shall be collected
in twelve (12) equal monthly payments, commencing with the months
subsequent to the month the sewer user fee surcharge is granted. A
tenant whose lease term expires during the twelve (12) months in which
a sewer user fee surcharge may be collected shall be required to pay
not more than one-twelfth (1/12) of said increase during each month
of his/her term.
[1974 Code § 13A-13; Ord. #5-17-77 § 16]
A property owner whose current rentals are claimed to be insufficient to provide for a fair return on his/her investment based upon the assessed value of the real property may apply to the Rent Leveling Board for a hardship increase to permit a fair, just, reasonable rate or return. Prior to any such appeal to the Board, the landlord must provide for the posting of notices and service of notice upon the tenants as provided in subsection 20-6.1e.
[1974 Code § 13A-14; Ord. #5-17-77 § 17]
a.
At all times every landlord shall maintain the same standards of
maintenance and services and shall provide the same furniture, furnishings
and equipment in the housing space and provide and maintain all recreation
space, common space, playgrounds, parking facilities and garages as
were maintained and provided on the effective date of this chapter,
except as hereinafter provided, the landlord shall be required to
keep and maintain a log book by apartment, not by name, to be produced
before the Rent Leveling Board when required.
b.
A landlord may seek a reduction in the standards of service rendered
to the tenants, provided that the tenants receive proportionate decreases
in rental for the loss of such services and/or maintenance.
c.
The property owner shall notify each tenant at least ten (10) days prior to the date scheduled for hearing by posted notices and serving said tenants, as provided in subsection 20-6.1e, the total cost of the service and/or maintenance to be reduced, the average annual cost of the services to be reduced, the total number of square feet of housing space in the structure in which dwelling space is situated, the total number of square feet occupied by the tenant and the amount of the reduction in rental which is proposed for each tenant.
d.
The tenant shall receive a reduction in rent in the same proposition
to the annual reduction in rent as the number of square feet occupied
by said tenant bears to the total number of square feet of housing
space in the building or structure in question.
e.
Any property owner seeking a reduction in the standards of service
and/or maintenance shall apply for such reduction to the Rent Leveling
Board if any such reduction in rent shall be granted, such reduction
shall decrease the base rent for each such unit of housing space.
In no event shall the Rent Leveling Board grant any reduction in services
and/or maintenance which would violate any other ordinance of the
Township with regard to a construction or health code or which would
violate any laws of the State of New Jersey or United States.
f.
Commencing with the first of the month next succeeding the completion
of the reduction in services and/or maintenance, each tenant affected
thereby shall receive the proportionate reduction in base rent as
provided by the decision of the Rent Leveling Board.
[1974 Code § 13A-15; Ord. #5-17-77 § 18]
A tenant, in addition to all other rights granted under the
laws of the State of New Jersey, in the Township of Woodbridge may,
upon receipt of a notice of increase in the base rent, request an
inspection by the Bureau of Housing at no charge through the filing
of a complaint with the Rent Leveling Board. If the Bureau of Housing,
upon making said inspection, finds violations to be present involving
the heat and hot water systems, including central air conditioning
violations, violations of Electrical Code, violations of plumbing,
inadequate roofing or any other violations, in the common areas of
the building for the specific housing space involved, which in the
opinion of the public official presents a threat of life, health or
safety, a notice shall be sent to the landlord informing him of the
violation. This chapter shall not prevent the Bureau of Housing from
enforcing the ordinances of the Township under the methods provided
for therein.
[1974 Code § 13A-16; Ord. #5-17-77 § 19]
No landlord of housing space of dwellings to which this chapter
is applicable shall serve a notice to quit upon any tenant or institute
any action against a tenant to recover possession of housing space,
whether by summary dispossess proceedings, civil action for the possession
of land, or otherwise, as a reprisal for the tenant's efforts to secure
or enforce any rights under his leasehold arrangement or under this
chapter.
Such unlawful reprisal on the part of the landlord shall be
punishable by the penalties hereinafter set forth.
[1974 Code § 13A-18; Ord. #81-59]
Landlords shall provide the Township with certified yearly rent
rolls, said documentation to be filed with the Township Clerk and
Rent Leveling Board on January 15, 1982 and on January 15 every year
thereafter. The rent rolls shall include controlled and noncontrolled
unit rentals.
[1974 Code § 13A-19.1; Ord. #81-59; Ord. #86-13
§ VII]
a.
No landlord shall charge to any tenant a separate charge or fee for
any privilege, service or facility normally connected with the use
or occupancy of a dwelling.
b.
Any separate charge or fee presently in effect for services or facilities
such as garage spaces, parking spaces, swimming pool membership or
similar services and facilities, if mandatory, shall be subject to
the same percentage increase as shall the base rent.
c.
No landlord shall charge any application fee to prospective tenants
unless the fee bears a reasonable relationship to some expense incurred
by the landlord in processing the application. Any fee in excess of
twenty-five ($25.00) dollars shall be presumed unreasonable and subject
to prosecution unless the landlord can establish the reasonableness
of same.
d.
No tenant shall be charged any brokerage commission or charge. Any
such charge shall be borne solely by the landlord.
e.
No landlord may rent a dwelling as a furnished dwelling for any additional
charge or rental unless the dwelling is equipped with furniture sufficient
in and of itself to make the dwelling habitable. No landlord may sell
any item of personality to a tenant for more than the cost of same
to the landlord, less a reasonable adjustment for depreciation. No
landlord shall rent or lease any item of personality to a tenant for
a monthly charge or fee more than one thirty-sixth (1/36) of the cost
of same to the landlord, less a reasonable adjustment for depreciation.
[1974 Code § 13A-19.2; Ord. #81-59]
Any landlord seeking an increase in rent shall first notify
the tenant, by ordinary mail, with proof of mailing to be evidenced
and corroborated by an affidavit of mailing, of the calculations involved
in computing the allowable increase against the previous year's base
rent. The notice shall be sent no later than sixty (60) days prior
to the date that the increased rent sought is to be effective, and
notice shall detail the prior rent, the amount of the increase in
dollars and the new base rent sought.
[1974 Code § 13A-19.3; Ord. #5-17-77 § 20;
Ord. #81-59; Ord. #85-52 § IX]
a.
Any landlord who is found to be in violation of this chapter shall
not be permitted to levy or collect any surcharge under this chapter
until violation is cured.
b.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Section 1-5. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
[1974 Code § 13A-19.4; Ord. #5-17-77 § 21]
This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the Township
and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effectuate the
general intended purposes.
[1974 Code § 13A-19.5; Ord. #5-17-77 § 22]
If any of the provisions of this chapter or the application
of such provision shall have been declared by the courts of the State
of New Jersey to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications, and to that end this chapter is declared
and designed to be severable.
[1974 Code § 13A-19.7; Ord. #81-59]
Landlords must file with the Rent Leveling Board and the Municipal
Clerk a certified list of all pass-along charges permitted by this
chapter within thirty (30) days of the date that the tenants receive
a rent increase. Said certification must contain the amount of the
increase as well as the names and addresses of the tenants who have
received the increase and the method of calculation.
[1974 Code § 13A-62; Ord. #82-42 § 1]
The provisions and definitions contained in Public Laws of 1981,
Chapter 226,[1] and New Jersey Administrative Code 5:24-2.1 et seq. are
hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.22 et seq.
[1974 Code § 13A-63; Ord. #82-42 § 2]
The Office on Aging is hereby designated as the administrative
agency in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
[1974 Code § 13A-64; Ord. #82-42 § 3]
The Township of Woodbridge Rent Leveling Board is designated
as the agency to which all appeals from the administrative agency
shall be directed.
[1974 Code § 13A-65; Ord. #82-42 § 4]
The Township of Woodbridge Rent Leveling Board shall render
all decisions within forty-five (45) days upon receipt of appeals.
[1974 Code § 13A-66; Ord. #82-42 § 5]
a.
The landlord/sponsor of each rental unit converted to a condominium
or cooperative after the effective date of the Senior Citizens and
Disabled Protected Tenancy Act shall pay a fee of twenty-five ($25.00)
dollars per rental unit to the Township. The fee shall be for the
purpose of offsetting the cost to the Township for administering this
statute at the local level.
b.
The landlord/sponsor of each rental unit converted to a condominium
or cooperative prior to the Tenancy Act, who submits an application
to the Administrative Agency for determination pursuant to said statute
shall pay a fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars.
c.
As a prerequisite to the filing of an appeal with the Woodbridge
Township Rent Leveling Board, each applicant must pay a fee of fifty
($50.00) dollars to the Township.
