City of South Amboy, NJ
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2022-09-07
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 115 Property Maintenance
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Article VII Certificates of Occupancy
- Adopting Ordinance
- Ch AO Adopting Ordinance
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Agreements
- Ch 10 Fees
- Ch 11 Fire Department and Emergency Services
- Ch 12 Housing Authority
- Ch 13 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 14 Juvenile Conference Committee
- Ch 15 Commissions, Committees and Boards
- Ch 16 Municipal Port Authority
- Ch 19 Personnel Regulations
- Ch 21 Recreation Programs
- Ch 22 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 23 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 24 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 32 Air Pollution
- Ch 34 Alarms
- Ch 35 Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Ch 41 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 42 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 44 Checks, Returned
- Ch 45 Construction and Building
- Ch 46 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 50 Curfew
- Ch 53 Development Regulations
- Ch 58 Dogs and Cats
- Ch 59 Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 60 Drug-Free and Drunk Driving Free Zones
- Ch 64 Firearms
- Ch 67 Fire Prevention
- Ch 71 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 74 Food and Beverage Vending Machines and Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 79 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 80 Graffiti
- Ch 81 Handbills and Signs
- Ch 83 Historic Preservation
- Ch 85 Landlords and Tenants
- Ch 87 Library
- Ch 88 Licenses and Licensed Businesses
- Ch 91 Littering
- Ch 95 Newsracks
- Ch 97 Noise
- Ch 100 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 104 Obscene Materials
- Ch 106 Parking Off-Street and Permit
- Ch 109 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 112 Pet Stores
- Ch 114 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 115 Property Maintenance
- Ch 115 Art VII Certificates of Occupancy
- § 115-54 Certificated required.
- § 115-55 Forms.
- § 115-56 Fees.
- § 115-57 Exceptions.
- Ch 119 Railroads
- Ch 123 Recreational Facilities
- Ch 124 Rental Housing
- Ch 125 Retail Establishments
- Ch 127 Sewers
- Ch 130 Sidewalk Cafes and Restaurants
- Ch 134 Smoke and Fire Detectors, Fire Extinguishers
- Ch 135 Smoking
- Ch 137 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 140 Soil Removal
- Ch 143 Solid Waste Control
- Ch 145 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 147 Swimming Pools
- Ch 148 Taxation
- Ch 150 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 153 Tax Liens on Fire-Damaged Property
- Ch 154 Tobacco Products
- Ch 155 Tow Trucks and Wreckers
- Ch 157 Trailers and Trailer Courts
- Ch 162 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 164 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 166 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 169 Water
- Ch 172 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch A185 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A186 Water Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
No owner, owner of rental properties, agent of owner, real estate
agent or broker, firm, company, partnership, corporation or person
or persons shall sell, rent, transfer, grant, lease, let, mortgage
with right of occupancy or otherwise dispose of the ownership or occupancy
thereof, whether or not for consideration and whether such disposal
of ownership or occupancy be temporary or permanent, any residential
structure, dwelling unit, apartment or premises on which a building
is located and used for human occupancy, unless a certificate of occupancy
certifying the building and premises are in compliance with all other
ordinances of the city shall first be obtained from the Code Enforcement
Officer of the city. Such a certificate of occupancy shall be granted
or denied within seven days from the date of the application for same.
A.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall cause to be prepared appropriate
application forms for such certificate of occupancy, which forms shall
be available at the office of the Code Enforcement Officer.
B.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall also cause to be prepared appropriate
forms of such certificate of occupancy.
[Ord. No. 4-2007]
The fees for an inspection required to issue a certificate of
occupancy shall be $50 and any required re-inspection shall be $50.
All fees shall be paid prior to the inspection being performed.
This Article shall not apply to a hotel, motel or other guest
house or part thereof rented to a transient guest or seasonal tenant
or a residential health care facility as defined in Section 1 of P.L.
1953, c. 212 (N.J.S.A. 30:11A-1) and shall not apply to rental housing
units covered by the South Amboy Rental Housing Code.
