[Ord. 6 S+FA, 7-3-1991]
Shall mean the Director of the Department of Finance and/or
his designee.
Shall mean the location or a coin-operated telecommunication
device at one place for more than 24 hours in a common area.
Shall mean the permission of the Director to locate a coin-operated
or credit card-operated telecommunications device in a common area
for one year.
Shall mean any telephone, telegraph, telex, fax machine,
or other device that utilizes telephone or telegraph equipment to
communicate messages.
Shall mean violation of any housing, health, zoning, sanitation,
or fire code regulation or statute that may endanger the public in
a common area where a coin operated telecommunication device is located.
Police reports that indicate that criminal activities are occurring
in a common area may be considered by the Director in determining
if the health and welfare of the public would be endangered by the
presence of the coin or credit card operated telecommunication device.
[Ord. 6 S+FA, 7-3-1991]
The owners or managers of all common areas in residential apartments,
amusement centers, retail stores, warehouses, factories, office buildings,
and service centers shall apply for a permit prior to the installation
of any coin or credit card operated telephone, telegraph, fax machine
or their communication device that is to be permanently located in
a common area of the premises managed by the owner or operator where
the public may use such a device.
The owner or those in control of all common areas referred to
herein shall apply to the Director of the Office of Licenses for an
application for the continued use of any coin-operated or credit card-operated
telecommunication devices located in their common area. Such applications
shall be filed with the Office of Licenses within 90 days of the effective
date of this ordinance.
[Ord. 6 S+FA, 7-3-1991]
The application shall designate the exact location of the communication
device or devices in the common area and shall designate with particularity
where the common area is located in regard to the building whether
inside or outside of the building, and if inside the building on what
floor.
[Ord. 6 S+FA, 7-3-1991; Ord. 6PSF-F, 6-15-2016]
Upon receipt of the completed application and any fee that is
to be charged the Director of the Department of Engineering shall
require an inspector from his department to inspect the common area
where the device is to be installed so as to ascertain if there are
any health, housing, zoning or other ordinance or statutory violations
that would create a threat to the health and welfare of the community
if not abated prior to the installation of the applicant's communicative
device.
[Ord. 6 S+FA, 7-3-1991; Ord. 6PSF-F, 6-15-2016]
After considering the application and the report of the inspector,
the Director of the Department of Engineering shall determine whether
the installation of any telecommunication device represents a threat
to the health and welfare of the public. If he finds that a threat
to the health and welfare exists he may after a hearing with the applicant
deny the application or suspend granting the application until any
violations that have been discovered in the common areas have been
abated. The determination of the Director may be appealed to the Superior
Court of New Jersey.
[Ord. 6 S+FA, 7-3-1991]
The fee for each permit shall be $25.
[Ord. 6 S+FA, 7-3-1991]
Any owner or manager of a common area who allows or permits
a coin or credit card-operated telecommunication device to be used
without the permit as referred to herein, shall be in violation of
this chapter.
[Ord. 6 S+FA, 7-3-1991]
Any one found to be in violation of this chapter shall be subject
to a fine of at least $100 but not any more than $1,000 for each day
that they are found in violation of this chapter and may be subject
to imprisonment for not more than 60 days or to a period of community
service for a period of not more than 60 days or both.
