As used in this section, the following words shall mean:
ADVERTISE or ADVERTISING
Any form of solicitation, promotion or communication for
marketing, used to induce, directly or indirectly, any person into
contracting for services for the purpose of establishing occupancies
or uses of residential property for which are prohibited by this chapter.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT
A lodging use where rooms within a single dwelling unit are
provided to transients by a resident operator for a fee by prearrangement
on a daily or short-term basis. A breakfast and/or light snacks may
be served to those renting rooms in the bed-and-breakfast.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST UNIT
A room within a bed-and-breakfast that is offered or provided
to a guest(s) by a bed-and-breakfast operator for a fee for fewer
than 30 consecutive nights.
CONSIDERATION
Any legally recognized form of consideration including a
promise or benefit, a quid pro quo, rent fees, other form of payment
or any other thing of value.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms, whether furnished or unfurnished,
intended, arranged or designed to be occupied, for living, sleeping,
cooking, gathering and/or entertaining by one or more persons.
FEE
Remuneration or anything of economic value that is provided,
promised, or donated primarily in exchange for services rendered.
HOUSEKEEPING UNIT
A family-type situation, involving one or more persons, living
together that exhibit the kind of stability, permanency and functional
lifestyle equivalent to that of a traditional family unit, as further
described in the applicable decisions of the New Jersey Courts.
OCCUPANT
Any individual using, inhabiting, living, gathering, entertaining,
being entertained as a guest, or sleeping in a dwelling unit, or portion
thereof, or having other permission or possessor right(s) within a
dwelling unit.
OWNER
Any person who, alone or with others, has title or interest
in any building, property, dwelling unit, or portion thereof, with
or without accompanying actual possession thereof, and including any
person who as agent, or executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian
of an estate has charge, care, or control of any building, dwelling
unit, or portion thereof. A person whose sole interest in any building,
dwelling unit, or portion thereof is solely that of a lessee under
a lease agreement shall not be considered an owner.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, corporation, association, governmental
entity, or partnership and its agents or assigns.
PROPERTY
A parcel of real property located within the boundaries of
the Township of Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
All or any portion of any lot, tract or parcel of land on
which is located one or more dwelling units, or which is zoned for
residential uses.
The lease or rental, for any purpose, of any amenity, feature,
accessory, or appurtenance to or associated with a dwelling is prohibited.
The residential occupancy of an otherwise lawful and lawfully
occupied dwelling unit for a period of 30 days or less by any occupant
who is a member of the housekeeping unit of the owner, without consideration
or a fee, is not prohibited by this chapter.
It shall be unlawful to advertise, solicit or promote by any
means, any action in violation of this chapter.