The following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
DANGEROUS CONDITION
A condition that creates a substantial risk of injury to
life and/or property.
OWNER
Any person, alone or jointly or severally with others, as
follows:
A.
Who has legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without
accompanying actual possession thereof.
B.
Who has equitable title and is either in actual possession or
collects rents therefrom.
C.
Who, as executor, executrix, trustee, guardian or receiver of
an estate or as mortgagee or as vendee in possession, either by virtue
of a court order or by agreement or voluntary surrender of the premises
by the person holding the legal title, or as collector of rents, shall
have charge, care or control of any dwelling, boardinghouse or lodging
house; or any such person thus representing the person holding the
equitable or legal title, all of whom under this chapter shall be
bound to comply with the provisions hereof and any rules and regulations
adopted pursuant thereto to the same extent as if they were the persons
holding the legal or equitable title.
OWNER-OCCUPIED
The owner of the property who resides in the short-term rental
property, or in the principal residential unit with which the short-term
rental property is associated on the same lot and identified same
as his or her principal residence as that term is defined in this
section. For purposes of this section, if the owner of the property
is an entity other than an individual or individuals, then at least
one principal or member of the owner entity must reside in the short-term
rental property, or in the principal residential unit with which the
short-term rental property is associated on the same lot and identify
same as his/her principal residence as that term is defined in this
section.
PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE
All the following requirements must be met for an address
to constitute a principal residence for purposes of this section.
A.
The address where at least one of the property owners spends
the majority of his/her non-working time.
B.
The address which is most clearly the center of his/her domestic
life.
C.
The address which is identified on his/her driver's license
or state identification card as being his/her legal address.
PROPERTY
A parcel of real property located within the boundaries of
the Borough of Clementon, Camden County, New Jersey.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY
The short-term rental property owner, person, agent, or property
manager designated by the owner to be called upon and responsible
at all times during the period of a short-term rental property, and
in the case of the property manager to accept service of legal process
on behalf of the owner of the short-term rental property.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL
The accessory use of a dwelling unit as defined in this section
for occupancy by someone other than the unit owner or permanent resident
for a period of 90 days, which dwelling unit is extensively used and
kept open as such for the lodging of guests, and which is advertised
or held out to the public as a place regularly rented to transient
occupants as defined in this section, and may be referred to as "Airbnb"
or "Air Bed and Breakfast."
SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY
A residential dwelling unit, as defined in this section,
that is used and/or advertised for rent as a short-term rental for
transient occupants as guests, as those terms are defined in this
section.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY AGENT
Any New-Jersey-licensed real estate agent or other person
designated and charged by the owner of a short-term rental property
with the responsibility for making the short-term rental application
to the Borough on behalf of the owner and fulfilling all the obligations
in connection with completion of the short-term rental property permit
application process on behalf of the owner. Such person shall be available
for and responsive to always contact on behalf of the owner.
SUBSTANTIATED COMPLAINT
A civil or criminal complaint, summons, or notice of violation(s)
supported by substantial evidence.
TRANSIENT OCCUPANT
Any person or guest or invitee of such person who, in exchange
for compensation, occupies or is in actual or apparent control or
possession of residential property which is either registered as a
short-term rental property or satisfies the definition of a short-term
rental property, as such is defined in this section. It shall be a
rebuttable presumption that any person who holds themselves out as
being an occupant or guest of an occupant of the short-term rental
is a transient occupant.