Borough of Fort Lee, NJ
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2023-07-06
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 176 Business Insurance Registration
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administrative Code
- Ch 6 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 7 Assessor
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 21 Civil Service
- Ch 25 Claims Approval
- Ch 29 Clerk
- Ch 33 Cooperative Pricing Agreement
- Ch 37 Court, Municipal
- Ch 40 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 42 Advisory Committee for Individuals With Disabilities
- Ch 46 Economic Development
- Ch 48 Environmental and Beautification Committee
- Ch 50 Ethics, Board of
- Ch 52 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 Fire Department
- Ch 61 Health, Board of
- Ch 64 Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 68 Housing Authority
- Ch 70 Housing Liaison, Municipal
- Ch 79 Parking Authority
- Ch 82 Payroll Checks
- Ch 86 Personnel Policies
- Ch 90 Police Department
- Ch 94 Public Defender
- Ch 97 Public Information Director
- Ch 99 Public Safety, Director of
- Ch 103 Recreation, Superintendent of
- Ch 109 School Crossing Guards
- Ch 112 Senior Citizens Council
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 122 Adult Business
- Ch 126 Alarm Systems
- Ch 130 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 132 Ambulance Services
- Ch 134 Amusements
- Ch 138 Animals
- Ch 141 (Reserved)
- Ch 145 (Reserved)
- Ch 149 Asbestos
- Ch 152 Bingo and Raffle Licensing
- Ch 155 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 156 Tree Removal and Replacement
- Ch 159 Builders and Contractors
- Ch 163 Building Construction
- Ch 166 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 169 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 174 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 176 Business Insurance Registration
- § 176-1 Business insurance registration required.
- § 176-2 Entities required to register.
- § 176-3 Registration Official.
- § 176-4 Registration fees; expiration; renewal.
- § 176-5 Application and insurance requirements.
- § 176-6 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 178 Cable Television
- Ch 180 Cannabis Establishments
- Ch 182 Certificate of Compliance
- Ch 187 Charter Buses
- Ch 189 Clothing Bins
- Ch 190 Coin-Operated Machines
- Ch 193 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 196 Conversion Appeals Board
- Ch 198 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 200 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 205 Elevators
- Ch 208 Emergency Housing
- Ch 210 Filming and Photography
- Ch 212 Fingerprinting
- Ch 216 Fire Prevention
- Ch 218 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 220 Fuel Oil Delivery
- Ch 224 Games of Chance
- Ch 228 Garage Sales
- Ch 233 Graffiti
- Ch 237 Handbills
- Ch 241 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 246 Housing Standards
- Ch 254 Insurance
- Ch 258 Landscapers and Snowplowing Contractors
- Ch 261 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 264 Laundries and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 267 Library, Public
- Ch 270 Marriages and Civil Unions
- Ch 271 (Reserved)
- Ch 273 Mobile Food Trucks and Restaurants
- Ch 281 Newsracks
- Ch 284 Noise
- Ch 289 Parking
- Ch 293 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 296 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 300 Photo Identification Cards
- Ch 305 Poolrooms and Billiard Parlors
- Ch 309 Precious Metals, Rare Coins and Gems
- Ch 310 Prior Notice of Utility Work
- Ch 311 Property, Abandoned
- Ch 312 Property Maintenance
- Ch 313 Property, Residential
- Ch 316 Public Records
- Ch 319 Redevelopment
- Ch 321 Rental Property
- Ch 324 Rent Control
- Ch 328 Restaurants
- Ch 333 Service Stations
- Ch 336 Sewers
- Ch 339 Shopping Carts
- Ch 342 Sidewalk Sales
- Ch 345 Site Plan Review
- Ch 349 Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Ch 350 Smoking
- Ch 352 Soil Management
- Ch 356 Solid Waste
- Ch 356A Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 357 Storm Sewers
- Ch 358 Stormwater Management
- Ch 360 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 365 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 368 Swimming Pools
- Ch 370 Taxation
- Ch 372 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 377 Tourist Lodges, Motels and Hotels
- Ch 381 Trailer Parks
- Ch 388 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 392 Vehicles, Impoundment of
- Ch 395 Vehicles Transporting School Children
- Ch 398 Vehicles, Unlicensed and Abandoned
- Ch 402 Water Emergency
- Ch 406 Wreckers and Towing Service
- Ch 410 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Fort Lee 3-16-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-5. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is unlawful for any owner of a business, owner of a rental
unit or units, or the owner of a multifamily home of four or fewer
units, one of which is owner-occupied, to operate within the Borough
without first registering its certificate of insurance demonstrating
compliance with Section 1 of P.L. 2022, c. 92, and paying the registration
fee required herein.
The following entities are required to register their certificate
of insurance under this chapter:
The Fire Official shall accept, approve and file registration
applications and collect registration fees hereunder.
A.
The registration fee shall be $50 annually.
B.
Registrations shall expire on December 31 of each year. Renewals
must be submitted by December 1 of each year. After the effective
date of this chapter, entities covered under this chapter shall be
required to register by December 1, 2022, and such registration shall
be valid for the 2023 calendar year.
An application for a business insurance registration shall be included with the business registration form or non-life-hazard registration form as required by Chapter 216, Fire Prevention, Article X, § 216-72, accompanied by the required fee, and shall be made to the Fire Official upon forms provided by the Fire Official. It shall contain the following information:
A.
Name and address of the applicant. If the applicant is a corporation,
the name and address of its registered agent.
B.
The address of the rental dwelling units or business as applicable.
C.
A description of the nature of the business and the goods, property
or services to be sold or supplied.
D.
A certificate of insurance reflecting the following amounts of insurance
in compliance with P.L. 2022, c. 92:
(1)
Except as provided in Subsection D(2) of this section, the owner of a business or the owner of a rental unit or units shall maintain liability insurance for negligent acts and omissions in an amount of no less than $500,000 for combined property damage and bodily injury to or death of one or more persons in any one accident or occurrence.
(2)
The owner of a multifamily home which is four or fewer units, one
of which is owner-occupied, shall maintain liability insurance for
negligent acts and omissions in an amount of no less than $300,000
for combined property damage and bodily injury to or death of one
or more persons in any one accident or occurrence.
Any person who violates the terms of this chapter shall pay
the license fee plus a fine of not less than $500, but no more than
$5,000, plus court costs.
