[Adopted 11-10-1993 by Ord. No. 1065]
The purpose of this chapter is to comply with
the intent of the legislature as expressed in N.J.S.A. 40:67-23.1
et seq., as amended and supplemented, to reimburse a qualified private
community for certain specified services set forth in the legislation
pursuant to the terms of this legislation which provide for a twenty-percent
reimbursement to the qualified private community based upon the total
costs of the services incurred by the municipality in the year 1993;
a forty-percent reimbursement in 1994; a sixty-percent reimbursement
in 1995; an eighty-percent reimbursement in 1996; and a one-hundred-percent
cost of reimbursement in 1997 in accordance with the formula hereinafter
set forth as has been established by the governing body of the Township
of Saddle Brook.
Incorporated into this chapter shall be not
only the terms, conditions and provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:67-23.1 et
seq., but also the sponsor's statement which was attached to the bill
setting forth the intent of the sponsor and the legislation when it
was adopted by the legislature.
[Amended 11-26-1996 by Ord. No. 1135]
The municipality will issue a check to each
private community condominium association between November 15 of a
particular year and January 1 of the next year based upon costs incurred
by the municipality for providing those services the preceding calendar
year, and further provided that all taxes and other municipal charges
are paid, no matter how described to the municipality, and is current
with respect to all obligations to the municipality. The amount of
the reimbursement check shall be calculated in accordance with the
formula hereinafter established.
The formula adopted by the Township Council
as hereinafter set forth is based upon actual costs incurred by the
municipality from the prior calendar year for the specific services
set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:67-23.1 for qualified private owners. The
initial year is based upon actual 1992 municipal expenses since the
first payment will be made in the year 1993. The formula is as follows:
Garbage collection
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Unit cost per home
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Number of 1- and 2-family homes
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Tipping fees
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Unit cost per home
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Number of 1- and 2-family homes
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Recycling
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Unit cost per home
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Number of 1- and 2-family homes
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Leaf and grass collection
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Unit cost per home
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Number of 1- and 2-family homes
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Streetlighting
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Per luminary
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Municipal cost per streetlight
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Snowplowing
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Per mile
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Miles of municipal and county streets
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In order to receive reimbursement, a unit owner
must submit in certified form a statement that the particular unit
seeking reimbursement has been owner-occupied from January 1 to November
1 of the year for which reimbursement is sought. Failure to submit
a certified statement or the submission of an incorrect or improper
certified statement shall constitute disqualification for reimbursement
for the year for which reimbursement has been sought and for any subsequent
year until the unit owner has complied with the provisions of this
section of this chapter.
Actual refund, which shall be permitted by this
chapter, cannot exceed 100% of the taxes appropriated for municipal
purposes.