A business registration certificate is required
for any person operating or engaging in any business located in the
municipality.
The following words and phrases, when used in
this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section,
except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Any person offering and/or engaged in buying, selling, storing
and/or transferring merchandise, goods, real property, personal property,
moneys, services and/or other items who do so for a fee, price, retainer,
commission, percentage and/or other means of compensation for the
purpose, stated or otherwise, of realizing a profit or other gain.
The business registration form to be filed with the Municipal
Clerk.
The business registration certificate.
Any individual, partnership, limited partnership, association,
firm, limited liability company, corporation or similar entity. Whenever
used in any clause prescribing or imposing a penalty, the term “person,”
as applied to associations, shall mean the partners or members thereof
and, as applied to limited liability companies or corporations, the
officers thereof.
A.
Any person conducting, operating or engaging in any
business within the Borough of Lavallette shall file a completed business
registration form with the Municipal Clerk and shall pay the required
fee.
B.
The business registration form shall contain the following
information for each person applying for a certificate:
(1)
The name of the registrant.
(2)
The nature of the principal activity of the business.
(3)
The business address of the registrant.
(4)
The home address of the registrant or the designated
contact person for the registrant.
(5)
The business telephone number of the registrant
(6)
The home telephone number of the registrant or the
designated contact person for the registrant.
(7)
The anticipated hours and days of the business operation.
(8)
The trade name or other business identification titles
used by the registrant.
(9)
A floor plan diagram.
(a)
The registrant shall attach a diagram depicting a
floor plan of any business location within the municipality. The plan
shall identify the area of the building area accessible to the general
public, the area of the building limited to access by employees only
and areas of the building to be utilized only for storage or related
purposes. The plan shall also identify the location of doors or similar
devices which provide means of ingress/egress to the facility. In
the case of a business involved in food sales or service, the plan
shall identify the maximum number of tables and seats to be utilized
to service the general public.
(b)
Each floor plan shall be scaled or contain sufficient
information to properly identify the dimensions of the area or rooms
depicted on the diagram.
(10)
Owner of the property.
C.
The fee for obtaining a business registration certificate
is twenty-five ($25). No fee shall be imposed for business activities
conducted by nonprofit organizations or associations organized for
religious, charitable, political or educational purposes.
D.
The Municipal Clerk shall issue a business registration
certificate to any person who files a completed business registration
form pays the required fee.
E.
A copy of the completed registration form shall be
returned to the registrant with an acknowledgment by the Municipal
Clerk that it has been properly filed.
A.
In the event that two or more businesses occupy the
same location, the person conducting, operating or engaging in each
business shall be required to complete a separate business registration
form and obtain a separate certificate.
B.
In the event that the same person conducts business
at two or more locations, a separate business registration form and
certificate shall be required for each location.
Every person having a certificate for a business
which ceases to operate, changes the principal activity in which it
is engaged, changes its location and/or locations in the municipality,
moves out of the municipality or changes owners must submit written
notice to the Municipal Clerk within 30 days of such change
A.
The Certificate issued pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter shall apply to all business owners as a one-time filing
requirement only. Reregistration shall be required only in the event
of a change in ownership or a change in the type of business conducted.
B.
The fee described herein shall be required one time
only, at the time of original registration. Unless and until a change
in ownership occurs, no additional fees shall be assessed pursuant
to this chapter. There shall be no additional fee for a change in
business conducted, unless the change in business is accompanied by
a change in owner.
The following persons shall be exempt from the
provisions of this chapter:
A.
Agencies of the government of the United States or
of the State of New Jersey.
B.
Persons conducting or participating in temporary activities
such as art shows, rummage sales or similar events.
C.
Persons rendering delivery services to residential
or business properties, if such person does not maintain a business
physically located within the municipality.
D.
Utility companies whose activities or rates are regulated
by the State of New Jersey.
Issuance of a business registration certificate
by the Borough does not evidence compliance with other applicable
rules, regulations, ordinances and statutes of the Borough, county
and State of New Jersey, or other regulatory agencies having jurisdiction
over the activities of the certificate holder.
Any person, firm or corporation that shall be
convicted of a violation of a provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof by any court authorized by law to hear and determine
the matter, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both, as such court in its discretion
may impose. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a
separate offense.
