The purpose of this chapter is to establish a procedure for fair and
adequate treatment of tenants displaced from their homes as a result of zoning
or code enforcement activities for illegal occupancy. The purpose is to provide
such penalties as are allowable under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1g and to enable the
Borough to recover costs which arise and penalties which are allowable for
violations. The Borough finds that this action is in accordance with the interests
of the public welfare.
Any residential tenant who receives a notice of eviction pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.2 that results from zoning or code enforcement activity
for an illegal occupancy, as set forth in N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(g)(3), shall
be considered a displaced person and shall be entitled to relocation assistance
in an amount equal to six times the monthly rental paid by the displaced person.
The owner and/or landlord of the structure shall be liable for the payment
of relocation assistance.
If the owner and/or landlord fails to pay relocation assistance to any
displaced person at the time of the eviction, the Borough of Bradley Beach
may pay the relocation assistance to said person(s) from a Revolving Relocation
Assistance Fund herein established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 20:4-4.1a. All relocation
assistance costs incurred by the Borough shall be repaid by the owner of the
structure. These repayments shall be deposited into the Borough's Revolving
Relocation Assistance Fund.
In the event that the owner of the structure fails to repay the Borough
within 10 days after the due date, interest shall accrue on the unpaid balance
at the rate of 18% per annum, and the unpaid balance and all interest accruing
thereon shall be a lien on the parcel. The Borough may also seek recovery
of the unpaid balance and all interest accrued thereon, together with attorney's
fees and costs, in a civil action as a personal debt of the owner of real
property.