The purpose of this chapter is to require all landlords/owners of multiple-dwelling units, which will be defined herein, and mobile home parks to provide to all of their residents/tenants an emergency telephone number wherein tenants/residents can contact the owner/landlord at any time for the purpose of an emergency.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Monroe 8-5-1996 by Ord. No. O-12-96. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
All units that are classified as a mobile home by state standards. This includes all units, whether individually owned or leased for profit.
Any units of two or more, whether private or publicly owned. These units include condominiums, apartments and townhouses.
The landlord/owner is required to provide to residents/tenants an emergency telephone number wherein the resident/tenant may contact the landlord/owner for any emergency. This number shall be registered on a yearly basis or at any time a number is changed with the Monroe Township Police Department. In the event that this number is changed, the landlord/owner is required to notify the residents on a timely basis. This emergency telephone number is required to be maintained and staffed on a twenty-four-hour basis. The emergency number shall be displayed in a conspicuous area in bold print either at the management office, sales office or an area utilized by the tenants/residents.
[Amended 5-22-2017 by Ord. No. O:21-2017]
Any landlord/owner, including but not limited to a landlord/owner of a multiple-dwelling unit, mobile home or the like, upon conviction, is subject to a fine of not to exceed $1,000, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both fine and imprisonment, and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.