No insurance company authorized to issue fire
insurance policies in the State of New Jersey shall pay any claim
in excess of $2,500 for fire damage on any real property located within
the Township of Pohatcong, County of Warren and State of New Jersey,
pursuant to any fire insurance policy issued or renewed after the
adoption of this article and after the filing of this article with
the State Commissioner of Insurance, until such time as all taxes
and assessments and all other municipal liens or charges due and payable,
appearing on the official certificate of search for municipal liens,
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-12, certifying that such taxes, assessments,
liens or charges have been paid either by the owner of such real property
or by the insurance carrier, or the municipality submits to the insurance
company a copy of a resolution stating that the governing body of
the municipality is satisfied that the claim for fire damage is to
be used to restore or improve the fire-damaged property and authorizing
the full payment of the claim on such insurance company to the insured
person.
The governing body of the township may enter
into an agreement with the owner of any fire-damaged property to pay
in full all delinquent taxes, assessments or other municipal liens
by installments, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-19, or for the redemption
of a tax sale lien by installment payments, pursuant to Article 7
of Chapter 5 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, if
the governing body is satisfied that the claim for fire damage is
to be used to restore or improve the fire-damaged property.
Nothing in this article shall affect the authority
of the township to enforce a municipal lien under any other law of
this state.