Information provided to the Carneys Point Township
Committee indicates that many landlords in the Township do not obtain
a certificate of occupancy as such is required under the Carneys Point
Township Code. The failure to request a certificate of occupancy often
leads to the rental of dwelling units that are substandard and which
require substantial repairs and improvements. In order to properly
supervise and administer the laws requiring and regulating certificates
of occupancy, the Carneys Point Township Committee determines that
landlords should be required to file a tenant's registration statement
with the Township Clerk every six months.
[Amended 10-13-1993 by Ord. No. 561]
Every landlord shall file with the Carneys Point
Township Clerk a tenant registration statement on forms prescribed
by the Township Clerk, which tenant registration statement shall provide
the following information:
A. The name and address of the record owner or owners
of the premises and the record owner or owners of the rental business,
if not the same persons. In the case of a partnership, the names of
all general partners shall be provided.
B. If the record owner is a corporation, the name and
address of the registered agent and corporate officers of said corporation.
C. If the address of any record owner is not located
in Salem County, the name and address of a person who resides in Salem
County and who is authorized to accept notices from a tenant and to
accept service of process on behalf of the record owner.
D. The name and address of the managing agent of the
property, if any.
E. The name and address, including the dwelling unit,
apartment or room number, of the superintendent, janitor, custodian
or other individual employed by the record owner or managing agent
to provide regular maintenance services, if any.
F. The name, address and telephone number of an individual
representative of the record owner or managing agent who may be reached
or contacted at any time in the event of an emergency affecting the
premises or any unit of dwelling space therein, including such emergencies
as the failure of any essential service or system. Such representative
shall have authority to make emergency decisions concerning the building
and any repair thereto or expenditure in connection therewith.
G. The name and address of every holder of a recorded
mortgage on the property.
H. If fuel oil is used to heat the building and the landlord
furnishes the heat in the building, the name and address of the fuel
oil dealer servicing the building and the grade of fuel oil used.
I. The name and address of the tenant occupying each
unit.
J. The date the tenant commenced occupancy of the dwelling
unit.
K. Mailing address of the rental unit.
L. Number of bedrooms in rental unit.
M. Names of adults occupying the rental unit.
N. Names of children occupying the rental unit.
O. Date that occupancy commenced.
The registration statement required pursuant to §
193-2 hereof shall be filed with the Township Clerk not later than January 30 and July 30 of each year. The statement due not later than January 30 shall provide information which is accurate as of the January 1 immediately preceding. The statement due not later than July 30 shall provide information which is accurate as of the July 1 immediately preceding. It shall be the responsibility of the landlord to file said registration statement.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
or neglect to comply with any of the terms or provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed
$1,000.
This chapter shall become effective on January
1, 1989, so that the registration statements required under this chapter
shall be due not later than January 30, 1989, with regard to information
accurate as of January 1, 1989.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
herewith are repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
If any section, paragraph, subsection, clause
or provision of this chapter shall be declared by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity
of this chapter as a whole or any other part thereof.