[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Montville by Ord. No. 2000-39 (Ch. 5.54 of the 1998 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The renting, leasing, maintaining, keeping, operating, conducting
or providing of overnight or temporary sleeping accommodations for
a consideration to tourists, transients or travelers in tourist accommodations,
whether meals are served on the premises or not.
Any separate room, suite, cabin or quarters, whether or not
physically attached or connected to any building or structure used
for tourist accommodations.
A group of buildings more commonly known as motels, hotels,
tourist courts, tourist lodges, tourist cabins, motor lodges, motor
courts, auto courts.
No person shall engage in the business of conducting
tourist accommodations without first having applied for and obtained
a license from the Township Committee.
The following information is required:
A.
A description of the buildings, structures and accommodations
upon the lands or those proposed to be erected thereon.
B.
A list
of the housing or lodging units either erected or proposed, with the
maximum number of persons which can be accommodated in each unit.
C.
A description
of the type of construction and whether or not the same are or will
be fireproof, and a description of the size of the automobile off-street
parking areas.
D.
A statement
as to whether or not pets would be allowed at the facility.
E.
A statement
as to whether or not the premises contains a cigarette vending machine.
F.
In the case of corporate applicants, the names and
addresses of all stockholders holding 10% or more of any stock and
the names and addresses of all members of the Board of Directors and
all officers of the corporation.
G.
On all newly proposed buildings or structures, a sketch
of the premises showing all buildings and structures, their size and
location, proposed off-street parking areas and proposed signs accompanying
the application.
A.
The Township Clerk shall forward the application to
the Health Officer and the Land Use Administrator who shall inspect
the premises to determine whether or not they comply with respective
Township ordinances and regulations. If the premises does not comply,
the officer shall attach to the application a written list of recommendations
and return the same to the Township Clerk who shall in turn return
the application along with the recommendations to the applicant.
B.
When new construction for tourist accommodations is
planned, the Health Officer, Land Use Administrator and Construction
Official shall review the plans to be sure the applicant complies
with all Township ordinances or regulations, and, if they do not comply,
their recommendations shall be attached to the application and returned
to the Township Clerk who shall in turn return the application along
with the recommendations to the applicant.
Applications made for transfer of an existing
license to another person shall set forth the same matters and things
as are required by this chapter to be set forth in connection with
an original application for a license.[1] The Township Committee with the consent of the licensee
and upon payment of a fee of 20% of the annual license fee for the
license sought to be transferred, may transfer to such applicant any
license issued under the terms of this chapter. The 20% shall be retained
by the Township whether the transfer is granted or not.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2002-07]
A.
Each licensee shall at all times maintain and preserve
on the licensed premises a card register which shall be available
at any hour of the day or night to any law enforcement officer. All
card registers shall be maintained on the licensed premises for a
period of not less than six years.
B.
No person shall occupy and no licensee shall permit
any person to occupy a lodging unit on the licensed premises unless
the person renting such lodging unit writes in the card register in
ink and in his own handwriting his full and true name and address,
together with the names of any and all additional people who will
be occupying the room. The applicant shall also list the make, year,
and state license or registration number of the motor vehicle then
being used by the registrant.
C.
The licensee shall cause to be written on the register
card in ink the number of the lodging unit assigned to each registrant,
the date and hour of registration, the signature of the person taking
or accepting the registration and the date when the occupant of each
lodging unit quits and surrenders the same.
Off-street parking areas shall be provided on
the premises for all vehicles belonging to the occupants of the tourist
accommodations.
The Police Department may inspect the licensed
premises at any hour of the day or night to determine that the provisions
of this chapter are being complied with.
