[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Atlantic
City 1-6-1988 by Ord. No. 128-1987; amended in its entirety 11-6-1991 by Ord. No.
81-1991. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any person lawfully residing in any residential structure
within the city who is made homeless as a result of any action by
the city in condemning said structure as being unsafe or unfit for
human habitation, or any person lawfully residing in any residential
structure who is made homeless as a result of fire, not caused by
the willful or wanton conduct of said person.
Any emergency shelter provided by the city, in which individuals
are not housed in separate dwelling units for each individual or family
unit, but are housed in group facilities, where individuals may be
separated only by sex, with young children being permitted to reside
with their parent regardless of sex.
[Repealed 9-2-1992 by Ord. No. 85-1992]
Any emergency shelter provided by the city, in which individuals
or families are housed in separate dwelling units for each individual
or family unit.
The dwelling unit from which the person was displaced.
[Added 9-2-1992 by Ord. No. 85-1992]
[Amended 9-2-1992 by Ord. No. 85-1992]
Individual emergency shelter may be obtained by displaced persons
for a period not to exceed 60 days, provided that any such displaced
person is not entitled to or eligible to receive temporary emergency
shelter from any agency of any county, state or other governmental
agency other than the city. If it is determined that any displaced
individual is entitled to or eligible to receive temporary emergency
shelter from any such agency, any such individual shall be promptly
referred to the appropriate county, state or other governmental agency
responsible for that individual with emergency shelter. In special
hardship circumstances where it is found that a displaced person has
been unable, despite his or her best efforts, to obtain alternative
housing within 60 days, the Business Administrator or his designee
shall be permitted to authorize individual emergency shelter for another
10 days, with two possible renewals, for a total of 30 days. For each
ten-day renewal, the displaced person must continue to show that his
or her best efforts were expended, and that their portion of the rent
has been paid.
[Amended 9-2-1992 by Ord. No. 85-1992]
Dormitory emergency shelter may be obtained by any displaced
person who has received the maximum amount of individual emergency
shelter permitted by this chapter and who, despite diligent efforts,
has been unable to obtain alternative shelter during that time period.
[Amended 9-2-1992 by Ord. No. 85-1992]
No displaced person shall be eligible for either individual
emergency shelter or dormitory shelter unless he or she has made full
disclosure, within five days of displacement, of the name and address
of his or her landlord, the amount of rental paid to his or her landlord
and the time periods of payment (monthly, weekly), the name and address
of his employer and any and all other providers of support or entitlements,
on a form provided by the Business Administrator or his designee.
[Amended 9-2-1992 by Ord. No. 85-1992]
The obligation of tenant to pay rent, and obligation of city
to provide certain benefits shall be as follows:
A.
Any displaced person residing in an individual emergency shelter
or dormitory shelter shall not be obligated to pay or reimburse the
City of Atlantic City for any shelter received during the first 28
days. Any displaced person residing in any individual emergency shelter
or dormitory shelter for more than 28 days shall be obligated to pay
directly to the owner of the shelter a sum equal to the rent paid
by the displaced person prior to the emergency which caused his or
her displacement. The amount to be paid shall be confirmed by the
Business Administrator or his designee. Said payments shall be due
on the 29th day any person resides in a temporary emergency shelter,
but shall not exceed the actual cost of the rent or cost of the temporary
shelter.
B.
Any person who fails to make payment to the owner of the shelter
of a sum equal to the rent he or she paid for rent prior to the emergency
when due shall no longer be eligible for either individual emergency
shelter or dormitory shelter from the city.
C.
If the cost for the temporary shelter exceeds the amount of the rent
previously paid by the tenant before the emergency, then the city
shall pay the difference between the rent for the rental unit and
the cost of the temporary shelter, but in no circumstance shall the
city be obligated to pay more than $75 per week for each unit occupied
by the tenant and his or her family while in a temporary shelter.
D.
The Business Administrator or his designee shall provide a list of
possible emergency shelters to the displaced person at the time of
the emergency, if possible, or at the time of disclosure.
E.
The city shall pay the owner of the temporary shelter selected by the tenant for the first 28 days. Thereafter, the tenant shall pay the full amount due directly to the landlord. If the tenant is entitled to a subsidy under Subsection A of this section, the subsidy shall be paid directly to the tenant.
