Any applicant for a permit, license, approval or relief from any ordinance or regulation of the Township of Harmony, from either the Township Committee, any township board, officer, licensing official or township employee, seeking permission or authority of the applicant to use any parcel of real property owned by the applicant within the Township of Harmony, in the County of Warren, shall, as a condition to obtaining said permit, license, approval or relief, submit proof with such application that all real estate taxes assessed against such real property, to include rollback taxes that were assessed as omitted assessments and which are unappealable, have been paid through the current tax quarter or any required due date that has accrued prior to or at the date of the application as filed.

No permit, license, approval or relief for any use or activity in connection with a designated parcel of real property located in the Township of Harmony, in the County of Warren, shall be issued by the Township Committee, any township board, officer or licensing official or employee of the township unless that body, official or employee has received from the applicant a certification that all real estate taxes assessed against such real property, including rollback taxes as above provided, have been paid through the current quarter or any due date that accrued through the date of issuance of the permit, license, approval or release.

The Township Tax Collector shall receive a fee in the amount of two dollars ($2.) for providing a certification of the payment of all taxes under this Article.