[Ord. # 2013-05; Ord. #2017-24]
There is hereby imposed within the Township of Plumsted a tax to be charged in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 54:32B-1 et seq., on charges of rent for every occupancy within a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast or inn. Said tax shall be in addition to any and all taxes or fees imposed under State statute or local ordinances upon the occupancy of a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast or inn. The tax rate shall be calculated as follows:
The occupancy tax rate shall be 2%.
[Ord. #2013-05]
A. 
All taxes imposed by this chapter shall be paid by the occupant of the room.
OCCUPANT
A person who, for a consideration, uses, possesses or has the right to use or possess any room in a hotel or motel, under any lease, concession, permit, right of access, license to use or other agreement or otherwise.
B. 
The owner of the hotel/motel and/or the person or entity making the hotel/motel room available for occupancy, shall not assume or absorb any of the tax imposed by this chapter.
C. 
The owner of the hotel/motel and/or the person making the room available for occupancy shall not in any manner advertise or hold out to any person or to the public in general, in any manner, directly or indirectly, that the tax will be assumed or absorbed by the owner, that the tax will not be separately charged and stated to the occupant, or that the tax would be refunded to the occupant.
[Ord. #2013-05]
A. 
The tax imposed by this Article shall be collected on behalf of the municipality by the person collecting the rent from the hotel/motel occupant. That person shall either be the owner of the hotel/motel, the manager or sales person or other employee of the owner who arranges with the occupant for the rental of the room.
B. 
Individual liability. Each person required to collect the tax imposed by this Article shall be personally liable for the tax imposed, collected or required to be collected hereunder. Any such person shall have the same right in respect to collecting the tax from an occupant as if the tax were a part of the rent and payable at the same time.
[Ord. #2013-05]
A. 
A person required to collect the tax imposed under this Article as described above shall, on or before the 28th day of each month, forward to the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of Treasury, the tax collected in the preceding month and shall make and file a return for the preceding month with the Director on any form and containing any information as the Director shall prescribe as necessary to determine liability for the tax in the preceding month during which the person was required to collect the tax. Should the Director determine to require payments of tax liability at any intervals and based upon any collection classifications other than described in this Article, the person required to collect the tax shall comply with any determinations made in that regard by the Director.
B. 
The Director of the Division of Taxation shall collect and administer the tax imposed under this Article, and shall determine and certify to the State Treasurer on a quarterly or more frequent basis, the amount of revenues collected in each municipality. The State Treasurer, upon certification of the Director, shall pay and distribute on a quarterly or more frequent basis, as prescribed by the State Treasurer, the amount of revenues determined and certified as described above, to the Township of Plumsted.
[Ord. #2013-07]
Any person who violates Section 21AA-2B and 21AA-2C of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.); imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days; or a period of community service not exceeding ninety (90) days. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.