[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Montague 5-11-76 by resolution. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There shall be made official certificates of searches as to
municipal improvements authorized by ordinance of the municipality
but not assessed, affecting any parcel or tract of land in Montague
Township in that a future assessment will be made thereon pursuant
to such ordinance.
Each such certificate shall, where such an ordinance has not
been adopted, state that no ordinance has been adopted by the Township
Committee of the Township of Montague authorizing any improvement
for which a future assessment will be made upon the parcel or tract
of land covered by such certificate, or if such an ordinance has been
adopted, such certificate shall set forth the number of the ordinance,
the date of its adoption and the type of improvement or improvements
authorized by it.
Such certificates shall be called "certificates as to liability
for assessment for municipal improvements." The Township Clerk shall
be and is hereby designated the person who shall make such certificates.
The Township Clerk shall issue such a certificate within 15 days after
receipt of the fees hereinafter provided and of a written application
from any person containing a diagram showing the location and dimensions
of the tract of land to be covered by the certificate and the name
of the owner of the tract.
The Township Clerk shall be entitled to demand and receive for
each such certificate issued by her a reasonable fee not in excess
of the following amounts:
A.Â
The fee
for the issuance by the municipal clerk of a certificate of assessment
for municipal improvements, for each tax lot shall be $10.00.
B.through D.Â
(Reserved)
E.Â
When the holder of a certificate issued as hereinbefore provided,
shall, within three years from the date hereof, apply for a continuation
thereof, the fees charged therefor shall not exceed $2 per calendar
year.
Any person who shall acquire for a valuable consideration an
interest in lands covered by any such certificate in reliance thereon
shall hold such interest free from any subsequent liens of the municipality
for any such municipal improvements which have been authorized by
ordinance at the time such certificate was issued, but not assessed,
and which are not shown in such certificate.
If the Township Clerk fails to issue the same within 15 days
after receipt of an application therefor and the fees provided for
herein, a person acquiring an interest in lands described in the application
and in reliance thereon shall hold such interest free from any subsequent
liens of the municipality for any such municipal improvements which
have been authorized by ordinance prior to the expiration of said
15 days but not then assessed.
