[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Lavallette.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
N.J.S.A. 40:52-1.2 permits a municipality to require, by adoption of
an ordinance, that an applicant for certain permits pay any property taxes
and assessments due on the property if the applicant is the owner of the property
whereon the activity is to be conducted and also to provide for the revocation
or suspension of those permits upon the owner's failing to pay taxes
due on the property for at least three consecutive quarters. Further, the
statute requires that the permit shall be restored upon payment of the overdue
taxes or assessments to the municipality.
A.
An applicant for a construction permit for major work issued under Chapter 20, Construction Codes, Uniform, of the Code of the Borough of Lavallette and the State Uniform Construction Act shall be required to pay any delinquent property taxes, assessments or municipal charges on the property wherein the activity for which the permit is sought to be conducted if the applicant is the owner of such real property. A construction permit for major work shall be automatically suspended when any permit holder, who is an owner of the property on which the construction activity is conducted, has failed to pay real property taxes, assessments or other municipal charges due on the property for at least three consecutive quarters. Upon the permit holder's paying the delinquent taxes, assessments or municipal charges, the construction permit shall be automatically restored.
B.
This provision shall not apply to a construction permit
issued for minor work pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.17A.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:52-1.2, the provisions of this chapter shall
not apply to or include any alcoholic beverage license or permit issued pursuant
to the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.
