[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of
the City of Egg Harbor City 2-23-1995 by Ord. No. 4-1995. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Land use and development — See Ch. 170.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any room or rooms, or suite or apartment thereof, whether
furnished or unfurnished, which is occupied or intended, arranged
or designed to be occupied for sleeping or dwelling purposes by one
or more persons, provided that this definition shall not be construed
to include:
Any rooming house or boardinghouse as defined
by the Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979, N.J.S.A. 55:13B-1 et
seq.
Any hotel, motor hotel, motel or established
guesthouse which is commonly regarded as a hotel, motor hotel, motel
or established guesthouse; however this section is limited to a hotel,
motor hotel, motel or established guesthouse which contains at least
10 or more units of dwelling space or has sleeping facilities for
at least 25 or more persons and is kept, used, maintained, advertised
as or held out to be a place where sleeping or dwelling accommodations
are available to transient or permanent guests.
A.
No person shall rent, lease or let to any occupant
or occupants, whether or not for consideration, any unit of dwelling
space unless a housing permit has been obtained from the City of Egg
Harbor City. The housing permit shall be valid for a period of one
year and shall be on a form prepared by the City of Egg Harbor City.
The housing permit shall be posted on the interior door of the entrance
to the unit of dwelling space.
B.
The owner of record of the property in question, regardless
of an individual, partnership, firm and/or corporation, shall be responsible
to renew the housing permit annually.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 13-2005; 5-28-2015 by Ord. No. 6-2015]
The housing permit referred to in § 161-2 shall not be issued by the City of Egg Harbor City unless the following conditions are satisfied:
A.
An inspection fee in the amount of $75 per year is paid to the City of Egg Harbor. Said fee shall be paid no later than June 30 of each year. If not paid by June 30, the application fee shall be $100, in addition to any sanctions imposed hereafter in § 161-5. Fees are subject to revision by resolution of the City Council of the City of Egg Harbor.
[Amended 6-23-2016 by Ord. No. 9-2016]
B.
The owner of the building in which a unit of dwelling space is situated
has, upon a form provided by the City of Egg Harbor, registered said
premises and designated thereon the name and address of the owner
and the name and address of the resident and/or individual charged
with responsibility of the maintenance of said property and the names
and addresses of the lessors of the property.
No tenant or occupant of any unit of dwelling
space shall sublease, sublet or permit use of the unit of dwelling
space without complying with the provisions of this chapter.
Any individual, partnership, firm and/or corporation
violating the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be subject, for the first offense, to a fine of not less than $50
nor more than $250. For a second offense, an individual, partnership,
firm and/or corporation shall be subject to a fine of not less than
$100 nor more than $500. For a third or subsequent offense, an individual,
partnership, firm and/or corporation shall be subject to a fine of
not less than $250 nor more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county
jail for a period not to exceed six months.
This chapter shall be in addition to any and
all requirements of obtaining a certificate of occupancy, a certificate
of continuing occupancy, an occupancy transfer certificate and any
and all applicable permits and/or certificates as required by law.
[Added 9-26-2013 by Ord. No. 12-2013]
All residential rental properties are subject to an annual inspection
by an Egg Harbor City Code Official. The Code Official is authorized
to enter the premises at reasonable times to inspect. The Code Official
shall carry proper identification when inspecting premises.
