Source: https://www.ecode360.com/33946364
Timestamp: 2019-11-15 08:16:27
Document Index: 376376475

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 202', '§ 202', '§ 202', '§ 202', '§ 202', '§ 202', '§ 202', '§ 202']

Egg Harbor City, NJ Excessive Use of Municipal Services
Ch 202 Art III Excessive Use of Municipal Services
§ 202-8 Reporting of municipal services use.
§ 202-9 Criteria for determination of excessive use of municipal services.
§ 202-10 Notice requirements; complaint procedure.
§ 202-11 Hearing procedure; costs to be assessed; violations and penalties.
§ 202-12 Assessment of lien.
§ 202-13 Remedies; aggrieved persons.
Article III Excessive Use of Municipal Services
[Adopted 8-9-2018 by Ord. No. 9-2018]
The City of Egg Harbor Police Department is responsible for keeping and maintaining records detailing information regarding the services provided, including the following information:
The City of Egg Harbor Police Department shall coordinate its responsibilities under this chapter with the public officer responsible for enforcing these regulations.
Of the City's demand for the abatement of the activities resulting in the qualifying calls.
By publishing the complaint and notice of hearing once in the official newspaper of the City of Egg Harbor; and
The public officer may also, but is not required to, notify the owner, tenant or occupant of any property at any time that the number of qualifying calls to that property is in excess of 50% of the number specified in the schedule in § 202-9.
In the event of a vacancy in the office of Chief of Police, the highest ranking officer in the Police Department or his designee shall be responsible for the administrative responsibilities of the Chief of Police outlined in this article.
The hearing officer shall determine at the hearing whether the subject property received qualifying calls during the subject sixty-day period in excess of that as indicated in § 202-9 for the type of property being considered. If so, the hearing officer shall adjudge the property to be a nuisance property and shall, in his reasonable discretion, assess a fine in an amount that conforms to the monetary penalty provisions of the City of Egg Harbor Municipal Code, the "general penalty" provision; provided, however, that the fine shall be calculated on the basis of the adjudication constituting a single violation. Any such fine shall be entirely assessed against the property owner unless a requisite number of qualifying calls involve the same tenant or occupant on the property, in which case the fee shall be divided and assessed, in equal parts, against the owner and each involved tenant/occupant.
By publishing the order once in an official newspaper of the City of Egg Harbor;
By recording the order in the Atlantic County Clerk's office.
Upon conclusion of the hearing and the hearing officer's determination, the property shall be considered to have no qualifying calls and a new sixty-day qualifying call cycle shall begin. In the event that a property again is deemed, after notice and hearing as set forth above, to be a nuisance property, the hearing officer shall have the discretion to impose a fine in an amount that conforms to the monetary penalty provisions of the City of Egg Harbor Municipal Code.
Upon the failure to comply with the terms of the order for the payment of money owed to the City of Egg Harbor by any owner of property against which costs, fee or penalties was assessed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the total cost established shall be assessed as a lien against the subject property. The assessment shall be collected, and the lien may be enforced in the same manner as real estate tax amounts and liens are assessed, collected and enforced. Such enforcement of unpaid moneys due under this chapter shall include the right by the City of Egg Harbor to revoke, suspend or not issue or renew municipal licenses or permits related to the subject property in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:52-1.2.