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NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.12n (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.12n - Findings, determinations, declarations.

40:48-2.12n Findings, determinations, declarations.  1. The Legislature finds, determines and declares: a. Many of the municipalities in this State, and the residents thereof, have experienced disturbances, damage and public expense resulting from carelessly granted and inadequately supervised rentals to irresponsible tenants by inept or indifferent landlords.  b. To preserve the peace and tranquility of those communities it is necessary and desirable that those communities have adequate means to curb and discourage those occasional excesses arising from irresponsible rentals. c. Accordingly, it is the purpose of this legislation to enable municipal governing bodies to take effective action to assure that excesses, when they occur, shall not be repeated, and that landlords be held to sufficient standards of responsibility.  L.1993, c.127, s.1; amended 2009, c.170, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.12o (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.12o - Definitions.

40:48-2.12o Definitions.  2. As used in this act: "Hearing officer" means a person designated pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12p) to hear and determine proceedings under P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12n et seq.). "Landlord" means the person or persons who own or purport to own a building in which there is rented or offered for rent housing space for living or dwelling under either a written or oral lease which building contains no more than four dwelling units. In the case of a mobile home park, "landlord" shall mean the owner of an individual dwelling unit within the mobile home park.  "Substantiated complaint" means a complaint which may form the basis for proceedings in accordance with subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12q). L.1993, c.127, s.2; amended 2009, c.170, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.12p (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.12p - Ordinance holding landlords to standards of responsibility.

40:48-2.12p Ordinance holding landlords to standards of responsibility.  3. a. The governing body of any municipality may enact an ordinance holding landlords to standards of responsibility in the selection of tenants and supervision of the rental premises, requiring that under certain circumstances, as hereinafter in P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12n et seq.) described, such landlords may be required to post adequate bond against the consequences of disorderly behavior of their tenants, and in the case of subsequent violations forfeit such bond, in whole or part, in compensation for the consequences of such behavior. b. To assure impartiality in the administration of such an ordinance, the municipal governing body shall make provision for the hearings and decisions held and made thereunder to be conducted and decided by a licensed attorney of this State who shall not be an owner or lessee of any real property within the municipality, nor hold any interest in the assets of or profits arising from the ownership or lease of such property.  L.1993, c.127, s.3; amended 2009, c.170, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.12r (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.12r - Complaints, proceedings against landlord, recovery from tenant.

40:48-2.12r Complaints, proceedings against landlord, recovery from tenant.  5. a. If during the period for which a landlord is required to give security pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12q) a substantiated complaint is recorded against the property in question, the governing body or its designee may institute proceedings against the landlord for the forfeiture or partial forfeiture of the security, for an extension as provided in subsection e. of section 4 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12q), of the period for which such security is required, or for an increase in the amount of security required, or for any or all of those purposes.  b. Any forfeiture or partial forfeiture of security shall be determined by the hearing officer solely in accordance with the amount deemed necessary to provide for the compensatory purposes set forth in subsection d. of section 4 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12q). Any decision by the hearing officer to increase the amount or extend the period of the required security shall be determined in light of the same factors set forth in subsection d. of section 4 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12q), and shall be taken only to the extent that the nature of the substantiated complaint or complaints out of which proceedings arise under this section indicates the appropriateness of such change in order to carry out the purposes of this act effectually. The decision of the hearing officer in such circumstances shall be enforceable in the same manner as provided in subsection d. of section 4 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12q). c. A landlord may recover from a tenant any amounts of security actually forfeited as described in subsection b. of this section.  L.1993, c.127, s.5; amended 2009, c.170, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.12t (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.12t - Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program created by municipality.

40:48-2.12t Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program created by municipality.  1. a. The governing body of a municipality, by resolution, may create a Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program to provide senior citizens age 60 or older who reside in the municipality with reduced parking permit rates and program-restricted parking spaces within the municipality for a single automobile registered to the senior citizen. Under such a program, a senior citizen shall be permitted to use a program-restricted parking space if the senior citizen is driving his or her own automobile, or if he or she is a passenger in his or her own automobile while the automobile is being driven by another person. b. A municipality that creates a Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall determine the application process for the program, the cost of a reduced-rate parking permit and decal, and the number and location of program-restricted parking spaces, and shall post that information on the municipality's website, if one exists, and shall make the information available in printed form at the office of the municipal clerk. A municipality that participates in the program shall not charge an application fee to senior citizens applying for a reduced-rate parking permit, but may charge fees for the issuance or renewal of a permit. c. The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall design and shall make available to municipalities that create a Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program signs that identify program-restricted parking spaces. A municipality that creates a Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program pursuant to this section shall erect the signs as appropriate within the municipality in areas where program-restricted parking spaces are available. Signs erected pursuant to this section shall be consistent with applicable federal standards including those prescribed by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, if applicable. L.2015, c.179, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.13 - Removal, destruction of brush, weeds, debris, etc.; ordinance authorized

40:48-2.13. Removal, destruction of brush, weeds, debris, etc.; ordinance authorized  1. The governing body of every municipality shall have power to make, enforce, amend and repeal ordinances requiring the owner or tenant of a dwelling or lands lying within the limits of such municipality, where it shall be necessary and expedient for the preservation of the public health, safety, general welfare or to eliminate a fire hazard, to remove from such lands or dwelling or destroy brush, weeds, including ragweed, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris within 10 days after notice to remove or destroy the same, and to provide for the removal or destruction of the same by or under the direction of some officer of the municipality in cases where the owner or tenant shall have refused or neglected to remove or destroy same in the manner and within the time provided above, and to provide for the imposition of penalties for the violation of any such ordinance. For the purposes of this section, garbage shall not include solid waste stored in such a way that it is accessible to and likely to be strewn about by animals such as but not limited to dogs, cats, raccoons, birds or rodents pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1994, c.167 (C.40:48-2.13a).  L.1943,c.71,s.1; amended 1968,c.94,s.1; 1994,c.167,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.13a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.13a - Municipal ordinance requiring solid waste removal

40:48-2.13a. Municipal ordinance requiring solid waste removal  1. The governing body of a municipality may make, enforce, amend and repeal an ordinance requiring the owner or tenant of a dwelling or land located within the municipality, when it is necessary and expedient for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, to remove from that dwelling or land or to destroy any solid waste stored in such a way that it is accessible to and likely to be strewn about by animals such as but not limited dogs, cats, raccoons, birds, or rodents. The ordinance shall require removal or destruction of the solid waste within a specific period of time which shall be not less than 72 hours or more than 10 days after the owner or tenant has received written notice to that effect. The governing body of a municipality also may provide in the ordinance for the removal or destruction of the solid waste by or under the direction of an officer or code enforcement officer of the municipality when the owner or tenant refuses or neglects to remove or destroy the solid waste in the manner and within the time required by the ordinance, and provide for the imposition of penalties for the violation of the ordinance.  L.1994,c.167,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.14 - Cost for removal; lien

40:48-2.14. Cost for removal; lien  2. In all cases where brush, weeds, including ragweed, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris are destroyed or removed from any dwelling or lands under any ordinance adopted pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1943, c.71 (C.40:48-2.13) or section 1 of P.L.1994, c.167 (C.40:48-2.13a), by or under the direction of an officer or code enforcement officer of the municipality, such officer or code enforcement officer shall certify the cost thereof to the governing body, which shall examine the certificate, and if found correct shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against said dwelling or lands; the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such dwelling or lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such dwelling or lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.  L.1943,c.71,s.2; amended 1968,c.94,s.2; 1994,c.167,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.16 - Monument, memorial to commemorate service of armed forces.

40:48-2.16 Monument, memorial to commemorate service of armed forces.  1. The governing body of any municipality may, by resolution, provide for the construction and erection of a monument or memorial of a permanent character commemorative of the services provided by the men and women in the armed forces of the United States, or to provide for a contribution to part of the cost of any similar monument or memorial; provided, that any such resolution shall set forth the price in respect to the monument or memorial, including the type of the monument or memorial and the amount of money proposed to be expended or contributed. L.1947,c.335,s.1; amended 1949, c.78; 2001, c.342, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.17 - Expenditures; duly sworn claim required

40:48-2.17. Expenditures; duly sworn claim required  In the event that any such ordinance provides for a contribution in accordance with the provisions of this act, no money shall be expended by the municipality except upon the presentation of a duly sworn claim approved by resolution of the governing body of the municipality. L.1947, c. 335, p. 1087, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.26 - Brush and hedges near roadways and intersections, cutting of

40:48-2.26. Brush and hedges near roadways and intersections, cutting of  The governing body of every municipality shall have power to make, enforce, amend and repeal ordinances requiring the owner or tenant of lands lying within the limits of such municipality to keep all brush, hedges and other plant life, growing within ten feet of any roadway and within twenty-five feet of the intersection of two roadways, cut to a height of not more than two and a half feet where it shall be necessary and expedient for the preservation of the public safety, within ten days after notice to cut the same, and to provide for the cutting of the same by or under the direction of some officer of the municipality, to be designated in said ordinance, in cases where the owner or tenant shall have refused or neglected to cut the same in the manner and within the time provided above and to provide for the imposition of penalties for the violation of any such ordinance. L.1949, c. 152, p. 535, s. 1, eff. May 19, 1949.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.27 - Cost of cutting brush and hedges; charging against lands; lien

40:48-2.27. Cost of cutting brush and hedges; charging against lands; lien  In all cases where brush, hedges and other plant life are cut from any lands within the limitations of section one hereof under any such ordinance, by or under the direction of an officer of the municipality, such officer shall certify the cost thereof to the governing body, which shall examine the certificate and if found correct shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against said lands, or in the event that such cost is excessive to cause the reasonable cost thereof to be charged against said lands. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as other taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes. L.1949, c. 152, p. 535, s. 2, eff. May 19, 1949.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.28 - Fire prevention ordinances authorized

40:48-2.28. Fire prevention ordinances authorized  In addition to powers granted pursuant to article 1 of chapter 48 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, the governing body of any municipality may by ordinance provide for the regulation and control of any or all of the following matters related to fire prevention which are hereby declared to be matters in the interest of the public health and safety: (a) Construction, maintenance and use of flues and chimneys; (b) The types of space heaters using liquid fuel and methods of installation, maintenance and use thereof; (c) The methods, other than underground storage, which may be employed for storage of various amounts of liquid fuels. L.1955, c. 157, p. 652, s. 1, eff. July 20, 1955.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.29 - Designation of enforcement officials; right of entry for inspection purposes; educational program relating to space heaters

40:48-2.29. Designation of enforcement officials; right of entry for inspection purposes; educational program relating to space heaters  Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this act shall designate the municipal officials responsible for enforcing the provisions of the ordinance and may provide that designated officers, employees or specially designated agents of the municipality may enter upon lands and buildings in the municipality for the purpose of inspection of flues, chimneys, space heaters and the storage of liquid fuel and installations and facilities in connection therewith and may provide for an educational program to instruct users of space heaters in proper methods of installing, cleaning, maintaining and adjusting the same to minimize fire hazard. L.1955, c. 157, p. 652, s. 2, eff. July 20, 1955.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.30 - Ordinance to provide what constitutes a nuisance.

40:48-2.30 Ordinance to provide what constitutes a nuisance.  3. The ordinance shall provide that the installation, maintenance or use of such equipment or facilities, which by reason of type, installation, or place of use constitute a fire or explosion hazard endangering the lives of persons and property, constitutes a nuisance.   L.1955,c.157,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.31 - Discovery of nuisances; written notice to remove or abate

40:48-2.31. Discovery of nuisances; written notice to remove or abate  Whenever the municipality by inspection or otherwise discovers a nuisance as provided in section 3 of this act, notice in writing shall be given to the owner of the premises to remove or abate the same within the time specified in such notice, which shall be not less than 7 days from the date of service thereof. A duplicate of the notice shall be left with a tenant or occupant of the premises, if any. If the owner resides outside the State the notice shall be given by mail and provide additional time for compliance and a duplicate of the notice shall be left with a tenant or occupant or posted on the premises. L.1955, c. 157, p. 653, s. 4, eff. July 20, 1955.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.32 - Inspection contracts with volunteer fire companies; agents of municipality

40:48-2.32. Inspection contracts with volunteer fire companies; agents of municipality  The governing body of a municipality may contract with a volunteer fire company or companies to perform inspections pursuant to this act and in such case designate as agents of the municipality, for such purpose, the members of such fire company or companies. L.1955, c. 157, p. 653, s. 5, eff. July 20, 1955.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.33 - Refusal to permit inspection; continuance of nuisances; penalties

40:48-2.33. Refusal to permit inspection; continuance of nuisances; penalties  The ordinance shall provide that any person who refuses to permit an authorized representative of the municipality to enter upon the premises and make inspections in accordance with section 2 of this act or who continues to use any equipment or facility declared to be a nuisance pursuant to the ordinance without complying with the provisions of the notice given, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $100.00, or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both. Each day of continuance of a nuisance after the time required for abatement thereof, shall constitute a separate offense. L.1955, c. 157, p. 653, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.39 - Licensed premises for retail sale of alcoholic beverages; purchase or condemnation; retirement of license

40:48-2.39. Licensed premises for retail sale of alcoholic beverages; purchase or condemnation; retirement of license  In any case in which a municipality acquires by purchase or condemnation any real estate within the municipality which includes any licensed premises for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages, or upon application of the holder of any such license in a municipality in which the number of retail consumption licenses exceeds the limitation thereon provided for in P.L. 1947, chapter 94 (N.J.S.A. 33:1-12.14), the governing body of the municipality, whenever it finds that a transfer of the license to, and the retirement of the license by, the municipality is in the public interest, may contract with the licensee for such transfer upon such terms and for such consideration as shall be mutually agreeable and as the governing body shall deem to be reasonable. Upon the transfer of any retail alcoholic beverage license as herein provided, such license shall thereupon be retired by the municipality and shall not thereafter be reissued to any applicant. L.1966, c. 317, s. 1. Amended by L.1967, c. 187, s. 1, eff. July 27, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.40 - Alcoholic beverage retail consumption licenses; reduction of number

40:48-2.40. Alcoholic beverage retail consumption licenses; reduction of number  The governing body of any municipality in which the number of existing alcoholic beverage retail consumption licenses exceeds one for each 2,000 of its population according to the latest Federal census, may by ordinance determine it is in the public interest to reduce the number of such licenses, authorize the acquisition and retirement by the municipality of licenses in excess of such limitation by contracts with licensees and appropriate funds therefor. L.1968, c. 277, s. 1, eff. Sept. 4, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:48-2.41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:48-2.41 - Maximum amount payable for transfer to municipality; limitation on reduction; reissuance

40:48-2.41. Maximum amount payable for transfer to municipality; limitation on reduction; reissuance  No such contract shall authorize payment to the licensee for transfer of the license to the municipality of a sum in excess of $30,000.00 and no such contract shall result in the reduction in the number of retail consumption licenses to fewer than one for each 3,000 of the municipality's population, and no license so acquired by the municipality shall be reissued to any applicant. L.1968, c. 277, s. 2, eff. Sept. 4, 1968. Amended by L.1979, c. 61, s. 1, eff. April 4, 1979; L.1982, c. 62, s. 1.