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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.
 

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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.
 

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-jersey > Title-40 > Section-40-48 > 40-48-2-12p

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.