(a) The Township shall not approve any license, permit, variance, rezoning requests, or take any other municipal action of approval, unless the person or entity so requesting and any affiliated entities do not have any outstanding overdue payments to the Township. Excluded as an affiliated entity is any landlord or lessor from whom a tenant or lessee is renting, unless the tenant or lessee, or a shareholder, director, member, partner, employee, or their immediate family member, meaning father, mother, brother, sister or child is a shareholder, director, member, partner, or employee of the landlord or lessor.
(b) Overdue payments defined. Over due payments shall mean monies whether disputed or otherwise which are determined by the Township to be over due and owing including by way of illustration only real and personal property taxes, jeopardy assessments, permit fees, charges, contract balances, required deposits, required bonds, inspection fees or any other outstanding financial obligation. A payment will not be considered having been made, if made by check or other instrument until the payment is cleared after negotiation from the instrument of payment by the Township.
(c) Township defined. The term Township shall mean the Township, Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Commission, Police, Fire, Civil Service Commission, General Civil Service Commission, all committees, commissions, boards, departments and employees.
(d) Appeal. A person aggrieved by a determination pursuant to this provision may appeal by furnishing within seven days an appeal in writing to the Treasurer’s office. The non payment Appeal Board consisting of the Treasurer, Clerk and Supervisor, or each of their designees, shall make a determination on such appeal as to whether an issue of non payment exists within forty-five days after receipt of such materials or any hearing, if requested by the person aggrieved.
(Ord. 390. Passed 12-14-09; Ord. 202. Passed 6-30-14.)