New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 15 - EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR THE HOMELESS
Subchapter 1 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Section 5:15-1.6 - Licenses

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:15-1.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) No person or agency shall own or operate an emergency shelter for the homeless without a license from the public official having jurisdiction, or the Bureau.

(b) There shall be three classes of shelters, which shall be as follows:

1. Class I--adult individuals, 24 hour a day shelter;

2. Class II--adult individuals, providing shelter during the night time hours only;

3. Class III--facilities with children.

(c) The annual fee for licenses shall be $ 10.00.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in the Rehabilitated Convicted Offenders Act (2A:168A-1 et seq.), no license shall be issued to any person who has at any time been convicted of embezzlement, extortion, crimes against the person or other like offenses, or to any partnership of which such person is a member, or to any association or corporation which said person is an officer, director, employee who will be responsible for the operation of the facility or in which, as a stockholder, such person has or exercises a controlling interest either directly or indirectly.

(e) No license shall be issued to any person who is not qualified pursuant to 5:15-4.15(e).

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