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Letter read into record urges change to CCO rule, seeks $75 refund for 24 Main Street
Summary
A letter read into the Robbinsville Township meeting record said the townshipinterpretation of two code sections led to a $75 CCO fee for temporary family occupancy at 24 Main Street and asked for reimbursement and ordinance amendments to exempt short-term family stays from CCO requirements.
A letter from an attorney for the owner of 24 Main Street in Robbinsville was read into the public record during the township meeting. The letter says township staff interpreted sections 274-6 and 109-8 of the township code to require a Certificate of Continued Occupancy (CCO) and a $75 fee after a family member temporarily occupied the property.
The letter, read into the record by a meeting participant, said no landlord-tenant relationship, ownership transfer or possessory interest occurred and that the occupancy was temporary while family members awaited relocation. It says the owner was told by municipal attorney Mr. Reno that they had three options: ignore the violation and risk a municipal-court summons, be allotted time to abate an alleged violation, or pay the CCO fee and request a refund. The letter requests reimbursement of the $75 CCO fee and proposes amending the ordinance so that "occupancy of a dwelling by a family, military family member or other individual residing without payment of rent and without the creation of a land-lease shall not constitute a sale, transfer, or other disposition of the property and shall not require the issuance of a certificate of continued occupancy, CCO," exempting temporary family arrangements from triggering the CCO requirement.
The letter frames the proposed amendment as narrowing the ordinance to apply only to actual transfers of ownership or possessory rights rather than temporary family occupancy arrangements, and it asks the council to clarify that adult children, aged parents and military family members living temporarily in a home should not trigger CCO requirements or associated fees.
Council members acknowledged the letter on the record. No vote or formal action on the request for reimbursement or the proposed ordinance amendments occurred during the meeting; the item was received into the public record and the meeting proceeded to other agenda items.
The letter stated the authorrepresented the owner and indicated an intention to pursue the matter further; the council did not announce any staff directive or follow-up reporting timeline during the session.
