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retroactive payment of up to the preceding four quarters, for an applicant seeking tax exempt status in any current tax year subject to establishing their entitlement to same.

SECTION 2. It shall be the policy of the Township to authorize the return of taxes collected on property which would have been so exempt for up to four quarters preceding the otherwise effective date and approval date of said exemption pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:4-3.32.

SECTION 3. Any Ordinance inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.

SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall take effect after second reading and publication as required by law.

DATE: ___ MAYOR MICHAEL REINA

MAYOR MICHAEL REINA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and passed by the Township Council on first reading at a meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson held on the 10th day of August, 2021, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at a regular meeting of the Township Council to be held on the 24th day of August, 2021, at 7:30 p.m., at the Township Municipal Building, located at 95 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time and place any persons desiring to be heard upon the same will be given the opportunity to be so heard.

Janice Kisty, RMC, Jackson Township Clerk

ORDINANCE: 18-21

TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, COUNTY OF OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF BLOCK 15901, LOT 34 IN ACCORDANCE WITH N.J.S.A. 40A:12-5(a)(1)

PUBLIC HEARING OPENED:

NO ONE CAME FORWARD.

MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 18-21 BY: CHISHOLM MOTION SECONDED BY: FLEMMING

YES: BORRELLI, CHISHOLM, FLEMMING, KERN

ABSENT: SAUICKIE

MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 18-21 ON SECOND READING, ADVERTISE THE NOTICE OF PASSAGE AND APPROVAL IN AN APPROVED NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED BY LAW BY: BORRELLI MOTION SECONDED BY: FLEMMING YES: BORRELLI, CHISHOLM, FLEMMING, KERN ABSENT: SAUICKIE

WHEREAS, the Estate of Grace Gionfredo advises that it is the owner in fee of certain real property located within the Township of Jackson, commonly known as Lot 34 in Block 15901 as shown on the official tax maps of Jackson Township; and

WHEREAS, the Estate of Grace Gionfredo wishes to donate said property to the Township of Jackson pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:12-5(a)(1); and