JACKSON – Council President Mordechai Burnstein announced during a recent council meeting that a township rental list was now available for public viewing on the township’s website.
He explained, “it is a list of all the rentals in town. If you see a rental in your neighborhood and you are not sure if it is legal, the first the thing to do is check that list. There are about 1,900 addresses. It may take a little bit of time to see how that list works. We will be reaching out to the Code (Department) to make it a little user friendly.”
“You can see if an address in your neighborhood is registered which is a very necessary first step,” the council president said noting that initially the landlords and management company names were on the list and that due to legal concerns it is just addresses. “We’ll obviously update the public.”
“I met with Councilman (Christopher) Pollak. It was a great idea and we ran it right away to the mayor who instantly approved that information be public – something that really should have been public for years,” Burnstein said.
The Rental List can be found on the township website at jacksontwpnj.net/602/List-of-Rental-Properties-in-Town
Burnstein added that the mayor has authorized the extension of hours for the code enforcement office based on the various rental issues that are present in the township. He also mentioned some minor changes were occurring to South New Prospect by Louisiana Parkway “so be mindful if you are driving in that area.”
Mayor Jennifer Kuhn referenced a letter from a resident concerning the township’s police department and code enforcement office. The letter commended a code enforcement official that the mayor said she could not name due to legal reasons who responded to a situation of “two illegal rentals that are now LLCs.”
“The properties in question were leaving massive amounts of garbage around and leaving it on the lawn. They were renting two homes that had the same property without filling out any permits with the town,” the mayor added.
She said that same resident commended officers of the police department “on their professionalism and people skills.”
