N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-68.2
The owner of any hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house who proposes to increase its operation to a full-year basis and who can demonstrate that a hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house in the municipality is not prohibited from operating on a full-year basis as provided under section 1 of this act shall file copies of that information with the Commissioner of Community Affairs in accordance with the requirements set forth in section 1 of this act and provide copies of that information to the clerks of the municipality and county in which the hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house is situated. The commissioner shall review that information submitted by the hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house owner and, within 30 days of receiving the information submitted, provide a determination of whether or not the hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house meets the requirements of section 1 of this act. If the commissioner does not provide a determination within the 30-day period, the hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house owner may commence the operation of the hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house on a full-year basis.
N.J.S. § 40:55D-68.2