Editing Hampton Township, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
Hampton Township is governed under the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state.<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters [[at-large]] in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 110.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=7 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 7. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor.

{{As of|2024}}, members of the Hampton Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Timothy S. Dooley ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2024), David S. Hansen (R, 2026), Eileen Klose (R, 2025), Ed Ramm (R, 2024) and Philip L. Yetter (R, 2026).<ref name=Committee>[https://www.hamptontownshipnj.info/township-committee/pages/meet-committee Meet the Committee], Hampton Township. Accessed May 24, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.hamptontownshipnj.info/sites/g/files/vyhlif8021/f/uploads/2024-_budget_into_part_1_a-19_0.pdf 2024 Municipal Data Sheet], Hampton Township. Accessed May 24, 2024.</ref><ref name=Sussex2023>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Nov-7-2023-GE-OFFICIAL-summary-rpt-with-write-ins-suppressed.pdf Summary Results Report Official Results November 7 2023 General Election], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], November 22, 2023. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Sussex2022>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NOV-8-2022-GE-Official-County-Summary.pdf Sussex County, New Jersey General Election November 8, 2022, Official Results Summary Report], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], dated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Sussex2021>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/official-11-22-21.pdf Summary Results Report November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], updated November 22, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>

In January 2015, the township committee selected Scott MacKenzie to fill the vacant seat of Keith Gourlay expiring in December 2016.<ref>Staff. [http://www.kwwl.com/story/28655945/2015/03/30/assembly-freeholder-top-june-primary-races-as-candidates-file "Assembly, freeholder top June primary races as candidates file"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623195222/http://www.kwwl.com/story/28655945/2015/03/30/assembly-freeholder-top-june-primary-races-as-candidates-file |date=2015-06-23 }}, [[KWWL (TV)]], March 30, 2015, updated May 31, 2015. Accessed June 23, 2015. "Republican Scott McKenzie filed petitions for the unexpired term (through Dec. 31, 2016) of Keith Gourlay. McKenzie was appointed to fill the vacancy on the committee pending the November election."</ref> MacKenzie served on an interim basis until the November 2015 general election, when he was elected to serve the one year remaining on the term of office, while Keith Gourlay—who had left office earlier—was elected to a term expiring in December 2018.<ref name=Sussex2015>[http://sussexcountyclerk.org/docs/elections/2015/20151103-Official/EL45AOFFICIAL.html Sussex County General Election November 3, 2015 Summary Report Official Results], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 6, 2015. Accessed August 1, 2016.</ref>

The township passed an ordinance that prohibits short-term rentals below 150 days as of May 2021, targeting people using companies such as [[Airbnb]].<ref>[https://www.hamptontownshipnj.info/sites/g/files/vyhlif8021/f/uploads/2021-06.pdf "An Ordinance To Amend The Revised General Ordinances Of The Township Of Hampton, County Of Sussex, State Of New Jersey, To Add New Chapter 84, Entitled “Short-Term Residential Rental Property Regulations"], Hampton Township. Accessed December 21, 2023. "No dwelling unit shall be rented or let for occupancy by a person for a period of less than 150 consecutive days."</ref>