TOMS RIVER - Recent raids at two township motels have led the Township Council to adopt a new law that would require hotel and motel guests to show government-issued I.D. when they check in.

Township Administrator Paul J. Shives said the ordinance was modeled on a similar measure that's on the books in Wall.

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The township's newly-formed "Quality of Life Task Force," which conducted recent raids at downtown's Red Carpet Inn and the Americana Motel on Route 166, became aware of the Wall ordinance and recommended the council adopt it, Shives said.

The task force includes members from the police department and Bureau of Fire Prevention, as well as the zoning and code enforcement departments.

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The ordinance requires motel and hotel guests produce a government-issued photo identification and two other forms of identification when checking into a hotel or motel.

Motel and hotel guests will also have to provide their phone numbers, a description of their vehicle, and their driver's license number. Shives said some of the township's hotels and motels already collect this information, while others do not.

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In early October, 11 men and four women were arrested at the Red Carpet Inn on Water Street and accused of drug distribution and drug possession.

About a month later, the township filed a public nuisance complaint against the 50-room motel, saying it "endangers the safety or health of a considerable number of people," and that "unlawful conduct" takes place there.

Police said officers have responded to more than 750 incidents at the Red Carpet Inn since 2015, for "a range of things" such as narcotics possession and distribution, theft, fraud and assaults, medical calls and reports of suspicious persons, according to Assistant Township Attorney Anthony Merlino.

Watch the video above to learn more about the public nuisance complaint against Red Carpet Inn.

The nuisance complaint is a disorderly persons offense and will be heard in municipal court. Should a judge find that the motel is a public nuisance, the business could be forced to shut down for up to a year.

On Nov. 22, 10 people were charged with drug-related offenses, ranging from possession of controlled dangerous substances to distribution of controlled dangerous substances, during a raid on the Americana Motel.

Fire code violations were also found at the Americana during the raid, according to police.

Jean Mikle: 732-643-4050; @jeanmikle, jmikle@gannettnj.com