Popular Livingston 4-star Hotels

I expected a tad more for the money I paid here. I had thought Livingston - so more upscale of rooms...and I even paid for one of the newer rooms. It was clean and I appreciate that and I had zero noise at night so that was great. I was apprehensive upon check-in b/c when we parked, there was a guy smoking **** in his car next to us. On check-in they give you a waiver to sign - a very long waiver so I read it. Part of it was you had to request housekeeping the night before (no big deal) - but there was a very large section on parties. Zero tolerance for it and will be fined or even kicked out for multiple calls. I applaud that aspect but I started questioning why there was a long waiver for that. THEN, the guy said it's an extra $75/night (that will be refunded to you if you cause no trouble). Which set off red flags for me - obviously, they've had a lot of problems in the past. In the room - there is also a sign that if you smoke **** (or anything) in the room you're being fined. Now - all that said - we had zero problems - but also not too busy when we were there. The hotel is large and definitely can host weddings / conferences so this is one way for them to limit the noise violations - or smoking/drunkenness. Again - I applaud that b/c I want to be able to sleep at night. Overall - average hotel that I think is in a bit of a need of an upgrade.