There is hereby established a Department of
Community Development in the Township of Mount Laurel, County of Burlington,
State of New Jersey.
The head of said Department shall be appointed
by the Manager and subject to the direction and supervision of the
Manager.
The governing body may, as an alternative to the appointment set forth in §
4-58.3, contract for the administration of this Article with respect to low- and moderate-income housing with either a responsible nonprofit corporation or agency of the county or state government which is qualified to provide this service.
The duties of the Housing Official shall include
but not be limited to the following:
A. To administer the rules, regulations and procedures
established by the Township of Mount Laurel for qualification and
determination of eligible occupants.
B. Review the prequalification and predetermination of
eligible occupants made by any developer or inclusionary housing.
C. To make determinations of eligibility of occupants
of low-and moderate-income housing based upon documentation submitted
through the developer of such inclusionary housing as to the qualification
of the potential buyer or lessee of the unit, based upon such potential
purchaser or lessee's income and any other criteria set out in the
rules and regulations.
D. To make determinations that the sales price or rental
price does not exceed the ceiling established.
E. To make determinations that the household is of the
appropriate size for the unit to be occupied.
F. To keep copies of all applications and approvals on
file.
G. To maintain a list of low- and moderate-income households
that seek to acquire low- and moderate-income housing.
H. Upon the advice of the Master, to issue certifications
permitting an increase in the income ceiling of an eligible purchaser
if prospective purchasers cannot be found for resales.
I. To certify the price of a resale unit based upon documentation
submitted.
J. To administer the township downpayment assistance
program as defined by court order.
K. To send to the Township Solicitor for review copies
of all covenants proposed by an inclusionary developer, which covenants
are to restrict the low- and/or moderate-income unit as such low-
and/or moderate-income unit for the period of time set forth in the
court order.
L. To serve notice of breach upon the owner of any low-
and moderate-income units in the event that the township finds that
the owner has violated any provision of the consent order or ordinances
controlling said housing.
M. To administer housing units to which title has been
acquired by the township.
N. To review and approve written affirmative marketing
plans submitted by the developer.
O. To calculate affordability guidelines adjusted for
family size at such times as there is a change in the periodic income
estimates and standard coefficients of the United States Department
of Housing and Urban Development for the region encompassing Mercer,
Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties and make these affordability
guidelines to developers and to the public at large.