[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Saddle River 5-19-1997 by Ord. No. 97-648-C. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
This chapter shall apply to all low and moderate income
housing units created in the Borough, including those in the PUD Zone
and any other low and moderate income housing units that may be developed
in the future.
B.
An affirmative marketing plan is a regional strategy
designed to attract buyers and/or renters of all majority and minority
groups within the housing region, regardless of sex, age or number
of children, to housing units which are being marketed by a developer/sponsor,
the municipality and/or a designated administrative agency of affordable
housing within the Borough. The plan prohibits discrimination in the
sale, rental, financing or other services related to such housing
on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, handicap, age (except
for designated senior citizens' units), familial status, family size
or national origin.
C.
The Borough of Saddle River is located in the Northeast
Housing Region of the State (Region 1) which includes the Counties
of Bergen, Hudson, Passaic and Sussex.
A.
Daily newspapers/publications.
(1)
All newspaper articles, advertisements, announcements
and requests for applications pertaining to low and moderate income
housing units shall appear in the following daily regional newspapers/publications:
(2)
The primary marketing shall take the form of at least
one press release sent to the above publications and a paid display
advertisement (at least four column inches) in each of the above newspapers.
Additional advertising and publicity shall be on an "as needed" basis.
(3)
The advertisement shall include a description of the:
(a)
Street address(es) of the units;
(b)
Directions to the housing units;
(c)
Number of units currently available;
(d)
Anticipated dates of future available units;
(e)
Numbers of bedrooms per available unit;
(f)
Range of sales prices and monthly rents available;
(g)
Sizes of available units;
(h)
Income limit information;
(i)
Where and how applications may be obtained,
including business hours at each location; and
(j)
Name, telephone number and location of the Housing
Board's or its designated agent's office.
B.
Weekly newspapers/publication/newsletters.
(1)
All newspaper articles, advertisements, announcements
and requests for applications pertaining to low and moderate income
housing units shall appear in at least the following neighborhood-oriented
weekly newspapers, religious publications and organizational newsletters
within the region:
D.
Applications/information.
(1)
The following are the locations where applications
and information packets to be used as part of the affirmative marketing
plan shall be available:
(a)
Saddle River Borough Municipal Building
(b)
Bergen County Library (all branches)
(c)
Hudson County Library (all branches)
(d)
Passaic County Library (all branches)
(e)
Sussex County Library (all branches)
(f)
Developer's sales office(s)
(g)
Office of Bergen County Housing Authority
(h)
Major employers in the region, including but
not limited to the following:
[1]
Englewood Hospital Association, 350 Engle Street,
Englewood 07631
[2]
County of Bergen, Court Plaza South, Hackensack
07601
[3]
Hackensack Medical Center, 30 Prospect Street,
Hackensack 07601
[4]
United Parcel Service, 340 MacArthur Boulevard,
Mahwah 07430
[5]
Bergen Pines County Hospital, East Ridgewood
Avenue, Paramus 07652
[6]
Macy's, Garden State Plaza and Paramus Park
Mall, Paramus 07652
[7]
The Society of the Valley Hospital, 223 North
Van Dien Avenue, Ridgewood 07451
[8]
Holy Name Hospital, 728 Teaneck Road, Teaneck
07666
[9]
Allied Signal, Inc., Route 46, Teterboro 07608
[10]
Metpath, Inc., One Malcolm Avenue, Teterboro
07608
(i)
Major churches in the area, including but not
limited to:
[1]
St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church, Saddle
River
[2]
Zion Lutheran, Saddle River
[3]
Church of the Presentation, Upper Saddle River
[4]
Reformed Church, Upper Saddle River
[5]
Temple Beth Emmanuel, Woodcliff Lake
[6]
St. Joseph's, Woodcliff Lake
[7]
Bergen Highlands United Methodist Church, Upper
Saddle River.
(2)
Quarterly flyers and copies of application and information
packets shall be sent to the following community contact organizations,
agencies, officials and departments:
(a)
Bergen County Director of Social Services
(b)
Hudson County Director of Social Services
(c)
Passaic County Director of Social Services
(d)
Sussex County Director of Social Services
(e)
Bergen County Office on Aging
(f)
Hudson County Office on Aging
(g)
Passaic County Office on Aging
(h)
Sussex County Office on Aging
(i)
Bergen County Rental Assistance Office (local
DCA office)
(j)
Hudson County Rental Assistance Office (local
DCA office)
(k)
Passaic County Rental Assistance Office (local
DCA office)
(l)
Sussex County Rental Assistance Office (local
DCA office)
(m)
Bergen County Housing Authority
(n)
Hudson County Housing Authority
(o)
Passaic County Housing Agency
(p)
Sussex County Housing Agency
(q)
Bergen County Board of Realtors
(r)
Hudson County Board of Realtors
(s)
Passaic County Board of Realtors
(t)
Sussex County Board of Realtors
(u)
Bergen County Community Development Office
(v)
Hudson County Community Development Office
(w)
Passaic County Community Development Office
(x)
Sussex County Community Development Office
(y)
Bergen County Department of Human Services
(z)
Hudson County Department of Human Services
(aa)
Passaic County Department of Human Services
(bb)
Sussex County Department of Human Services
(3)
The following is a listing of community contact person(s)
and/or organization(s) in Bergen, Hudson, Passaic and Sussex Counties
that will aid in the affirmative marketing program:
A.
The Borough of Saddle River will have the responsibility
to income qualify low and moderate income households; to provide for
the initial occupancy of low and moderate income units with income
qualified households; to continue to qualify households for reoccupancy
of units as they become vacant during the period of affordability
controls; to assist with advertising and outreach to low and moderate
income households; and to enforce the terms of the deed restriction
and mortgage loan, per N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.1. The Borough may contract
with an outside agency or consultant for some or all of these services.
B.
The Borough or its designee shall offer counseling
services to low and moderate income applicants on subjects such as
budgeting, credit issues, mortgage qualification, rental lease requirements
and landlord tenant law. The following service providers shall be
asked to assist in fulfilling the requirements:
C.
Owners of low and moderate income housing units shall
be required to assist in the marketing of their affordable units as
provided in this chapter.
D.
The Borough of Saddle River shall comply with the
monitoring and reporting requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:93-11.6 and 12.1.
Any outside consultant retained to assist in the marketing of the
affordable units shall submit the appropriate documentation to the
Borough so that the monitoring and reporting requirements can be fulfilled.
A.
Households that apply for low and moderate income
housing shall be pre-screened by the Borough (or its designee) for
income eligibility by comparing their total income to the current
low and moderate income limits adopted by COAH. Applicants will be
notified as to their eligibility status.
B.
In order to ensure a sufficient supply of qualified
applicants, the advertising process shall continue until at least
10 income-eligible applicants have applied for each low and moderate
income unit available or until all of the available low and moderate
income units within the Borough have been rented or sold whichever
occur first.
C.
Having pre-screened applicants for income eligibility,
the Borough (or its designee) shall analyze the income and household
size of each applicant to determine which of the available low and
moderate income housing units the applicant is qualified to occupy.
D.
The Borough (or its designee) shall interview each
applicant to verify the applicant's income and review the applicant's
credit history. Applicants shall be required to submit income verification
for each household member 18 years or older. This process shall be
utilized in establishing the final certified applicant group.
E.
If there is more than one certified applicant for
an available low and moderate income unit, placement shall be made
on a first come/first served basis, considering the date the application
was first received by the Borough (or its designee).
F.
The process described above shall begin at least 120
days before the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for an affordable
dwelling unit in the affordable housing compliance program and shall
continue until all low and moderate income units are occupied and
for as long as there are deed-restricted affordable units within the
municipality.
G.
A waiting list shall be maintained by the Borough
(or its designee) for the purpose of facilitating initial rentals
and sales and any rerentals or resales after all of the low and moderate
income units have been initially occupied. The Borough (or its designee)
shall update the waiting list annually by contacting prospective applicants
and determining their continuing eligibility for and interest in the
program.
H.
Households who live or work within the housing region
shall be given preference over households from outside of the housing
region for the first 30 days that a unit becomes available. If no
qualified households from within the housing region can be found within
30 days, the unit may be sold or rented to a household from outside
the housing region.
I.
Households shall generally be referred to available
units using the following standards for occupancy:
(1)
A maximum of two persons per bedroom;
(2)
Children of the same sex in same bedroom;
(3)
Unrelated adults or persons of the opposite sex other
than husband and wife in separate bedrooms; and
(4)
Children not in same bedroom with parents.
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Households may be considered for units other than as set forth herein except that in no case shall a household be referred to a unit that provides for more than one additional bedroom over the number required by the application of subsection I (1) through (4) above.
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