There is hereby ordained and enacted by the Board of Commissioners
of York County, as provided by Act No. 137 of 1992 of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the following Recorder of Deeds fee-increasing chapter.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "County
Affordable Housing Fees Ordinance."
The County Commissioners of York County intend to raise revenues
to enable county residents to purchase or rent quality residential
housing.
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings given to them in this section, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
AFFORDABLE HOUSING EFFORT
Any program or project, approved by the York County Board
of Commissioners, which increases the availability of quality housing,
either sales or rental, to any York County resident whose annual income
is less than the median income of the County of York.
MEDIAN INCOME
The median household income for the County of York, as determined
annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The fees charged by the Recorder of Deeds for recording deeds
and mortgages under the Act of June 12, 1919 (P.L. 476, No. 240),
referred to as the "Second Class County Recorder of Deeds Fee Law," and the Act of April 8, 1982 (P.L. 310, No. 87), referred
to as the "Recorder of Deeds Fee Law," shall be increased as follows:
A. Deeds: from $11.50 each to $23.
B. Mortgages: from $11.50 each to $23.
Any additional moneys, raised under §
49-5 of this chapter, shall be deposited in the general fund of the county, which shall be allocated as follows:
A. A minimum of 85% of the additional revenue shall be deposited in
an affordable housing trust fund and used to fund affordable housing
efforts. These include, but are not limited to:
(1) Providing local matching funds to secure National Affordable Housing
Act of 1990 HOME funds.
(2) Assisting or supporting housing efforts by the Pennsylvania Housing
Finance Agency and by commercial banks and thrift institutions.
(3) Supporting second, soft-mortgage programs.
B. Not more than 15% of the additional revenue may be used for administrative
costs associated with the affordable housing efforts.
The York County Planning Commission shall be responsible for
administering affordable housing efforts. The York County Planning
Commission shall prepare procedures for affordable housing efforts
for the Board of Commissioners' review and action within 90 days
of the enactment of this chapter.