(a) 
Definitions.
Community group
means a group or individual performing repair work on a qualified residence for a resident owner at no charge for labor.
Department director
means the director or chief of any City of Irving department or division and his or her designee.
Qualified residence
means an owner occupied residence that is in a structure that does not produce income for its owner.
Resident owner
means a person who is disabled or over sixty (60) years of age, whose household income is fifty (50) percent or less of the median income for the City of Irving, who resides in a structure that does not produce income for him or her, and who is not able to pay for repairs or construction work on the structure.
(b) 
Fee waiver.
(1) 
A department director may waive any fee adopted by City of Irving ordinance except water and sewer hookup fees for a community group for repair on a qualified residence performed for the benefit of a resident owner.
(2) 
To obtain a waiver of a fee or fees, the community group or resident owner must submit to a director a correctly completed application on a form provided by the city, a copy of the resident owner's income tax return for the year previous to the year in which the fee waiver is sought, and an affidavit of the resident owner's inability to pay the fee or fees for which the waiver is sought executed by the resident owner.
(3) 
This section prevails in all cases in which it is in conflict with or inconsistent with any other City of Irving ordinance.
(Ordinance 7242, § 1, adopted 4/23/1998; Ordinance 7648, § 2, adopted 5/25/2000)
(a) 
Definitions.
Affordable housing
means single-family or multi-family housing which meets affordability requirements as specified by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations at 24 CFR 92.252 and 92.254.
Department director
means the director or chief of any City of Irving department or division, or his or her designee.
Grant recipient
means any person or entity, including a homeowner, a contractor, or a subrecipient entity, which has contracted with the city's Community Development Department Grants Program to receive Community Development Block Grant or HOME Investment Partnerships Grant funds for the rehabilitation or development of affordable housing.
Low or moderate income resident
means an Irving household whose income is less than eighty (80) percent of the area median income, adjusted for family size, as established annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(b) 
Fee waiver.
(1) 
A department director shall waive any development or building inspections fee adopted by City of Irving ordinance upon an applicant's compliance with subsection (3) herein, except any water and sewer hookup fees which may be restricted through bond covenant, for grant recipients for work on affordable housing projects which are funded through the Community Development Block Grant or the HOME Investment Partnerships Grant.
(2) 
A department director shall reimburse any City of Irving development or building inspections fees upon an applicant's compliance with subsection (3) herein, except any water and sewer hookup fees which may be restricted through bond covenant, for grant recipients for work on affordable housing projects within the six (6) months prior to May 25, 2000, which are funded through the Community Development Block Grant or the HOME Investment Partnerships Grant.
(3) 
To obtain a waiver or reimbursement of a fee or fees, the grant recipient must submit to a director or his or her designee a correctly completed application on a form provided by the city, executed by an authorized representative of the grant recipient, which designates the site and nature of the affordable housing project and is verified by the city as funded with Community Development Block Grant or HOME Investment Partnerships Grant funds.
(4) 
This section prevails in all cases in which it is in conflict with or inconsistent with any other City of Irving ordinance.
(5) 
The city council hereby dedicates the total value of all such waived fees to the city's HOME Investment Partnerships Grant Program as a portion of its matching contribution, to be documented and summarized annually and submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(Ordinance 7242, § 1, adopted 4/23/1998; Ordinance 7648, § 2, adopted 5/25/2000)