[Added 8-4-1986 by Ord. No. 9-1986]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-39
every application for development submitted to the Planning Board
shall be accompanied by proof that no taxes or assessments for local
improvements are due or delinquent on the property which is the subject
of such application; or, if it is shown that taxes or assessments
are delinquent on said property, any approvals or other relief granted
by said Board shall be conditioned upon either the prompt payment
of such taxes or assessments or the making of adequate provision for
the payment thereof in such manner that the municipality will be adequately
protected.
Copies of this chapter shall be available upon
request and payment of a fee covering cost of preparation. It shall
be the right of any applicant to request a meeting with the Planning
Board to review his development concepts and/or the applicability
of the regulations of this chapter.
[Added 1-27-1977 by Ord. No. 2-1977]
All applications and procedures for subdivision approval, both major and minor, shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with Chapter
34, Land Use Procedures, and in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Land Use Law, and in the event of conflict, the provisions of Chapter
34, Land Use Procedures, and of the Municipal Land Use Law shall supersede this chapter, and applications and procedures shall be in accordance with Chapter
34, Land Use Procedures, and Municipal Land Use Law.
[Added 3-15-1999 by Ord. No. 5-1999]
A. The Township of Harrison has prepared a Housing Element
and Fair Share Plan in response to its affordable housing obligation
as determined by the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). This section
shall apply to all developments that contain proposed low- and moderate-income
units that may be constructed or rehabilitated in the Township.
B. The Affirmative Marketing Plan is a regional marketing
strategy designed to attract buyers and/or renters of all majority
and minority groups, regardless of sex, age, or number of children,
to housing units which are being marketed by a developer/sponsor of
affordable housing. It is a continuing program and covers the period
of deed restriction. The plan shall address the requirements of N.J.A.C.
5:93-11. In addition, the plan prohibits discrimination in the sale,
rental, financing or other services related to housing on the basis
of race, color, sex, religion, handicap, age, familial status/size
or national origin. Harrison Township is in the housing region consisting
of Burlington, Gloucester, and Camden Counties.
C. The Affirmative Marketing Program is a continuing
program and shall meet the following requirements:
(1) All newspaper articles, announcements and requests
for applications for low- and moderate-income units shall appear in
the Gloucester County Times and any other daily regional publications
as described by the developer. (One major newspaper is sufficient
as long as the combined outreach efforts attract sufficient applicants.)
(2) The primary marketing shall take the form of at least
one press release sent to the publications described by the developer
above and a paid display advertisement in the Gloucester County Times.
Additional advertising and publicity shall be on an as-needed basis.
(3) The advertisement shall include a description of the:
(a)
Street address of the units;
(b)
Directions to the housing units;
(c)
Number of bedrooms per unit;
(g)
Location of application including business hours
and where/how applications may be obtained.
(4) All newspaper articles, announcements and requests
for applications for low- and moderate-income housing shall appear
in the following neighborhood-oriented weekly newspapers, religious
publications and organizational newsletters within the region:
(c)
Harrison Township Newsletter.
(5) The following regional radio and/or cable television
stations shall be used: Comcast (local channel).
(6) The following are locations where applications, brochures,
signs and/or posters used as part of the Affirmative Marketing Program
should be placed:
(a)
Harrison Township Municipal Building.
(b)
The developer's sales office.
(c)
Gloucester County Office of Municipal and County
Government Services.
(d)
Gloucester County Housing Authority.
(7) The following is a listing of community contact persons
and/or organizations which will aid in the Affirmative Marketing Program
with particular emphasis on contacts that will reach out to groups
that are least likely to apply for housing within the region: Robert
Broughton (Gloucester County Community Development).
(8) Quarterly flyers and applications shall be sent to
each of the following agencies for publication in their journals and
for circulation among their members: Board of Realtors in Burlington,
Camden, and Gloucester Counties.
(9) Applications shall be mailed to prospective applicants
upon request.
(10)
Additionally, quarterly information circulars
and applications shall be sent to the chief administrative employees
of each of the following agencies in the Counties of Burlington, Camden,
and Gloucester: Welfare or Social Service Board, Rental Assistance
Office (local office of the Department of Community Affairs), Office
on Aging, Housing Authority, Library, and area community action agencies.
(11)
All developers of low- and moderate-income housing
units shall be required to affirmatively market the affordable units
in their respective developments.
(12)
The developer of low- and moderate-income housing
units has the responsibility to contract on its own with the Affordable
Housing Management Service (AHMS) of the New Jersey Department of
Community Affairs (DCA) to administer COAH's provisions for affirmative
marketing, to income-qualify low- and moderate-income households;
to place income-eligible households in low- and moderate-income units
upon initial occupancy; to continue to qualify households for reoccupancy
of units as they become vacant during the period of affordability
controls; assist with advertising and outreach to low- and moderate-income
households; and to enforce the terms of the deed restriction and mortgage
loan as per N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.1. The mentioned service providers have
agreed to perform counseling services to low- and moderate-income
households on subjects such as budgeting, credit issues, mortgage
qualification, rental lease requirements and landlord/tenant law.
(13)
Households who live or work in Burlington, Camden,
and Gloucester Counties may be given preference for the sales and
rental units constructed within the housing region. Applicants living
outside the housing region shall have an equal opportunity for the
units after regional applicants have been initially serviced.
(14)
The marketing program shall commence at least
120 days before the issuance of either temporary or permanent certificates
of occupancy. The marketing program shall continue until all low-
and moderate-income housing units are initially occupied and for so
long as affordable units are deed restricted and occupancy or reoccupancy
of units continues to be necessary.
(15)
The developer shall make available to the Harrison
Township Planning Board Secretary any and all information required
by COAH to comply with its monitoring and reporting requirements as
noted in N.J.A.C. 5:93-11.6 and 5:93-12.1.