Cranford City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
Abandoned Properties to Affordable Housing Program
[Added 9-8-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-11]
§ 255-105 Purpose.
The purpose of this article is as follows: There is hereby created an Abandoned Properties to Affordable Housing Program (AP-AH Program) to utilize the Township's Affordable Housing Trust Fund to identify appropriate abandoned properties, take title and rehabilitate such properties, and then deed restrict such properties as an affordable housing unit.
§ 255-106 Designation of abandoned properties for affordable housing.
A.
Upon a property being added to the Abandoned Property List as established by § 255-92 of the Municipal Code of the Township of Cranford, the Administrative Agent, as defined in § 255-67, shall be notified of the property's address, including block and lot numbers, as it appears on the Tax Map.
B.
The Administrative Agent shall evaluate the suitability of the property as an affordable housing unit and make its recommendations in writing to the Township Committee.
C.
Upon the Township Committee's approval, memorialized by resolution, the property shall become part of the AP-AH Program.
D.
If the Township Committee declines to designate the property for the AP-AH Program, the property remains subject to the terms of Article IX.
§ 255-107 Rehabilitation of APO-AH properties.
A.
Upon a property being put into the AP-AH Program, the Administrative Agent shall oversee the process set forth in Article IX, §§ 255-94 through 255-102, and exercise all the authority of the Public Officer set forth in those sections.
B.
Administrative costs for the AP-AH Program shall be funded, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, by the Township's existing Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
C.
At the conclusion of the process set forth in Article IX, the property shall:
(1)
Become a restricted unit, as defined in § 255-67, except that the restricted unit shall be exempt from bedroom distribution requirements and may be exempt from low/moderate splits and at the Township's sole discretion pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:93-5.11(a)5; or
(2)
Sold in fee with the net proceeds of the sale returned to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
