Milltown City Zoning Code
§ 34-18.5
Rehabilitation.
a.
Milltown's rehabilitation program shall be designed to renovate deficient housing units occupied by low-income and moderate-income households such that, after rehabilitation, these units will comply with the New Jersey State Housing Code pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:28. The rehabilitation program shall include an owner occupancy rehabilitation program and a renter occupancy rehabilitation program.
b.
Milltown shall designate an administrative agent for its rehabilitation program by resolution on an annual basis.
c.
Both owner-occupied and renter-occupied units shall be eligible for rehabilitation funds.
d.
All rehabilitated units shall remain affordable to low-income and moderate-income households for a period of 10 years (the control period). For owner-occupied units, the control period shall be enforced with a lien, and, for renter-occupied units, the control period shall be enforced with a deed restriction.
e.
Milltown shall make available up to $20,000 per unit toward the hard costs of rehabilitation. In addition, the administrative costs associated with the rehabilitation program shall be determined on an annual basis with the administrative agent for the rehabilitation program.
f.
The Borough of Milltown shall adopt a resolution committing to fund any shortfall in the rehabilitation program.
g.
The administrative agent shall provide a rehabilitation manual for the owner-occupied units and a rehabilitation manual for the rental units that shall be adopted by resolution of the governing body. Both manuals shall be continuously available for public inspection in the Office of the Borough Clerk and in the office of the administrative agent.
h.
Units in a rehabilitation program shall be exempt from UHAC, but shall be administered in accordance with the following:
1.
Upon the initial rental of a vacant unit subsequent to rehabilitation, or if a renter-occupied unit is re-rented prior to the end of controls on affordability, the deed restriction shall require the unit to be rented to a low-income or moderate-income household at an affordable rent and to be affirmatively marketed pursuant to UHAC.
2.
If a unit is renter-occupied, upon completion of the rehabilitation, the maximum rent shall be the lesser of the current rent or the maximum permitted rent pursuant to UHAC.
3.
Rents in rehabilitated units may increase annually based on the standards in UHAC.
4.
Applicant and/or tenant households shall be certified as income eligible in accordance with UHAC regulations, except that households in owner-occupied units shall be exempt from the regional asset limit.