Piscataway City Zoning Code
§ 21-21.4
Rehabilitation.
[Ord. No. 2017-13]
a.
Piscataway's rehabilitation program shall be designed to renovate deficient housing units occupied by low- 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.
Piscataway shall designate an Administrative Agent for its entire rehabilitation program.
c.
Both owner occupied and renter occupied units shall be eligible for rehabilitation funds.
d.
All rehabilitated units shall remain affordable to low- 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.
Piscataway shall dedicate a minimum of $10,000 to the hard costs of rehabilitating each housing unit. In addition, the Township will fund the administration of the program based on a contract with the Administrative Agent.
f.
The Township of Piscataway 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 Township. Both manuals shall be continuously available for public inspection in the Office of the Township Clerk and in the office of the Administrative Agent.
h.
Units in a rehabilitation program shall be exempt from N.J.A.C. 5:97-9 and 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- or moderate-income household at an affordable rent and to be affirmatively marketed pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:97-9 and 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 N.J.A.C. 5:97-9 and UHAC.
3.
Rents in rehabilitated units may increase annually based on the standards in N.J.A.C. 5:97-9.
4.
Applicant and/or tenant households shall be certified as income eligible in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:97-9 and the UHAC regulations, except that households in owner-occupied units shall be exempt from the regional asset limit.