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Warren City Zoning Code

§ 16-6.28

Affordability; Stratification and Income Limits.

[Added 7-21-2022 by Ord. No. 22-18]
a. 
General requirements:
1. 
Efficiency units will be affordable to one-person households; and
2. 
One bedroom units will be affordable to 1.5-person households; and
3. 
Two bedroom units will be affordable to three-person households; and
4. 
Three bedroom units will be affordable to 4.5-person households; and
5. 
Median income by household size will be established by a regional weighted average of the uncapped Section 8 income limits published by HUD as per N.J.A.C. 5:93-7.4(b); and
6. 
The maximum average rent and price of low- and moderate-income units within each inclusionary development will be affordable to households earning 57.5% of median income; and
7. 
Moderate income sales units will be available for at least three different prices and low-income sales units will be available for at least two different prices; and
8. 
For both owner-occupied and rental units, the low- and moderate-income units will utilize the same heating source as market units within an inclusionary development; and
9. 
Low-income units will be reserved for households with a gross household income less than or equal to 50% of the median income approved by COAH; moderate-income units will be reserved for households with a gross household income less than 80% of the median income approved by COAH as per N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.16; and
10. 
The regulations outlined in N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.15 and 5:93-9.16 will be applicable for purchased and rental units.
b. 
Requirements for rental units. Developers and/or municipal sponsors may:
1. 
Establish one rent for a low-income unit and one for a moderate-income unit for each bedroom distribution; and
2. 
Gross rents, including an allowance for utilities, will be established so as not to exceed 30% of the gross monthly income of the appropriate household size as per N.J.A.C. 5:93-7.4(a). The utility allowance will be consistent with the utility allowance approved by HUD for use in New Jersey.
c. 
Requirements for for-sale units.
1. 
The initial price of a low- and moderate-income owner-occupied single-family housing unit will be established so that after a down payment of 5%, the monthly principal, interest, homeowner's insurance, property taxes (based on the restricted value of the low- and moderate-income unit) and condominium or homeowner fee do not exceed 28% of the eligible gross monthly income; and
2. 
The Township of Warren will follow the general provisions concerning uniform deed restriction liens and enforcement through certificates of occupancy or reoccupancy on sale units as per N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.3(c); and
3. 
The Township of Warren will require a certificate of reoccupancy for any occupancy of a low- or moderate-income sales unit resulting from a resale as per N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.9; and
4. 
Municipal, state, non-profit and seller options regarding sale units will be consistent with N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.5-9.8. Municipal rejection of repayment options for sale units will be consistent with N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.9; and
5. 
The continued application of options to create, rehabilitate or maintain low- and moderate-income sale units will be consistent with N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.10; and
6. 
Eligible capital improvements prior to the expiration of controls on sale units will be consistent with N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.11; and
7. 
The regulations detailed in N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.12 through 5:93-9.14 will be applicable to low- and moderate-income units that are for-sale units.