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West Orange City Zoning Code

§ 25-18.23

Reporting Requirements.

[Added 10-10-2020 by Ord. No. 2619-20]
a. 
Trust Fund Activity. On the first anniversary of the entry of the order granting West Orange a final judgment of compliance and repose in In re Township of West Orange Compliance with Mount Laurel Third Round Affordable Housing Obligation, and every anniversary thereafter through the end of the repose period, the Township shall provide annual reporting of its affordable housing trust fund activity to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Council on Affordable Housing or Division of Local Government Services, or other entity designated by the State of New Jersey, with a copy provided to Fair Share Housing Center and posted on the municipal website, using forms developed for this purpose by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Council on Affordable Housing or Division of Local Government Services. The reporting shall include an accounting of all affordable housing trust fund activity, including the source and amount of funds collected and the amount and purpose for which any funds have been expended.
b. 
Affordable Housing Activity. On the first anniversary of the entry of the order granting West Orange a final judgment of compliance and repose in In re Township of West Orange Compliance with Mount Laurel Third Round Affordable Housing Obligation, and every anniversary thereafter through the end of the repose period, the Township shall provide annual reporting of the status of all affordable housing activity within the Township through posting on the municipal website, with copies provided to Fair Share Housing Center, using forms previously developed for this purpose by the Council on Affordable Housing or any other forms endorsed by the court-appointed special master and Fair Share Housing Center.
c. 
Very-Low-Income Housing. For the review of very-low-income housing requirements required by N.J.S.A. 52:27D-329.1, within 30 days of the third anniversary of the entry of the order granting West Orange a final judgment of compliance and repose in In re Township of West Orange Compliance with Mount Laurel Third Round Affordable Housing Obligation, and every third year thereafter, the Township will post on its municipal website, with copies provided to Fair Share Housing Center, a status report as to its satisfaction of its very low income requirements, including the family very-low-income requirements referenced herein. Such posting shall invite any interested party to submit comments to the Township, with copies provided to Fair Share Housing Center, on the issue of whether the Township has complied with its very-low-income housing obligation.