[Adopted 11-25-1975 by Ord. No. 2154 (§§ 13-124
to 13-130 of the 1978 Revised General Ordinances)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity
which owns, operates or manages housing units which receive tax abatement.
That a subsidized housing project, pursuant to ordinance
or resolution adopted by the Council of the City of Englewood, does
not pay real property taxes to the City, but instead pays to the City
payments in lieu of taxes in a manner prescribed by statute.
Within 30 days from the date of adoption of an ordinance or
resolution granting tax abatement to it, a subsidized housing project
operating within the City of Englewood shall prepare, in writing,
and file with the City Clerk the criteria by which it intends to make
selection of persons to occupy housing units within the project, and
such writing shall include at least the following:
A.
Any criteria used to determine whether any applicant for such housing
unit is eligible or ineligible for occupancy.
B.
The method used to establish priorities among those applicants found
to be eligible.
C.
The method by which representatives of the project are chosen to
serve on any Tenant Selection Committee or are chosen to represent
the occupants of the project in making any of the aforesaid decisions.
D.
The names and addresses of the person or persons charged by the project
with responsibility for making any such determination.
Any meeting of any Tenant Selection Committee, or any meeting
or gathering or conference at which representatives of the project
shall discuss, vote on or make any decisions concerning applications
for occupancy of housing units within the project shall be open to
any person who has theretofore submitted an application for such occupancy.
Any such applicant shall be given prior written notice, at least five
days in advance, of the date, time and place where any such meeting
shall take place.
All subsidized housing projects shall maintain a waiting list
of applicants for occupancy of its housing units, and such waiting
list shall be posted in its office and be available for examination
by anyone who wishes to examine the same, and a copy thereof shall
be furnished to the City Clerk of the City of Englewood and shall
likewise be available for examination by anyone who wishes to examine
same.
When a vacancy occurs within such housing project, the person
whose name first appears on the waiting list shall be advised of such
vacancy either by in-person notification or by telephone (or if the
party cannot be reached by either of said methods then by writing
in which event the party shall have not less than five days within
which to respond) and given an opportunity to appear before the Tenant
Selection Committee and be heard with regard to his or her application
for such vacant housing unit.
Any person determined to be ineligible for occupancy shall be
advised of the reason for such determination, in writing.
In the event that a housing unit is made available to some person
other than one whose name appears first on the waiting list, then
all persons who appeared in a higher position than the person who
actually received the apartment shall be given written notice of the
reason for such determination.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall be
subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both, for each separate violation
thereof.
