[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Council of the Village of Ridgewood 4-10-1973
by Ord. No. 1480. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Village of Ridgewood desires to participate in the area of operations
of the Housing Authority of Bergen County throughout its territorial boundary
and the jurisdiction of its governing body for the purpose of providing senior
citizen housing and does hereby consent to its inclusion in the area of operation
of said Housing Authority.
The authority hereby granted shall be limited to implementation of the
leased housing program of Section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
as amended [42 U.S.C. § 1421(b)], and modified as follows:
A.
No lease shall be negotiated and/or renewed for a period
in excess of three years; and
B.
In addition to the eligibility requirements otherwise
established by law, no person shall be deemed a qualified senior citizen eligible
to become a tenant pursuant to said leased housing program unless a resident
of the Village of Ridgewood for 10 consecutive years immediately preceding
the execution of a lease agreement with the Bergen County Housing Authority
and whose total assets, jointly with spouse or otherwise, do not exceed $15,000.
Any housing hereinafter utilized for the purposes authorized by this
chapter shall comply in all respects with the zoning ordinances, building
and sanitary codes[1] and all other applicable ordinances of the Village of Ridgewood
as amended from time to time; provided, however, that this section shall not
be construed to prevent a proper application for a variance or variances or
an appeal from any such ordinance or code.
This chapter shall not be deemed severable.
The Village Clerk is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of
this chapter, when it becomes effective, for filing to the Secretary, Bergen
County Housing Authority.
