[Adopted 5-17-2005 by Ord. No. 1448]
There is hereby established the position of
Affordable Housing Administrator.
The Affordable Housing Administrator shall be
appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Borough
Council or, when the Mayor shall fail or refuse to make such appointment,
the Borough Council may make such appointment. In either instance,
such appointment shall require the affirmative vote of a majority
of the Borough Council.
The term of the appointment of the Affordable
Housing Administrator shall be one year.
The Affordable Housing Administrator shall receive
such compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by the governing
body of the Borough of Palisades Park in the Salary Ordinance.[1]
The Affordable Housing Administrator shall have
the following duties and responsibilities:
A.
To monitor the renovation of existing housing to create
low- and moderate-income housing as well as the construction, reconstruction,
rehabilitation, occupancy, resale and rental restrictions of low-
and moderate-income housing units and shall have all the powers and
duties recited in N.J.A.C. 5:93-1.1 et seq.
B.
To advise and make recommendations to the Borough
Council, Planning Board and other boards and agencies relating to
matters involving affordable housing within the Borough of Palisades
Park.
C.
To monitor the implementation of low- and moderate-income
housing development within the Borough of Palisades Park and to recommend
municipal action if low- and moderate-income developments are not
constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or operated under relevant
terms of approval.
D.
To receive and deposit development fees collected
by the Borough of Palisades Park under a mandatory development fee
ordinance, and to disburse the fees pursuant to a spending plan approved
by the Borough Council in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:93-8 et seq.
E.
To administer, operate and manage all municipally
owned low- and moderate-income housing projects within the Borough
of Palisades Park.
F.
To evaluate the housing needs of the Borough of Palisades
Park and the region and specifically to evaluate the existing low-
and moderate-income housing programs within the Borough of Palisades
Park and to make periodic reports to the Borough Council and Planning
Board regarding these evaluations at least annually.
G.
To act as liaison between the Borough of Palisades
Park and any other governmental or private agencies seeking to provide
affordable housing within the Borough.
H.
To provide public relations, counseling and outreach
services for affordable housing opportunities within the Borough.
I.
To recommend changes to the Borough Council and to
the Planning Board regarding modifications of the municipal housing
plan goals.
J.
To oversee Borough programs to provide low- and moderate-income
homeowners with loans for housing rehabilitation and energy conservation.
K.
To supervise the Borough's effort to renovate existing
housing in the Borough to provide low- and moderate-income housing
to low- and moderate-income households.
L.
To recommend to the Mayor and Borough Council the
appointment of an attorney and such other employees as the Affordable
Housing Administrator shall deem necessary.
M.
To recommend to the Mayor and Borough Council the
employee's qualifications, salary and terms of employment.
N.
To work with the appropriate Borough employees to
ensure that an official depository is designated annually for any
and all funds received and/or disbursed by the Affordable Housing
Administrator.
The Affordable Housing Administrator shall manage
employees and professionals, which shall perform the following duties:
A.
The inspection of properties upon which the construction,
reconstruction, development or provision of low- and moderate-income
housing units is proposed within the Borough of Palisades Park.
B.
The receipt and evaluation of applications for low-
and moderate-income housing units within the Borough of Palisades
Park in accordance with the Borough's Affirmative Marketing Ordinance,
including financial information submitted by the applicant(s) and
the preparation of recommendations to the Affordable Housing Administrator
as to the approval or denial of each application.
C.
Compliance with all applicable federal and/or state
monitoring and reporting requirements, including but not limited to
the monitoring and reporting requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:93-11.6 and
12.1 et seq.
D.
Utilization of the verification and certification
procedures outlined in N.J.A.C. 5:93-9.1(b) in placing households
in low- and moderate-income housing units.
E.
Requirement that all conveyances of newly constructed
units contain the deed restrictions and mortgage lien adopted by the
Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) and referred to as Technical
Appendix E, as found in N.J.A.C. 5:93, so that all newly constructed
low- and moderate-income housing units will remain affordable to low-
and moderate-income households for at least 30 years.
F.
Requirement that all housing units created through
the conversion of a nonresidential structure contain deed restrictions
and mortgage liens recommended by COAH so that these units shall be
subject to the thirty-year controls on affordability.
