West Orange Township_Fourth Round HEFSP_Final Draft

Affordable shall mean a sales price or rent level that is within the means of a low- or moderate- income household as defined within N.J.A.C. 5:93-7.4, and, in the case of an ownership unit, that the sales price for the unit conforms to the standards set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.6, as may be amended and supplemented, and, in the case of a rental unit, that the rent for the unit conforms to the standards set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.12, as may be amended and supplemented. Affordable development shall mean a housing development all or a portion of which consists of restricted units. Affordable unit shall mean a housing unit proposed or created pursuant to the Fair Housing Act and approved for crediting by the court and/or funded through an affordable housing trust fund. Agency shall mean the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency established by P.L. 1983, c. 530 (N.J.S.A. 55:14K-1 et seq.) and in, but not of, the DCA. Age-restricted unit shall mean a housing unit designed to meet the needs of, and exclusively for, the residents of an age-restricted segment of the population such that: 1) all the residents of the development wherein the unit is situated are sixty-two (62) years of age or older; or 2) at least eighty (80%) percent of the units are occupied by one person who is fifty-five (65) years of age or older; or, 3) the development has been designated by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as “housing for older persons,” as defined in Section 807(b)(2) of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3607. Alternative living arrangement shall mean a structure in which households live in distinct bedrooms, yet share kitchen and plumbing facilities, central heat and common areas. Alternative living arrangements include, but are not limited to: transitional facilities for the homeless; Class A, B, C, D, and E boarding homes as regulated by the State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs; residential health care facilities as regulated by the New Jersey Department of Health; group homes for the developmentally disabled and mentally ill as licensed and/or regulated by the New Jersey Department of Human Services; and congregate living arrangements. Assisted living residence shall mean a facility licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to provide apartment-style housing and congregate

d congregate living arrangements. Assisted living residence shall mean a facility licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to provide apartment-style housing and congregate dining and to assure that assisted living services are available when needed for four (4) or more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor and offer, at a minimum, one (1) unfurnished room, a private bathroom, a kitchenette and a lockable door on the unit entrance. Certified household shall mean a household that has been certified by an administrative agent as a low-income household or moderate-income household. COAH or the Council shall mean the Council on Affordable Housing in, but not of, the DCA, established under the New Jersey Fair Housing Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq.). Conversion shall mean the conversion of existing commercial, industrial or residential structures for low and moderate income housing purposes. Court shall mean the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex County. DCA shall mean the State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Deficient housing unit shall mean a housing unit with health and safety code violations that requires the repair or replacement of a major system, A major system includes weatherization, roofing, plumbing (including wells), heating, electricity, sanitary plumbing (including septic systems), lead paint abatement and/or load bearing structural systems. Developer shall mean any person, partnership, association, company or corporation that is the legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or any land included in a proposed development including the holder of an option to contract to purchase, or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land. 4844-7802-2092, v. 2