Draft_October 2025_West Orange_HEFSP_with Appendices

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. e 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. 25-18.22 Development Fees. a. Purpose. 1. In Holmdel Builder's Association V, Holmdel Township, 121 N.J. 550 (1990), the New Jersey Supreme Court determined that mandatory development fees are authorized by the Fair Housing Act of 1985 (the Act), N.J.S.A. 52:27d-301 et seq., and the State Constitution, subject to the Council on Affordable Housing's (COAH's) adoption of rules. 2. Pursuant to P.L. 2008, ¢.46 section 8 (C. 52:27D-329.2) and the Statewide Non- Residential Development Fee Act (C. 40:55D-8.1 through 8.7), COAH is authorized to adopt and promulgate regulations necessary for the establishment, implementation, review, monitoring and enforcement of municipal affordable housing trust funds and corresponding spending plans. Municipalities that are under the jurisdiction of a court of competent jurisdiction and have an approved spending plan may retain fees collected from nonresidential development. 3. In Re: Adoptior A 297. New Jerse: i fo. Housing, 221 N.J. 1 (2015), also known as the Mount Laurel IV

and have an approved spending plan may retain fees collected from nonresidential development. 3. In Re: Adoptior A 297. New Jerse: i fo. Housing, 221 N.J. 1 (2015), also known as the Mount Laurel IV decision, the Supreme Court remanded COAH's duties to the Superior Court. As a result, affordable housing development fee collections and expenditures from the municipal affordable housing trust funds to implement municipal Third Round Fair Share Plans through July 1, 2025 are under the Court's jurisdiction and are subject to approval by the Court. 4. This subsection establishes standards for the collection, maintenance, and expenditure of development fees pursuant to COAH's regulations and in accordance P.L. 2008, c.46, Sections 8 and 32-38. Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be used for the sole purpose of providing low- and moderate-income housing. This subsection shall be interpreted within the framework of COAH's rules on development fees, codified at NJAC. 5:97-8. b. Basic Requirements. 1. This subsection shall not be effective until approved by the Court pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:96-5.1. 16 4844-7802-2092, v. 2