HomeMy WebLinkAbout05600ORDINANCE NO. 5600
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, TITLE VIII OF THE 1971 CODE
OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, COLORADO, that:
[Brackets indicate material being deleted and underscoring indicates material being
added].
Chapter 1, Section 8 of Subsection (1); Subsection (2); Subsection (3);
Subsection (5); Subsection (6) of the 1971 Code of Ordinances of the City of Pueblo
is hereby amended to read as follows:
8 -1 -8: EMERGENCY HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGR
(1) A special housing rehabilitation revolving fund to be designated
Emergency Housing Rehabilitation Fund is hereby established. Appropriations
to said Fund may be made by the City Council by resolution. Payments out of
said Fund shall be made by the Director of Finance upon the written request
of the [Housing Rehabilitation Committee] Director of the Department of
Housing and Community Services based upon applications for assistance
submitted and approved in accordance with the Provisions of this section.
(2) The owner of any building who receives a Notice and Order under Sec.
1101(b) of the Housing Code shall be entitled to make application for
emergency housing rehabilitation assistance within 30 days after receipt of
said Notice and Order. Applications shall be timely made to the [Pueblo
Urban Renewal Authority] Department of Housi and Community Services
upon forms prepared by said [Authority] Department. The Notice and Order
given under said Sec. 1101 (b) shall include reference to the emergency
housing rehabilitation program and shall advise the owner of his right to
make application for assistance under said program specifying the minimum
qualifications and the 30 day period within which application must be made.
(3) The owner of a building receiving a Notice and Order under said
Sec. 1101 (b) may apply for housing rehabilitation assistance if the income
and assets, excluding the value of the building in question, of such owner,
or of a family the head of which or whose spouse is the owner, are within
the limits prescribed for persons or families occupying public housing in
Pueblo, Colorado financed pursuant to Chapter 8, Title 42 United States
Code. The [Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority] Department of Housing and
Community Services shall certify all owner - applicants meet[ing] such
qualifications_ [to the Housing Rehabilitation Committee together with]
The department will prepare an estimate of the costs of repairs required to
rehabilitate said building to meet the standards of the Housing Code.
(5) The [Committee] Department of Housing and Community Services shall
not approve any application for assistance until after the Director of
Finance of the City of Pueblo shall certify in writing to the [Committee]
Director of the Department of Housing and Community Services that there
is sufficient monies in the Emergency Housing Rehabilitation Fund for such
grant of assistance and until after the [Committee] Department of Housing
and Community Services receives proof that the applicant -owner is the
fee owner of said land and building.
(6) The owner of any building who receives housing rehabilitation
assistance shall enter into an agreement with the City, on forms to be
approved by the City Attorney, to repay to the City of Pueblo such
[grant of] financial assistance [in full without interest] based on
existing loan formulas and criteria used within the Department of
Housing and Community Services Such repayment agreement shall be
placed of record and shall become and remain in lien and encumbrance
on the building and land upon which the building is located until paid
in full. Said grant of assistance shall become due and payable immediately
upon the transfer of title to said land and building by the owner, or,
upon the death of the owner, unless title to said land and building shall
pass to the spouse of or an issue of such owner who meets the qualifications
of subsection (3) hereof and the [Housing Rehabilitation Committee]
Department of Housing and Community Services shall certify same in writing
to the Director of Finance within 60 days after the death of such owner.
Failure of the surviving spouse or issue of the deceased owner to request
and obtain such certification from the [Committee] Director of the
Department of Housing and Community Services within said 60 day period
shall conclusively constitute a waiver of all rights of such surviving
spouse or issue to further defer repayment of the grant of assistance.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall become effective upon final passage and approval.
INTRODUCED May 2 9, 1990
BY: FAY KASTEL
COUNCIL PERSON
ATTEST: APPRO
CI CLERK P SI E T OF THE COU CIL