N.J. Admin. Code § 5:7-3.1

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 5:7-3.1 - Priorities

(a) Funding shall be awarded in the following order of priority:

1. First priority shall be given to projects that involve the demolition and disposal of an unsafe building as a necessary prerequisite to the erection of a new building by a governmental entity, nonprofit organization, private individual or commercial enterprise pursuant to approved construction plans and to projects that involve the demolition and disposal of an unsafe building that poses an imminent and extreme hazard to the health and safety of the community.

2. Second priority shall be given to unsafe buildings in redevelopment areas that do not pose an imminent and extreme hazard.

3. Third priority shall be given to unsafe buildings not located in redevelopment areas.

(b) Subject to (a) above, the Commissioner shall give preference to municipalities that commit locally controlled funds from other sources to a redevelopment project. Such funding sources include, without limitation, Community Development Block Grants, Home-Investment Partnerships, and Regional Contribution Agreements. Preference shall also be given to municipalities needing demolition loan funds to leverage local funds or nonlocally controlled funds from such sources as the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency for purposes compatible with the Urban and Rural Centers Unsafe Buildings Demolition Bond Act.

(c) The Commissioner shall review applications in light of the findings and recommendations of the New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning, including the Commission's annual State Capital Improvement Plan.

(d) A municipality may apply for any level of funding. However, all demolition and disposal activities associated with an award shall be completed within the nine-month period following the date upon which funding becomes available to the municipality.

(e) A municipality may submit a loan application at any time on or before the final application date for each loan cycle, as established by the Commissioner.

(f) The application shall list prospective demolition projects by the priority.

(g) The Commissioner shall prepare a priority award list, based on an evaluation of each application according to the criteria in this section and based upon funding constraints. In addition to the list prepared for each loan cycle, the Commissioner, at any time, may prepare and submit to the Legislature supplementary priority lists as follows:

1. Proposed awards for projects that are a significant component of a redevelopment project; and

2. Proposed awards for projects determined by the Commissioner to be of particular public benefit; provided, however, that the aggregate amount proposed for such projects shall not exceed 10 percent of the funds authorized for the program in any fiscal year.

(h) Photographs may be included in the application package.

(i) The Commissioner's priority list of proposed awards shall be submitted to the Legislature for appropriation of funds from the "Urban and Rural Centers Unsafe Buildings Demolition Revolving Loan Fund," in accordance with section 28 of P.L. 1997, c. 125.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:7-3.1

Amended by R.2000 d.478, effective 12/4/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 3001(b), 32 N.J.R. 4276(b).
Rewrote (g).
Amended by R.2004 d.72, effective 2/17/2004.
See: 35 N.J.R. 4626(a), 36 N.J.R. 948(a).
In (g), substituted "authorized for" for "available to" in 2.