Sec.8-30g-9. Model deed restriction for a set aside development

(a) On or after the effective date of this subsection, a covenant or restriction imposed upon or otherwise made applicable to a set aside development or dwelling units within a set aside development as defined in subsection 8-30g-1(14) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall satisfy sections 8-30g-1, 8-30g-7 and 8-30g-8, if the covenant or restriction has a term of at least forty years and contains substantially the following language:

(1) For a set aside development consisting of dwelling units to be rented:

"This development is a set aside development as defined in section 8-30g of the Connecticut General Statutes and in accordance with the applicable regulations for state agencies that were in effect on the date of the original application for initial local approval _________________(insert appropriate date), containing affordable housing dwelling units, and is therefore subject to limitations on the maximum annual income of the household that may rent the designated affordable housing dwelling units, and on the maximum rental that may be charged for such affordable housing dwelling units. These limitations shall be strictly enforced, and may be enforced by the zoning enforcement authority of [the municipality] against the record owner of the development or the person identified in the affordability plan as responsible for the administration of these limitations.

For the duration of this covenant or restriction, no less than fifteen percent (15%) of the dwelling units in this development shall be rented to persons and families whose annual income is less than or equal to eighty percent (80%) of the median income as defined in subsection 8-30g-1(10) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and such units may be rented only at a rental equal to or less than the rental determined using the formula for maximum monthly rental amount stated in section 8-30g-8(d) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. In addition, no less than fifteen percent (15%) of the dwelling units shall be rented to persons and families whose annual income is less than or equal to 60 percent (60%) of the median income as defined in subsection 8-30g-1(10) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and such units may be rented only at a rental equal to or less than the rental determined using the formula for maximum monthly rental amount stated in section 8-30g-8(e) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies."

(2) For a dwelling unit within a set aside development in which individual, designated units are sold or resold as affordable housing dwelling units:

"This dwelling unit is an affordable housing dwelling unit within a set aside development as defined in section 8-30g of the Connecticut General Statutes and in accordance with the applicable regulations for state agencies that were in effect on the date of the original application for initial local approval __________________(insert appropriate date), and is therefore subject to a limitation, at the date of purchase, on the maximum annual income of the household that may purchase the unit, and is subject to a limitation on the maximum sale or resale price. these limitations shall be strictly enforced, and may be enforced by the person identified in the affordability plan as responsible for the administration of these limitations or the zoning enforcement authority of [the municipality].

For the duration of this covenant or restriction, this dwelling unit may be sold only to persons and families whose annual income does not exceed _____% (insert 60% or 80% as applicable) percent of ‘median income' as defined in subsection 8-30g-1(10) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, applicable to this unit as specified in an affordability plan as on file with the [municipality]. In addition, this unit may be sold or resold only at a price equal to or less than the price determined using the formula stated in section 8-30g-8(a), or the formula stated in section 8-30G-8(B), as applicable, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(b) In order to assist in any determination that the sale or resale price of an affordable housing dwelling unit complies with applicable limitations, any owner, seller, purchaser or prospective purchaser of such dwelling unit may be required by the administrator of the affordability plan to provide documentation of the annual income of the person or family who will occupy the dwelling unit and of compliance with applicable sale price or resale price limitations, which documentation shall be available upon request to the zoning enforcement authority of [the municipality].

(Adopted effective May 3, 2005)