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BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Township Council of the Township of Jackson, County of Ocean, and State of New Jersey, as follows:

SECTION 1. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and supplemented so as to amend Chapter 334, entitled “Rent Control for Apartments and Mobile Home Parks,” so as to amend § 334-9, entitled “Exemptions; vacancy decontrol,” so as to amend subsection A. so as to add subsection (14) which shall read as follows:

(14) All affordable housing inclusionary sites with a set aside of a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of affordable housing shall be exempt from the rent control provisions of this chapter.

SECTION 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.

SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect after second reading and publication as required by law.

Date: _____

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and passed by the Township Council on first reading at a meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson held on the 19th day of January, 2016, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at a regular meeting of the Township Council to be held on the 2nd day of February, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., or soon thereafter as this matter can be reached at the Township Municipal Building, located at 95 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time and place any persons desiring to be heard upon the same will be given the opportunity to be so heard.

In accordance with the guidelines set forth, the Township is required to hold a public hearing for the purpose of soliciting ideas and applications the community would like to see presented to the Ocean County Community Development Block Grant Program for CY 2016. This hearing will enable the Township to select and prioritize applications for the Ocean County Community Development Block Grant Program. The second Public Hearing is scheduled for February 2, 2016 here in the main meeting room of the Jackson Township Municipal Building.

At this time, we will have the first of two public hearings on the Ocean County Community Development Block Grant application. Anyone wishing to speak on this topic and bring forth his or her suggestions may do so at this time.