File #: OR-2022-0021    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 6/29/2022 In control: Board of Alders
On agenda: Final action:
Title: ORDINANCE AMENDING THE NEW HAVEN CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE PURPOSES OF (i) CLASSIFYING THE TOWERS AT TOWER LANE AS A PROPERTY USED FOR HOUSING SOLELY FOR LOW OR MODERATE INCOME PERSONS OR FAMILIES, (ii) PROVIDING AN ABATEMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR THE TOWERS AT TOWER LANE AND (iii) AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE OWNER OF THE TOWERS AT TOWER LANE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8-215 OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES AND SECTION 28-4 OF THE CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES
Attachments: 1. Econ Dev_Ord Amend Towers_CHECKLIST, 2. Checklist for Aldermanic-Towers signed, 3. Fiscal Impact Statement-Towers, 4. Letter-Towers, 5. Mike Gormany Cover Letter, 6. Ordinance-Towers, 7. Prior Notification Form-Towers, 8. Application Cover Page, 9. Application for Tax Abatement for Low Income, Multi-Family Residential Developments, 10. Application for Tax Abatement for The Towers at Tower Lane, 11. Certificate of New Haven Jewish Community Council Housing Corporation, 12. Disclosure Statement, 13. Resolution of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, 14. Summary of Tax Abatements, 15. Tab and Exhibit insert pages, 16. Tax Abatement Agreement, 17. Signed cover OR-2022-0021 Econ Dev Ordin Amend Towers Tax Abatement, 18. OR-2022-0021
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ORDINANCE AMENDING THE NEW HAVEN CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE PURPOSES OF (i) CLASSIFYING THE TOWERS AT TOWER LANE AS A PROPERTY USED FOR HOUSING SOLELY FOR LOW OR MODERATE INCOME PERSONS OR FAMILIES, (ii) PROVIDING AN ABATEMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR THE TOWERS AT TOWER LANE AND (iii) AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE OWNER OF THE TOWERS AT TOWER LANE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8-215 OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES AND SECTION 28-4 OF THE CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES

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WHEREAS, The Towers at Tower Lane ("The Towers") is an elderly independent and assisted living complex located at 18 Tower Lane, New Haven, Connecticut (the "Property"), which has provided housing and extensive supportive services for very low income, low income and moderate income senior citizens for over fifty (50) years; and
WHEREAS, the Towers consist of two connected buildings known as Tower One and Tower East which collectively contain 328 apartments; and
WHEREAS, seventy-five percent (75%) of the units in the Tower One building are subsidized by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") under its Project Based Section 8 program, and 100 percent (100%) of the units in the Tower East building are subsidized under HUD's Project Based Section 8 program; and
WHEREAS, prior to 2017, the Tower One building and the Tower East building had separate owners, with The New Haven Jewish Community Council Housing Corporation being the owner of the Tower One building and The New Haven Jewish Federation Housing Corporation being the owner of the Tower East building; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, The New Haven Jewish Community Council Housing Corporation and The New Haven Jewish Federation Housing Corporation merged, with The New Haven Jewish Community Council Housing Corporation becoming the successor corporation (the "Owner"); and
WHEREAS, The New Haven Jewish Community Council Housing Corpor...

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