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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 79-97 ORDINANCE NO. '7/- ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE MENDING SECTION 1, SUBSECTION B OF ORDINANCE 79-4 BY PROVIDING FOR AN EXPANDED DEFINITION OF THE TERM "REHABILITATION" TO INCLUDE ENERGY CONSER- VATION; AMENDING SECTION 7 OF ORDINANCE 79-4 BY ADDING A SUBSECTION E TO AUTHORIZE REHABILITATION LOANS FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION PURPOSES; AMENDING SECTION 3 OF ORDINANCE 79-4 TO PROVIDE FOR LOANS AND GRANTS BY THE REHABILITATION IRAN AGENCY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. That Section 1, subsection B of Ordinance 79-4 be amended to read as follows: B. Rehabilitation - the restoration of deteriorated structures to minimum housing standards as established by law, including repair, renovation, conversion or remodeling, or the retrofitting of any structure with energy conservation material and/or devices. Section 2. That Section 7 of Ordinance 79-4 be amended by adding Subsection E to read as follows: E. The installation of energy conservation materials and/or devices which meet the energy efficiency (conservation) standards promulgated by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1425(b) et. seq. (Public Law 95-557) and enumerated in 24 C.F.R. Part 510 (1979) . Section 3. That Section 3 of Ordinance 79-4 be amended to read as follows: The agency shall make loans to qualified persons for the rehabilitation and financing of dwelling units. Loans and grants may also be made for refinancing existing purchase money mortgages or purchase contracts, deferred payments, grant subsidies, and rehabilitation loans for investor-owned residential property. Section 4. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or .the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the _ 0 day of Ad 1979. - Mayor -