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Harris County Community Services Department <br /> Affordable Housing Project Design Standards <br /> <br />transportation.EvidenceoftransportationservicesmustbestatedintheHCCSDapplicationto <br />satisfythisrequirement. <br />ProximitytoNegativeSiteFeatures <br />Siteswiththebelowmentionednegativecharacteristicswillbeineligible.Forthepurposesof <br />thispolicy,theterm{7†-;“·|isinterpretedassharingaboundarywiththedevelopmentsite. <br />Thedistancesaretobemeasuredforallboundariesofthedevelopmentsite.Applicantsmust <br />indicateonamap,thelocationofanynegativesitefeatures,withtheexceptionofslope,must <br />bedocumentedwithan;“mz“;;©x­certificate.IfanApplicantnegligentlyfailstonoteanegative <br />feature,theApplicationmaybeterminatedforprojectsidentifiedasoneorallofthefollowing: <br />Developmentslocatedadjacenttoorwithin300feetofjunkyards; <br />Developmentslocatedadjacenttoorwithin3,000feetofactiverailroadtracks; <br />Developmentslocatedadjacenttoorwithin1,000feetofaninterstatehighway <br />includingfrontageandserviceroads; <br />Developmentslocatedadjacenttoorwithin300feetofheavyindustrialusessuchas <br />manufacturingplants; <br />Developmentslocatedadjacenttoorwithin300feetofasolidwasteorsanitary <br />landfills;or <br />Developmentslocatedadjacenttoorwithin100feetofhighvoltagetransmissionpower <br />lines. <br />2.6NeighborhoodNotificationandPublicHearing <br />NeighborhoodNotification <br />HCCSDhighlyvaluespublicinputaddressingthemeritsofadevelopment.Ifinputfrom <br />neighborhoodorganizationsprovidesevidenceofunlawfuldiscriminationagainstclassesof <br />personsprotectedbyFairHousinglaw,thentheprojectwillnotbeconsidered.Toprotectthe <br />integrityoftheDepartment'sprocessesanddecisions,evidenceoffalsestatementsor <br />misrepresentationsfromapplicantrepresentatives,neighborhoodrepresentatives,orother <br />personswillbeconsideredforappropriateaction,includingpossiblereferraltoCounty <br />!··š©“;äx­Office. <br />Applicantsmustprovidewrittennotificationtoallneighborhoodorganizationswithina2mile <br />radiusofthedevelopment.Applicantsmustsubmitevidenceofsuchnotificationswhichshall <br />includeacopyoftheexactletterandothermaterialsthatweresenttotheindividualorentity <br />andalistofindividuals,organizations,andagenciestowhichnotificationhasbeensent. <br />Applicantshouldreceiveatleasttwo(2)lettersofsupportfromthecommunityinfavorofthe <br />development.Ifevidenceofthesenotificationsandlettersofcommunitysupportare <br />submittedwiththeRFPapplication,andsatisfiestheDepartment'sinitialreviewoftheRFP <br />application,thennoadditionalnotificationisrequiredfromtheapplicant. <br />Harris County Community Services Department 22 <br />Affordable Housing Project Design Standards <br />Revised May 2011 <br /> <br />