North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 01 - DEPARTMENTAL RULES › Subchapter K - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM › Section .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 01K .0102 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply to the Community
					 Development Block Grant program Rules .0102 through .0404.
(1) "Act" means Title I of the Housing and
				  Community Development Act of 1974,
				  P.L.
				  93-383, as amended.
(2) "Applicant" means a local government
				  which makes application pursuant to the provisions of this
				  Subchapter.
(3) "CDBG" means the
				  State administered Community Development Block Grant Program.
(4) "Chief Elected Official" of a local
				  government means either the elected mayor of a city or the chairman of a county
				  board of commissioners.
(5)
				  "Community Development Program" means the program of projects and activities to
				  be carried out by the applicant with funds provided annually under this
				  Subchapter and other resources.
(6)
				  "HUD" means the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(7) "Local Government" means any unit of
				  general municipal or county government in the State.
(8) "Low-Income Families" means those with a
				  family income of 50 percent or less of median-family income. For purposes of
				  such terms, the area involved and median income shall be determined in the same
				  manner as provided for under the Act.
(9) "Moderate-Income Families" means those
				  with a family income greater than 50 percent and less than or equal to 80
				  percent of median-family income.
(10) "Low and Moderate Income Persons" means
				  members of families whose incomes are within the income limits of low and
				  moderate income families as defined in Paragraphs (h) and (i) of this
				  Rule.
(11) "Metropolitan Area"
				  means a standard metropolitan statistical area, as established by the U.S.
				  Office of Management and Budget.
(12) "Metropolitan City" means a city as
				  defined by Section 102(a)(4) of the Act.
(13) "Department" means the North Carolina
				  Department of Commerce (DOC).
(14)
				  "Project" means any eligible business as defined in Paragraph (o) of this Rule
				  and which the Economic Development Grant sector of the CDBG Program may
				  consider so long as the project business (or businesses) presents separate,
				  identifiable opportunities to create or retain jobs, principally for low and
				  moderate income people. Such jobs must be created within the grant
				  period.
(15) The following
				  definitions determine eligible business types for projects for which CDBG
				  assistance is requested:
(a) All business
				  types identified as eligible for New and Expanding Business tax incentives
				  under the North Carolina William S. Lee Quality Jobs and Business Expansion Act
				  (Article 3A of Chapter 105 G.S. 105, Article 3A), as amended; and
(b) Other project businesses that provide
				  public benefit and can reasonably be interpreted as being eligible for CDBG
				  assistance under Sections 105(a)(14) and 105(a)(17 of the Housing and Community
				  Development Act of 1974, as amended. (Also see Rule .0105 of this Subchapter
				  regarding projects not to be considered for funding in N. C.)