OAR 813-140-0010
Definitions


All terms used in OAR chapter 813, division 140, unless otherwise specifically defined herein have the meanings given in ORS 458.705 (Legislative findings) through 458.740 (Project facilitation). As used in OAR chapter 813, division 140, unless the context indicates otherwise:

(1)

“Board” means the Community Development Incentive Advisory Board established pursuant to ORS 458.710.

(2)

“Economic Revitalization Team” means the program of agency cooperation by the Governor’s Office to coordinate and streamline state policies, programs and procedures and provide coordinated state agency assistance to local governments. These agencies are: Economic and Community Development Department, Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon Housing and Community Services Department, Department of Land Conservation and Development, and Oregon Department of Transportation, Department of State Lands, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Business and Consumer Services. “Regional Economic Revitalization Team” means a regional team comprised of one regional employee with each of the agencies listed above.

(3)

“Fund” or “Incentive Fund” means the Community Development Incentive Project Fund.

(4)

“Gap Financing” means financing provided by the Fund when other state or private financing sources are inadequate or unavailable to finance a development project.

(5)

“Housing Preservation Community Incentive Fund” means a program that provides grants and/or loans to preserve affordable housing developments financed presently or previously by OHCS that have Section 8 project-based rental assistance contracts which have been renewed or will be renewed.

(6)

“Program Overview” means a publication available from the Department setting forth general guidelines and information about the program and application process.

(7)

“Rural Community” and “Rural Service Center,” means an unincorporated community which consists of permanent residential dwellings, and commercial, industrial or (in the case of a Rural Community) public uses to the community, the surrounding rural area, or to persons traveling through the area.

(8)

“Six Budget Principals” means those principles stated in Governor Kulongoski’s budget document presented in 2004 for the 20052007 Legislative Session to grow Oregon’s economy and ensure that all Oregon communities — large and small, urban and rural, survive. Those principals are:

(a)

Provide our children and adults with the educational opportunities they need to succeed today and in the future;

(b)

Take care of our most vulnerable citizens;

(c)

Create family-wage jobs for Oregonians;

(d)

Maintain the high quality of life we enjoy in Oregon;

(e)

Ensure that our citizens are safe in their homes and in their communities, and

(f)

Provide for a safe, efficient and accountable state government.

(9)

“Small Community Incentive Fund” means a program that provides loans and grants of $80,000 or less for development projects, meet the criteria of the Incentive Fund program.

(10)

“Urban Unincorporated Community,” means an unincorporated community which has at least 150 permanent residential dwelling units, contains a mixture of land uses, and includes areas served by a community sewer system and water system.
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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