Marketing and resident selection

• A. Plan required. The developer of all low or moderate income units created pursuant to this ordinance shall submit an affordable unit marketing and resident selection plan for approval by the planning board prior to its initiation. The plan shall describe how the low or moderate income units will be marketed and potential homebuyers or tenants selected, including a description of the lottery or other process to be used for their selection.

• B. Local preference. Income-blind priority shall be given in resident selection for 80 percent of the inclusionary or other affordable units (rounded down to the nearest unit) to households containing persons currently residing or employed in the town, or persons having children, parents, or siblings who are resident in the town. If the applicant pool of such persons contains a smaller percentage of minority applicants (Native American or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, Cape Verdean) than the statewide percentage, additional minority applicants not qualifying for local preference shall be added to the pool until it reaches the statewide percentage.

(Ord. of 9-4-07, § 2; Ord. of 11-6-2023(1); Ord. of 12-4-2023(1))