Sec. 780.602. - Criteria.

(a) In accordance with F.S. § 196.1979, any person whose property meets the following criteria shall be entitled to make an application for an affordable housing property tax exemption under this Part: i. The property must be used to house natural persons or families whose annual household income: a. Is greater than 30 percent but not more than 60 percent of the median annual adjusted gross income for households within Duval County; or b. Does not exceed 30 percent of the median annual adjusted gross income for households within Duval County. ii. The property must be within a multifamily project containing 50 or more residential units, at least 20 percent of which are used to provide affordable housing that meets the requirements of F.S. § 196.1979; iii. The property must be rented for an amount no greater than the amount as specified by the most recent multifamily rental programs income and rent limit chart posted by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation and derived from the Multifamily Tax Subsidy Projects Income Limits published by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or 90 percent of the fair market value rent as determined by a rental market study meeting the requirements of Section 780.604 (g), whichever is less; iv. The property may not have been cited for code violations on three or more occasions in the 24 months before the submission of a tax exemption application; v. The property may not have any cited code violations that have not been properly remedied by the property owner before the submission of a tax exemption application; and vi. The property may not have any unpaid fines or charges relating to the cited code violations. Payment of unpaid fines or charges before a final determination on a property's qualification for an exemption under this Part will not exclude such property from eligibility if the property otherwise complies with all other requirements for the exemption. (Ord. 2023-349-E , § 1)