12 GCA § 5401
General Definitions
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(a)Authority means the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority.
(b)Board means the Board of Commissioners of the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority.
(c)Plan means that subdivision plan described in the Consolidation Survey Map of Lot Numbers 10124-1, 10124-2 and 10124-3, Dededo, Guam into Tract 240, and in the Subdivision Survey Map of Tract 240, Dededo, Guam for single-family dwellings and for two-family duplex dwellings. ‘Duplex’ means a residential building containing two
(2)separate dwelling units, either side-by-side or one
(1)above the other. The plan shall include: COL4122017 CH. 5 GUAM HOUSING AND URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY
(1)the platting of lots, mapping, layout and design of all street and utilities;
(2)the provision of open spaces and recreational facilities sufficient to meet the needs of the residents of the subdivision; and
(3)the requirement that duplexes may only be constructed on lots within the subdivision that are serviced by adequate sewer lines, as certified in writing by Guam Waterworks Authority and the Guam Environmental Protection Agency. The plan shall otherwise be in substantial conformance with the provisions of 21 GCA Chapter 62 (Subdivision Law), except where the Board finds such provisions impractical. The plan shall also provide adequate protection for the sink hole, and for a safety margin to prevent any development in the sink hole, and shall include provisions to relocate persons displaced by the construction of the subdivision and to pay relocation expenses to such displaced persons.
(d)The plan mentioned in
(c)above shall, to the greatest extent possible, include provisions for federal funding. Specifically, the Authority is directed to use Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000) made available or to be made available to it by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as a disbursement from the Secretary’s discretionary funds.
(e)Family means two
(2)or more persons related by blood or marriage living together as a household, the head of which is a United States citizen or permanent resident.
(f)Single person means an adult who is unmarried, widowed, divorced or is living separately from his spouse in accordance with a decree of separate maintenance entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
§ The story of this section
- Enacted by P.L. 14-138 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
- Amended by P.L. 22-70 § 2 — introduced as Bill 710-22 · introduced by Vicente C. Pangelinan + 2 cosponsors
- Amended by P.L. 25-114 § 2 — introduced as Bill 288-25 · introduced by Vicente C. Pangelinan
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.