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Ground Lease to a qualified buyer of the Project dwelling unit. In the event that OCHI,T <br />is unable to proceed with any aspect of the project in a timely manner, and County and <br />. OCHLT determine that reasonable extension(s) for completion will not remedy the <br />situation, then the Termination of Agreement provisions of this Agreement (Section 6.a.) <br />shall pertain. OCHLT may, at its option, submit a written request for a delay of <br />completion for County approval. The County may, at its option, approve any delay in <br />the completion date or declaze OCHI,T in default. <br />OCHLT shall monitor the housing unit for affordability for the period of affordability - <br />ninety-nine (99) years and, if renewed, an additional ninety-nine years. Final contract <br />completion date shall be the end date of the last affordability period. <br />5. Affordability Requirement. Each housing unit must remain affordable for a period of <br />ninety-nine years. OCHLT retains full responsibility for compliance with the <br />affordability requirement for the assisted housing unit. OCHLT shall assure compliance <br />with affordability of the assisted housing unit by having recorded, no later than the time <br />it leases the project dwelling unit, a "Declazation of Restrictive Covenants" (Exhibit A) <br />on the Property. This Declaration shall constitute and remain a first lien on the Property <br />during the period of affordability, unless otherwise provided by law or unless otherwise <br />agreed by County. <br />It is further the responsibility of OCHLT to rerecord the Declaration of <br />• Restrictive Covenants no later than one day before the expiration of 30 years of the date <br />of its lease of the project dwelling unit. The County retains the right to periodically and <br />every 30 yeazs after the first recording of the Declazation of Restrictive Covenants to <br />register, with the Register of Deeds of Orange County, a notice of preservation of the <br />restrictive covenants on the Property as provided in North Cazolina General Statute § <br />4713-4 or any comparable preservation law in effect at the time of the recording of the <br />notice of preservation. It is the intent of this Section of this Agreement that the 99 year <br />affordability requirement contained herein be accomplished and that OCHLT and the <br />County will do what is necessary to ensure that the same is not extinguished by the Real <br />Property Mazketable Title Act or any compazable law purporting to extinguish, by the <br />passage of time, non possessory interests in real property. OCHI,T and the County agree <br />to do what each must do to accomplish the 99 yeaz affordability requirement. <br />6. Miscellaneous Provisions. <br />a. Termination of Agreement. The full benefit of the Project will be realized only <br />after the completion of the affordability period for the project dwelling unit purchased under this <br />Agreement. It is the County's intention that the full public benefit of the Project shall be <br />completed under the auspices of OCHLT for the assisted housing units as follows: <br />i. In the event that OCHLT is unable to proceed with any aspect of the Project in a <br />• timely manner, and County and OCHLT determine that reasonable extension(s) for <br />completion will not remedy the situation, then OCHLT will retain responsibility for <br />3 <br />