Guam § 5401 - General Definitions.

§ 5401. General Definitions.

As used in this Article:

(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:

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(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.