§ 10-12. Qualification requirements.

To qualify for participation in the Program, an area must:

(1) be a contiguous or nearly contiguous area that contains all or part of a public street or highway at least 1 side of which is primarily abutted by:

(i) residential property; or

(ii) residential and nonbusiness property, including schools, parks, churches, hospitals, and nursing homes;

(2) consist of 1 of the following:

(i) an area zoned as a residence district;

(ii) blocks that are impacted by an existing Residential Parking Area;

(iii) an area in which an entire block face is residential in use, including any block face that adjoins that area; or

(iv) an area subject to a recorded master plan for subdivision and development into an area to be zoned as a residence district, where:

(A) at least 50% of the development sites have been leased or conveyed to developers, rehabilitators, restorers, or occupants with lease, deed, or disposition agreement restrictions limiting improvements to residential uses only;

(B) at least 50% of the planned development has been completed; and

(C) at least 50% of the planned improvements are in fact used and occupied as residences; and

(3) meet any additional criteria that the Authority establishes consistent with the guidelines and standards of this subtitle.