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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="6-1304" title_number="6" title_name="Division of Neighborhood Revitalization" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Eligible applicant” means a tax–exempt nonprofit organization.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Facility and community improvement project” means a physical project or a community service that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>makes a facility or a community–managed open space safer for residents and visitors;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>encourages the authorized uses of a facility or a community–managed open space by individuals; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>supports community–led efforts to improve the appearance of a facility or a community–managed open space.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Facility and community improvement project” includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the purchase or installation of:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>equipment that increases the visibility of vulnerable spaces, including surveillance tools or adequate lighting for exterior doors, common areas, or hallways; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>landscape architectural design features, including signs, gardens, paving treatments, plantings, or other upgrades to public spaces;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>efforts to:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>improve sight lines within, increase visitation to, or clean public spaces; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>integrate landscape architectural design features into a facility or a community–managed open space in a manner that connects adjacent neighborhoods for various users while distancing the users from private areas;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>timely removal of graffiti and use of graffiti resistance practices in collaboration with a person who specializes in the area of graffiti removal services to present a vibrant, maintained space; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>contracted land enhancement or groundskeeping services to maintain or clean open spaces and functional surfaces.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An eligible applicant may apply for a grant under the Program for a facility and community improvement project.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If an eligible applicant submits an application for a grant under the Program for a facility and community improvement project to purchase or install a network of cameras or license readers, the eligible applicant shall include with the application:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a monitoring plan;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>evidence of a partnership with law enforcement, the governmental unit responsible for traffic enforcement for the political subdivision, and any other relevant public agencies; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a list of possible locations of cameras and license readers and a plan for providing notice of locations to property owners.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department may award an eligible applicant who submits a complete application for financial assistance under the Program for a facility and community improvement project a grant that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is at least $25,000; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>does not exceed $50,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
