24.05.060 Definitions.
The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context of the ordinance:
“Amended YIHA ordinance” means the Tribal ordinance establishing the Yurok Indian Housing Authority originally adopted on February 9, 1995, subsequently amended by Council Resolution 97-01 on January 8, 1997, and in effect immediately preceding the effective date of this amendment and restatement.
“Area of operation” means all areas within the jurisdiction of the Tribe, and including Yurok ancestral territory and the California counties of Humboldt and Del Norte.
“Authority” means the Yurok Indian Housing Authority established pursuant to the Amended YIHA Ordinance and acting pursuant to this chapter and through the Board.
“Board” means the Board of Commissioners as established by Article III of this chapter.
“Commissioner” means a member of the Board.
“Council” means the Yurok Tribal Council.
“District Councilmember” means a Councilmember elected to represent a Council District specified in the Constitution of the Yurok Tribe, Article III, Section 2.
“Federal government” means the government of the United States of America, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.
“Homebuyer” means a person who has executed a lease-purchase agreement with the Authority and who has not yet achieved home ownership.
“Housing project” or “project” means any work or undertaking to provide or assist in providing (by any suitable method, including but not limited to: loans or subsidizing of rentals or charges) decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations. Such work or undertaking may include buildings, leaseholds, equipment, facilities, and other personal property for necessary, convenient, or desirable appurtenances, for streets, sewers, water services, utilities, parks, site preparation or landscaping, and for administrative, community, health, recreational, welfare, or other purposes. The term “housing project” or “project” also may be applied to the planning of buildings and improvements, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of improvements, or other property and all other work in connection therewith and the term shall include all tangible or intangible assets held or used in connection with the housing project.
“Moral turpitude” means conduct that is contrary to justice, honesty, or morality or so extreme a departure from ordinary Yurok standards of honesty, good morals, justice or ethics as to be shocking to the moral sense of Yurok people. Moral turpitude shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) Fraud;
(2) Embezzlement;
(3) Extortion;
(4) Theft;
(5) Bribery;
(6) Receiving stolen goods knowing they are stolen;
(7) Perjury;
(8) Child abuse, including physical or sexual abuse;
(9) Contributing to the delinquency of a minor, including sexual relations with a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor, production or trafficking of child pornography, or serving or providing illegal drugs or alcohol;
(10) Assault with an intent to kill, commit serious bodily harm, or rape or with a dangerous weapon;
(11) Arson;
(12) Rape;
(13) Murder;
(14) Felony conviction for domestic abuse;
(15) Intentional manufacture, use, or distribution of a controlled substance or drug trafficking; and
(16) Aiding or abetting in the commission of, or attempting to commit, a crime involving moral turpitude.
“NAHASDA” means the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act, 25 U.S.C § 4101 et seq., and implementing regulations, 24 C.F.R. Part 1000.
“Obligation” means any note, bond, interim certificate, debenture, or other form of obligation issued by the Authority pursuant to this chapter.
“Obligee” includes any holder of an obligation, agent or trustee for any holder of an obligation, or lessor demising to the Authority property used in connection with a project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor’s interest or any part thereof, and the federal government when it is a party to any contract with the Authority in respect to a housing project.
“Officer” means the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, or Treasurer of the Board.
“Reservation” means all lands within the exterior boundaries of the Yurok Reservation.
“Tenant” means a person who holds, occupies, or possesses land or property by any kind of right or title, such as a person who pays rent to a landlord pursuant to a lease or rental agreement in exchange for living accommodations. [Ord. 37A § 4009, adopted, 6/6/2014.]