[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 3]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR570.205]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 

        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 570_COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart C_Eligible Activities

 

Sec.  570.205  Eligible planning, urban environmental design and 

policy-planning-management-capacity building activities.



    (a) Planning activities which consist of all costs of data 

gathering, studies, analysis, and preparation of plans and the 

identification of actions that will implement such plans, including, but 

not limited to:

    (1) Comprehensive plans;

    (2) Community development plans;



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    (3) Functional plans, in areas such as:

    (i) Housing, including the development of a consolidated plan;

    (ii) Land use and urban environmental design;

    (iii) Economic development;

    (iv) Open space and recreation;

    (v) Energy use and conservation;

    (vi) Floodplain and wetlands management in accordance with the 

requirements of Executive Orders 11988 and 11990;

    (vii) Transportation;

    (viii) Utilities; and

    (ix) Historic preservation.

    (4) Other plans and studies such as:

    (i) Small area and neighborhood plans;

    (ii) Capital improvements programs;

    (iii) Individual project plans (but excluding engineering and design 

costs related to a specific activity which are eligible as part of the 

cost of such activity under Sec. Sec.  570.201-570.204);

    (iv) The reasonable costs of general environmental, urban 

environmental design and historic preservation studies. However, costs 

necessary to comply with 24 CFR part 58, including project specific 

environmental assessments and clearances for activities eligible for 

assistance under this part, are eligible as part of the cost of such 

activities under Sec. Sec.  570.201-570.204. Costs for such specific 

assessments and clearances may also be incurred under this paragraph but 

would then be considered planning costs for the purposes of Sec.  

570.200(g);

    (v) Strategies and action programs to implement plans, including the 

development of codes, ordinances and regulations;

    (vi) Support of clearinghouse functions, such as those specified in 

Executive Order 12372; and

    (vii) Analysis of impediments to fair housing choice.

    (6) Policy--planning--management--capacity building activities which 

will enable the recipient to:

    (1) Determine its needs;

    (2) Set long-term goals and short-term objectives, including those 

related to urban environmental design;

    (3) Devise programs and activities to meet these goals and 

objectives;

    (4) Evaluate the progress of such programs and activities in 

accomplishing these goals and objectives; and

    (5) Carry out management, coordination and monitoring of activities 

necessary for effective planning implementation, but excluding the costs 

necessary to implement such plans.



[53 FR 34439, Sept. 6, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 56127, Oct. 31, 1991; 

60 FR 1915, Jan. 5, 1995]