• 7. The City may undertake an audit of work done and eligible costs if it is deemed necessary, at the expense of the applicant.
  
  
• 8. City staff, officials, and/or agents of the City may inspect any property that is the subject of an application for any of the financial incentive programs offered by the City.
  
  
• 9. The City is not responsible for any costs incurred by an applicant in relation to any of the programs, including without limitation, costs incurred in anticipation of a grant.
  
  
• 10. The total of all grants provided in respect of the particular lands and buildings of an applicant under the programs contained in the CIP shall not exceed eligible costs with respect to these lands and buildings.
  
  
• 11. Grants will not apply to any portion of the personal property, inventory or land purchase value of the project.
  
  
• 12. The financial incentive programs approved by City Council will take effect as of the date of City Council adoption and will not be applied retroactively to any work that has taken place prior to the adoption of the CIP.
  
  
• 13. Approval of financial incentive program applications will not be applied retroactively to any work that has taken place prior to the City Council’s or delegate’s approval to participate in an incentive program. However, Council or its delegate may at its discretion approve including eligible costs incurred between the time that the City receives a complete application for a financial incentive program(s) and the date of the final approval to participate in the program. The applicant assumes all of the risks associated with beginning the eligible works prior to final approval, including the potential for denial of a financial incentive program application.
  
  
• 14. City Council at its discretion may at any time discontinue a program; however, any participants in the program prior to its discontinuance will continue to receive grants as approved for their property in accordance with the approval and/or agreement signed with the City of Windsor.
  
  
• 15. If the applicant is in default of any of the general or program specific requirements, or any other requirements of the City, the City may delay, reduce or cancel the approved grant, and any grant amount paid will be recovered by the City.
  
  
• 16. If a building that was erected or improved with a program grant is demolished prior to the expiry of the grant period, the grant is terminated and will be recovered by the City
• 17. The City has the right to perform annual inspections to ensure compliance with the agreement and make adjustments to the incentive levels to reflect the current situation in relation to the agreement signed with the City.
• 18. Grants will be paid in accordance with the specific requirements and payment terms of each individual financial incentive program offered by this Community Improvement Plan.
  
  
• 19. Unless otherwise stated, the financial incentive programs described in this CIP are designed to be funded by a capital budget established for the purposes of implementing the financial incentive programs according to the payment conditions and schedule outlined for each program, and subject to the availability of funding as approved by Council.
  
  
• 20. The Building/Property Improvement Tax Increment Grant Program described in this CIP is designed to be funded by the tax increment generated by the development, redevelopment, adaptive reuse or rehabilitation according to the payment schedule outlined for the program and/or approved by Council.
  
  
• 21. City Council, at its sole discretion, may evaluate an incentive application and decide on a case-by-case basis to adjust the level of the incentives (not to exceed the eligible costs), provide for an alternative payment schedule, and/or identify and use alternative sources of funding to pay the grants. Council will prepare additional implementation criteria and/or policies to assist with determining when one or more of these options may be necessary and/or desirable. Council modified incentives must comply with the eligibility criteria of the individual incentive program.
  
  
• 22. Financial incentives are available for the eligible costs of the development, redevelopment, adaptive reuse or rehabilitation of a building and/or property, and are not based on occupancy or changes in occupancy.