Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X ) Amending
Type of Service: Referral of Proposed First Amendment to the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Redevelopment Plan to the Central Planning Board
Purpose: Requesting that the Central Planning Board consider a First Amendment to the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Ave Redevelopment Plan, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(f).
Name of Plan:
Kent/Brenner/Springfield Ave Redevelopment Plan
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
701-703 South 10th Street/Block 2630/Lot 19.01/South Ward
705 South 10th Street/Block 2630/Lot 19.02/South Ward
707 South 10th Street/Block 2630/Lot 19.03/South Ward
709-711 South 10th Street/Block 2630/Lot 19.04/South Ward
713 South 10th Street/Block 2630/Lot 19.05/South Ward
715-717 South 10th Street/Block 2630/Lot 19.06/South Ward
719 South 10th Street/Block 2630/Lot 19.07/South Ward
721 South 10th Street/Block 2630/Lot 19.08/South Ward
Additional Information:
Original Kent/Brenner/Springfield Redevelopment Plan (“Redevelopment Plan”) was adopted by Ordinance 6PSF-b on April 1, 2009.
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WHEREAS, on June 15, 2005, the City’s Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7Rdo(AS) designating the entire City of Newark as an area in need of rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2009, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-b adopting the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Ave Redevelopment Plan (the “Original Plan”); and
WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development and the Newark Planning Office propose the following further changes to the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Ave Redevelopment Plan, as amended within Block 2630.
The permitted uses set forth in Section 3.2.1 of the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Ave Redevelopment Plan, “Mixed-use Commercial-residential”, shall be permitted uses applicable to the following properties: Block 2630, Lots 19.01, 19.02, 19.03, 19.04, 19.05, 19.06, 19.07 and 19.08. Structures or improvements currently located on the foregoing properties may be demolished. All other permitted uses, height requirements, and bulk requirements of the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Ave Redevelopment Plan shall also apply to the foregoing properties.
WHEREAS, the above changes described in greater detail along with a map of the area in question are attached hereto as Exhibit A to the proposed first amending Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council requests that the Central Planning Board consider a First Amendment to the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Ave Redevelopment Plan and transmit its recommendations regarding consistency with the City Master Plan and other matters pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(f).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council hereby directs the Central Planning Board consider the following changes as to a First Amendment to the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Redevelopment Plan pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(f):
a. The permitted uses set forth in Section 3.2.1 of the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Ave Redevelopment Plan, “Mixed-use Commercial-residential”, shall be permitted uses applicable to the following properties: Block 2630, Lots 19.01, 19.02, 19.03, 19.04, 19.05, 19.06, 19.07 and 19.08. Structures or improvements currently located on the foregoing properties may be demolished. All other permitted uses, height requirements, and bulk requirements of the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Ave Redevelopment Plan shall also apply to the foregoing properties.
2. The above changes are described in greater detail along with a map of the area in question, attached hereto as Exhibit A to the proposed first amending Ordinance.
3. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This Resolution requests that the Central Planning Board consider a First Amendment to the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Ave Redevelopment Plan pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(f).