File #: 23-1120    Version: 1 Name: Resolution: Investigation AINOR (4th St, 5th St, Franklin Ave and Bellair Pl)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 7/12/2023 In control: Economic and Housing Development
On agenda: 8/8/2023 Final action: 8/8/2023
Title: Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment Purpose: Authorizing the Newark Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine if the area is in need of redevelopment. List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 689 5th Street/Block 663/Lot 14/North Ward 692-700 4th Street/Block 663/Lot 32.01/North Ward 684-690 4th Street/Block 663/Lot 32.02/North Ward 865-869 Franklin Avenue/Block 750.01/Lot 41/North Ward 161 Bellair Place/Block 858/Lot 1/North Ward Additional Information:
Sponsors: Council of the Whole

Title

Dept/ Agency:  Economic and Housing Development

Action:  (   ) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending

Type of Service:  Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment

Purpose: Authorizing the Newark Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine if the area is in need of redevelopment.

List of Property:

(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)

689 5th Street/Block 663/Lot 14/North Ward

692-700 4th Street/Block 663/Lot 32.01/North Ward

684-690 4th Street/Block 663/Lot 32.02/North Ward

865-869 Franklin Avenue/Block 750.01/Lot 41/North Ward

161 Bellair Place/Block 858/Lot 1/North Ward  

Additional Information:

body

 

WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development has requested that the properties identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark, known as 689 5th Street, 692-700 4th Street, and 684-690 4th Street (Block 663, Lots 14, 32.01, and 32.02), 865-869 Franklin Avenue (Block 750.01, Lot 41), and 161 Bellair Place (Block 858, Lot 1) (the “Study Area”) in the North Ward, be investigated by the Newark Central Planning Board (“Central Planning Board”) to determine if the Study Area is an “area in need of redevelopment” under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (the “LRHL”), under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.; and

 

WHEREAS, the LRHL authorizes the Governing Body, by resolution, to authorize the Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation (the “Investigation”) to determine whether an area (or any portion thereof) is an “area in need of redevelopment” according to the criteria set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 of the LRHL; and

 

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Legislature adopted, and the Governor signed P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, which amended the Redevelopment Law, including the procedural requirements of N.J.S.A.  40A: 12A-6; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, “the resolution authorizing the Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation shall state whether the redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area other than the use of eminent domain (hereinafter referred to as a “Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area”) or whether the redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area, including the power of eminent domain (hereinafter referred to as a “Condemnation Redevelopment Area”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council finds it in the best interest of the City of Newark and its residents to authorize the Central Planning Board to undertake such Investigation of the Study Area as a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area; and

 

WHEREAS,  the Municipal Council wishes to direct the Central Planning Board to conduct the Investigation of the Study Area as authorized under the LRHL.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

1.                     The Central Planning Board is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a preliminary investigation as to whether 689 5th Street, 692-700 4th Street, and 684-690 4th Street (Block 663, Lots 14, 32.01, and 32.02), 865-869 Franklin Avenue (Block 750.01, Lot 41), and 161 Bellair Place (Block 858, Lot 1) (the “Study Area”) in the North Ward is an “area in need of redevelopment” as defined under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (“LRHL”), N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1, et seq., to issue all notices, and to conduct all public hearings required under the LRHL, to effectuate this preliminary investigation, and to thereafter provide its recommendations to the Municipal Council.

 

2.                     The redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area, other than the use of eminent domain (i.e. a “Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area”).

 

3.                     The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Secretary of the Central Planning Board.

 

STATEMENT

 

This Resolution authorizes the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation as to whether 689 5th Street, 692-700 4th Street, and 684-690 4th Street (Block 663, Lots 14, 32.01, and 32.02), 865-869 Franklin Avenue (Block 750.01, Lot 41), and 161 Bellair Place (Block 858, Lot 1) (the “Study Area”) in the North Ward is in an “area in need of redevelopment” as defined under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.