File #: 21-0400    Version: 1 Name: Resolution: Investigation of AINOR (114-126 Walnut Street) (East Ward)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 3/19/2021 In control: Economic and Housing Development
On agenda: 4/21/2021 Final action: 4/21/2021
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 Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine if 114-126 Walnut Street (Block 915, Lot 10) in the East Ward, is a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area as defined under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 114-126 Walnut Street/Block 915/Lot 10/East Ward Additional Information:
Sponsors: Augusto Amador, Carlos M. Gonzalez

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 Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine if 114-126 Walnut Street (Block 915, Lot 10) in the East Ward, is a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area as defined under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.

List of Property:

(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)

114-126 Walnut Street/Block 915/Lot 10/East Ward   

Additional Information:

                    

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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 114-126 Walnut Street (Block 915, Lot 10)(the “Study Area”) in the East  Ward, be investigated by the 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,  pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6, 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 Department of Economic and Housing Development desires the City’s Central Planning Board to undertake such Investigation of the Study Area as a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area in Need of Redevelopment; 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 of the City of Newark is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a preliminary investigation as to 114-126 Walnut Street (Block 915, Lot 10) in the East Ward, and to issue all notices and to conduct all public hearings required under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. (the “LRHL”), to effectuate this preliminary investigation, and to thereafter provide its recommendations to the Municipal Council.

 

2.                     The Municipal Council is requesting that the Central Planning Board determine the study area to be a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area which, 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 114-126 Walnut Street (Block 915, Lot 10) in the East Ward is a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area as defined under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (the “LRHL”), under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.