Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Declaring an Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: Designating area in need of redevelopment
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
36-54 Rector Street, Newark, Newark, New Jersey
Block 17, Lot 26 ,Central Ward
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development has requested that property commonly known as 36-54 Rector Street and identified on the tax map of the City of Newark as Block 17, Lot 26 (the "Study Area") 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, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. (the "LRHL"); and
WHEREAS, the LRHL authorizes a municipal governing body to cause a preliminary investigation to be made by the municipal planning board as to whether an area (or any portion thereof) is an "area in need of redevelopment" under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council wishes to authorize and direct the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation of the Study Area to determine if it is an area in need of redevelopment under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, the LRHL also authorizes a municipal governing body to direct the municipal planning board to prepare a redevelopment plan or an amendment to a redevelopment plan for consideration for adoption by the municipal governing body; and
WHEREAS, the Study Area is located within the an area of the City governed by a redevelopment plan known as the Living Downtown Plan; and
WHEREAS, if the Central Planning Board determines that the requisite conditions exist to recommend that the Study Area is an area in need of redevelopment under the LRHL, the Municipal Council wishes to authorize and direct the Central Planning Board to amend the Living Downtown Plan to identify the Study Area as a redevelopment area and to make any other revisions that the Central Planning Board deems appropriate and necessary and to then refer the plan amendment to the Municipal Council for consideration and approval.
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 whether the property commonly known as 36-54 Rector Street and identified on the tax map of the City of Newark as Block 17, Lot 26 is an "area in need of redevelopment" as defined under the LRHL, 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. If the Central Planning Board determines that the requisite conditions exist to recommend that the property is an area in need of redevelopment under the LRHL, the Central Planning Board is hereby authorized and directed to amend the Living Downtown Plan to identify the property as a redevelopment area and to make any other revisions that the Central Planning Board deems appropriate and necessary and to then refer the plan amendment to the Municipal Council for consideration and approval.
3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Secretary of the Central Planning Board.
4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This resolution authorizes and directs the Central Planning Board of the City of Newark to conduct a preliminary investigation as to whether the property commonly known as 36-54 Rector Street and identified on the tax map of the City of Newark as Block 17, Lot 26 is an area in need of redevelopment as defined under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law and, if the Central Planning Board determines that the requisite conditions exist to recommend that the property is an area in need of redevelopment, to prepare an amendment to the redevelopment plan known as the Living Downtown Plan to identify the property as a redevelopment area and to make any other revisions that the Central Planning Board deems appropriate and necessary and to then refer the plan amendment to the Municipal Council for consideration and approval.