Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Referral of Proposed Seventh Amendment to the Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan to Newark Central Planning Board
Purpose: Requesting that the Newark Central Planning Board consider a Seventh Amendment to the Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(f).
Name of Plan:
Seventh Amendment to the Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
Plan Area is bounded on the north at Delavan Avenue, on the west by McCarter Highway, on the south by Raymond Boulevard, on the east by Chapel Street, and on the east by the Passaic River (East Ward and North Ward)
Additional Information:
Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan adopted by Ordinance 6PSF-i on August 7, 2013.
Ordinance 6PSF-a(S) of October 11, 2017 adopting the First Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan.
Ordinance 6PSF-a(S) of February 27, 2018 adopting the Second Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan.
Ordinance 6PSF-a of April 3, 2019 adopting the Third Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan.
Ordinance 6PSF-b of April 7, 2021 adopting the Fourth Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan.
Ordinance 6PSF-b of November 4, 2021 adopting the Fifth Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan.
Ordinance 6PSF-d of September 5, 2024 adopting the Sixth Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan.
This Amending Ordinance is a proposed Seventh Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan.
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WHEREAS, on June 15, 2005, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7Rdo(AS) designating the entire City of Newark as an area in need of rehabilitation pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, on August 7, 2013, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-i adopting the Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (the “Original Plan”); and
WHEREAS, on October 11, 2017, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-a(S) adopting the First Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (“First Amended Plan”); and
WHEREAS, on February 27, 2018, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-a(S) adopting the Second Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (“Second Amended Plan”); and
WHEREAS, on April 3, 2019, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-a adopting the Third Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (“Third Amended Plan”); and
WHEREAS, on April 7, 2021, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-b adopting the Fourth Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (“Fourth Amended Plan”); and
WHEREAS, on November 4, 2021, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-b adopting the Fifth Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (“Fifth Amended Plan”); and
WHEREAS, on September 5, 2024, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-d adopting the Sixth Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (“Sixth Amended Plan”); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council proposes a Seventh Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan, which includes the following modifications to the Sixth Amended Plan as attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A:
• Section 8-B. Parking Placement is modified for the Ballantine Brewery Mixed Use (BMU) District to permit parking garages or structured parking on any street frontage without the requirement that 75% of the ground floor linear frontage to be dedicated to retail uses.
• Within the Ballantine Brewery Mixed Use District (BMU) active street-fronts per Section 8-P shall not be required along Ferry Street where parking garages / structured parking that is integrated into a commercial, residential, or mixed-use development is proposed, provided that a minimum sidewalk width of 12 feet is provided and parking garage design elements as described in Section 8-D of the Plan are used.
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council requests that the Central Planning Board consider the proposed Seventh Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan, in its entirety, to determine if such amendments are consistent with the City’s Master Plan and transmit its recommendations regarding consistency with the City’s Master Plan and other matters pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(e).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council refers to the Newark Central Planning Board the proposed Seventh Amendment to the Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan, as recited herein and as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof, to determine if such amendments are consistent with the City’s Master Plan and for recommendations pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(e) and directs the Central Planning Board to transmit its report on the Amendment to the Municipal Council within forty five (45) days of referral.
2. A copy of this Resolution and the Proposed Seventh Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan shall be filed with the Office of the City Clerk by the Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development.
3. The City Clerk shall forward a true copy of this Resolution and the proposed Seventh Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan to the Newark Central Planning Board.
STATEMENT
This Resolution hereby refers the Seventh Amendment to the Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan prepared by the Department of Economic and Housing Development, Division of Planning and Community Development, to the Newark Central Planning Board, to determine if such amendment is consistent with the City’s Master Plan and for recommendations pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(e) and directs the Central Planning Board to transmit its report on the Amendment to the Municipal Council within forty-five (45) days of referral.