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Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: To amend the list of properties referred to the Central Planning Board to determine if they are an Area in Need of Redevelopment.
List of Properties:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
Properties to be added to the resolution:
41-43 Central Avenue/Block 21/Lot 23/Central Ward
Properties in the resolution adopted on September 22, 2020:
31-39 Central Avenue/Block 21/Lot 8/Central Ward
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R2-e(S) adopted on September 22, 2020, authorized the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation as to whether 31-39 Central Avenue (Block 21/Lot 8/Central Ward) is a non-condemnation redevelopment area.
Body
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted resolution 7R2-e(S) on September 22, 2020 (“Original Resolution”), which authorized the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation as to whether 31-39 Central Avenue (Block 21, Lot 8, Central Ward) (“Property”), is an area in need of redevelopment as defined under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (“LRHL”) pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., to issue all notices, conduct all public hearings required, and provide its recommendations to the Municipal Council; and
WHEREAS, the original Resolution further authorized the Central Planning Board to undertake the investigation of the Property as a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area, which authorizes the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area other than the use of eminent domain; and
WHEREAS, after the adoption of the original Resolution, the Department of Economic and Housing Development determined that the inclusion of 41-43 Central Avenue, Block 21, Lot 23, in the Central Ward, is crucial to the redevelopment area; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development has requested that 41-43 Central Avenue, identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark, as Block 21, Lot 23 in the Central Ward, be investigated along with the Property (collectively referred as the “Study Area”) by the Central Planning Board to determine if the Study Area is a Non-Condemnation “area in need of redevelopment” under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council wishes to amend the original Resolution7R2-e(S) adopted on September 22, 2020, to include 41-43 Central Avenue (Block 21, Lot 23) in the Study Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council amends Resolution 7R2-e(S) adopted on September 22, 2020 to include 41-43 Central Avenue (Block 21, Lot 23) in the Study Area. The Study Area shall now be 31-39 Central Avenue, Block 21, Lot 8, and 41-43 Central Avenue, Block 21, Lot 23, in the Central Ward.
2. All other terms of Resolution 7R2-e(S) adopted on September 22, 2020, shall remain unchanged and in full force.
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 amends Resolution 7R2-e(S), adopted on September 22, 2020, to include 41-43 Central Avenue (Block 21, Lot 23, Central Ward), in the Study Area that the Central Planning Board was authorized to conduct a preliminary investigation of to determine if it is a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area.