Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose To authorize the Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine if the area is an Area in Need of Redevelopment.
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
746-758 South 14thStreet/Block 2633/Lot 37/South 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 746-758 South 14th Street (Block 2633, Lot 37) considered the “Study Area” be investigated by the Newark Central Planning Board (the “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 a 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-5 and N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, "[t]he resolution authorizing the 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 and its residents to authorize the Planning Board to undertake such preliminary investigation of the Study Area as a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council wishes to direct the Planning Board to undertake the preliminary Investigation of the Study Area to determine whether the Study Area qualifies as a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5.
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 undertake a preliminary investigation as to whether the following study area, identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark as 746-758 South 14th Street (Block 2633, Lot 37) in the South Ward, qualifies as a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5, 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. Pursuant to P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, the redevelopment area determination shall authorize the City of Newark to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Are other than the use of eminent domain.
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 746-758 South 14th Street (Block 2633, Lot 37) in the South 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.