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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE WEST WARD MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
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WHEREAS, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. ("LRHL"), authorizes municipalities to determine whether certain land in the municipality constitutes an area in need of redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, on January 13, 2015, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R3-b(S) authorizing and directing the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation to determine whether all the properties identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark, as Blocks 317-337 (in their entirety), or any portion thereof ("Study Area") are considered an "area in need of redevelopment" according to the criteria set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12-5 of the LRHL and should be designated as a Condemnation Redevelopment Area, as defined by the Redevelopment Law; and
WHEREAS, after a Public Hearing on January 11, 2016, the Central Planning Board adopted a Resolution, memorialized February 8, 2016, recommending the designation of certain parcels in the Study Area as Condemnation Area in Need of Redevelopment under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, thereafter the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R3-a on April 6, 2016, accepting the recommendation of the Central Planning Board and designated one hundred nine (109) of the parcels investigated in the Study Area as a Condemnation Area in Need of Redevelopment and directed the Central Planning Board to create and transmit a redevelopment plan and report identifying any provisions in the proposed redevelopment plan, which are inconsistent with the Master Plan and provide recommendations concerning those inconsistencies, as well as any other matters the Central Planning Board deems appropriate, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(e); and
WHEREAS, Phillips Preiss Grygiel, LLC prepared a redevelopment plan for the Study Area entitled "West War...
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