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Dept/ Agency: Law Department
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Referral of Proposed Ordinance to the Central Planning Board for Formal Review
Purpose: Sample - Resolution referring to the Newark Central Planning Board for review and recommendation a proposed Ordinance amending Title 41, Newark Zoning and Land Use Regulations, Chapter 22, Shipping Containers; of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as Amended and Supplemented, by amending fees, moving exemption to shipping container zoning regulation, establishing new land use regulations for storage of automobiles, and amending the title of Chapter 22 to "Shipping Containers and Automobiles as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26
Additional Information:
A copy of the proposed Ordinance and the Expert Report which supports this amendment is attached as Exhibit A
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WHEREAS, on November 1, 2023, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-e (the "Ordinance"), which amended Title XLI, Zoning and Land Use Regulations, to refine Chapter 22, entitled "Shipping Containers" regulating the storage, placement, and use of Shipping Containers within the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the City has identified the need to reevaluate and strengthen its regulation of shipping container and automobile storage due to public health, safety, enforcement, fire protection, environmental, and land-use concerns, including the demands such activities place upon municipal services and the need to ensure that the costs of administering, monitoring, and enforcing applicable regulations are appropriately borne by those engaged in such activities rather than by the general taxpayers of the City; and
WHEREAS, in response to a recent fire aboard a cargo vessel at Port Newark, caused by an overheating automobile, resulted in the tragic deaths of two Newark firefighters, the City finds it necessary to amend Chapter 22 to establish a revised fee...
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