Title
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY AND/OR CERTAIN RIGHTS IN THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF NEWARK LOCATED AT 133-179 ROCK LODGE ROAD, HARDYSTON, NEW JERSEY 07460 AND IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF HARDYSTON TOWNSHIP, AS BLOCK 60, LOT 15 (DESIGNATED BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AS PARCEL 52) TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE SUM OF $160.00.
Public Hearing to be held June 21, 2022.
Deferred 6PSF-g 060222
body
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, through the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities (the "City"), owns real property located at 133-179 Rock Lodge Road, Hardyston, New Jersey 07460 and identified on the Official Tax Map of Hardyston Township as Block 60, Lot 15 (the "City Property"); and
WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey, Department of Transportation (the "NJDOT") has advised the City that the NJDOT intends to undertake a construction project in order to make improvements to Route 23 in and around Hardyston, New Jersey and that it is necessary for the NJDOT to acquire certain rights in the City Property in order to make these improvements; and
WHEREAS, specifically, the NJDOT has advised the City that the NJDOT must acquire the following rights in the City Property: (i) a fee taking of 1,578 square feet as shown on the Parcel Maps for Parcel 52; (ii) a permanent slope easement of 345 square feet as shown on the Parcel Maps for Parcel 52 (collectively, the "City Property Rights"); and
WHEREAS, the NJDOT obtained an appraisal determining that the fair market value of the City Property Rights is One Hundred Sixty Dollars and Zero Cents ($160.00) and served this appraisal upon the City; and
WHEREAS, the NJDOT also provided the City with a letter offering to acquire the City Property Rights from the City for the sum of One Hundred Sixty Dollars and Zero Cents ($160.00) (the appraised value of these rights) and wants to acquire City Prop...
Click here for full text