File #: 24-0058    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance: 4th Amendment to the Waverly Yards Redevelopment Plan
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 1/11/2024 In control: Economic and Housing Development
On agenda: 1/24/2024 Final action: 2/21/2024
Title: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE WAVERLY YARDS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, BY AUTHORIZING PARKING AS A PRINCIPAL INTERIM USE, AND AMENDING TWO (2) OF THE MAPS AND DELETING TWO (2) OF THE MAPS WITHIN THE WAVERLY YARDS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
Sponsors: Patrick O. Council, C. Lawrence Crump
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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE WAVERLY YARDS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, BY AUTHORIZING PARKING AS A PRINCIPAL INTERIM USE, AND AMENDING TWO (2) OF THE MAPS AND DELETING TWO (2) OF THE MAPS WITHIN THE WAVERLY YARDS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.

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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council by Resolution 7RBb, adopted on February 19, 1986, determined that Tax Block 5088 and a portion of Block 5090, Lot 1 was a blighted area pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55-21.1 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 55:14A-31 et seq.; and

WHEREAS, on March 10, 1989, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6S&Fa(s-1), adopting a redevelopment plan known as the "Waverly Yards Redevelopment Plan" governing the properties identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark, as Block 5088, Lots 74, 74B, 119, 126, 133, 134, and 161; and

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council thereafter adopted Ordinance 6S&Fd on May 17, 1989, amending the Waverly Yards Redevelopment Plan to include a portion of Block 5090, Lot 1 ("First Amendment to the Waverly Yards Redevelopment Plan"); and

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-a(S) on January 24, 2012, adopting the Second Amendment to the Waverly Yards Redevelopment Plan, wherein the Target Area for the Waverly Yards Redevelopment Plan, shall include only Block 5088, Lots 74, 74B, 119, 126, 133, 134, 138, 161, and 169, and Block 5090, Lots 1.01 and 1.05, as identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark, authorizing parking as a principal interim use, and to amend two of the maps within the Waverly Yards Redevelopment Plan and to delete two (2) maps ("Second Amendment to the Waverly Yards Redevelopment Plan"); and

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-c on February 4, 2015, entitled, "Ordinance Repealing Title 40 of the Municipal Code of the City of Newark (Zoning Ordinance), Title 37 of the Municipal Code of the City of Newark (Land Use Procedures), and Title 38 of the Municipal Code of the City of Newark (Subdivisi...

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