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Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Waiving 20 day period for an ordinance to take effect
Purpose: Ordinance amending Section 23:2-1 One-Way Streets, of Title 23, Traffic and Parking of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, by Amending the One- Way Designation of East Runyon Street between Elizabeth Avenue and Frelinghuysen Avenue.
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Needs to take immediate effect to alleviate any possible traffic congestion upon the completion of the newly constructed 7-11 convenience store.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 6S&FB, adopted March 19, 2008 designated East Runyon Street a one-way street, eastbound, between Elizabeth Avenue and Frelinghuysen Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the Newark Central Planning Board by way of Resolution dated August 24, 2015, granted site plan approval to 240 Elizabeth Avenue LLC ("Redeveloper") to construct a new seventeen foot (17'0") single-story 2,600 square foot 7-11 convenience store (the "Project") at 234-240 Elizabeth Avenue and 2-8 East Runyon Street (collectively the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Property has frontage on both Elizabeth Avenue and East Runyon Street; and
WHEREAS, at the request of developer, the City of Newark wishes to re-establish East Runyon Street between Elizabeth Avenue and Sherman Avenue a two-way street and retain East Runyon Street a one-way street, eastbound between Sherman Avenue and Frelinghuysen Avenue to avoid congestion in the area upon the completion of a newly constructed 7-11 convenience store; and
WHEREAS, on November 1, 2017, Ordinance 6F-c regarding the above, was advanced and adopted on first reading by the Municipal Council and is scheduled for a public hearing, second reading and final passage on December 6, 2017; and
WHEREAS, there is an exigent need for the ordinance to take effect immediately as doin...
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