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Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Referral?of Proposed Third Amendment to the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan
Purpose: Requesting the Newark Central Planning Board to conduct a formal review of a Proposed Third Amendment to the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan, pursuant to?the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., that changes the Permitted Uses in the Commercial Districts to allow two- , three- and four-family in the Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) and Community Commercial (C-2) Districts, and additionally allow town houses in the Community Commercial (C-1).
Additional Information:
Ordinance?6PSF-f adopted on September 8, 2016, adopted the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan.
Ordinance?6PSF-h adopted on July 10, 2019, adopted the First Amendment to the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan.
Ordinance?6PSF-d adopted on February 15, 2023, adopted the Second Amendment to the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan.
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WHEREAS,?on June 15, 2005, the Newark Municipal Council ("Municipal Council") adopted Resolution 7Rdo(AS) designating the entire City of Newark ("City") as an area in need of rehabilitation pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law ("LRHL"); and
WHEREAS, on January 13, 2015, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R3-b(s) directing the Newark Central Planning Board to conduct an investigation to determine if the West Ward Model Neighbordhood Initiative Area (the "Area") consisting of the entirety of Blocks 317-337 in the West Ward of the City qualified as an area in need of redevelopment under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, thereafter on April 6, 2016 the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R3-a designating 113 parcels investigated i...
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