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Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X ) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Requesting for the Preparation of a Redevelopment Plan to the Central Planning Board
Purpose: To authorize the Central Planning Board to prepare and transmit to the Municipal Council a Proposed Redevelopment Plan for a Designated Redevelopment Area, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(f).
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WHEREAS, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., as amended and supplemented, ("LRHL") provides a process for municipalities to undertake the redevelopment and improvements for the redevelopment and rehabilitation of all or of any part of a redevelopment area; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7Rdo(AS) adopted on June 15, 2005, the Municipal Council upon the recommendation of the Central Planning Board after a public hearing, designated the City of Newark, in its entirety as an Area in Need of Rehabilitation, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:12-14 et seq., and said designation became effective on June 17, 2005, upon the transmission of the resolution to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs by the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R2-b (S/AS) on September 25, 2018, which designated 84-92 Parkhurst Street (Block 899, Lot 38), 19-33 Murray Street (Block 2811, Lot 1), 46-54 Astor Street (Block 2808, Lot 14), 60-74 Astor Street (Block 2808, Lot 21), 15 Thomas Street/37 Brunswick Street (Block 2826, Lots 39-41), 12-14 Pennsylvania Avenue (Block 2826, Lot 28), and 17-19 Pennsylvania Avenue (Block 2824, Lot 40), as a condemnation area in need of redevelopment and directed the Central Planning Board to create and transmit a redevelopment plan for the properties to the Municipal Council; and
WHEREAS, the LRHL authorizes municipalities to adopt redevelopment plans in order to implement and establish standards for the redevelop...
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