Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: Authorizing the Newark Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine if the area is in need of redevelopment.
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
174-312 Routes 1 & 9 /Block 5090/Lot 50/South Ward
334-348 Routes 1 & 9 /Block 5090/Lot 44.01/South Ward
314-332 Routes 1 & 9 /Block 5090/Lot 193/South Ward
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS,?the Department of Economic and Housing Development has requested that the following property identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark, as
Block
Lot
Property Address
5090
50
174-312 Routes 1 & 9
5090
44.01
334-348 Routes 1 & 9
5090
193
314-332 Routes 1 & 9
the "Study Area" in the South Ward, be investigated by the Newark Central Planning Board ("Central Planning Board") to determine if the Study Area is an "area in need of redevelopment" under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (the "LRHL"), under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS,?the?LRHL?authorizes the Governing Body, by resolution, to authorize the Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation (the "Investigation") to determine whether an area (or any portion thereof) is an "area in need of redevelopment" according to the criteria set forth in N.J.S.A.?40A:12A-5 of the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Legislature adopted, and the Governor signed P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, which amended the Redevelopment Law, including the procedural requirements of N.J.S.A. 40A: 12A-6; and
WHEREAS,?pursuant to P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, "the resolution authorizing the Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation shall state whether the red...
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