File #: 13-0867    Version: 1 Name: ADDED STARTER: City-wide Scattered Site Redevelopment Plan
Type: Ordinance Status: Filed
File created: 5/1/2013 In control: Economic and Housing Development
On agenda: 6/11/2013 Final action: 6/25/2013
Title: ORDINANCE ADOPTING A CITY-WIDE SCATTERED SITE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN (THE "REDEVELOPMENT PLAN") IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT AND ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR: (I) THE ACQUISITION, RE-SALE AND REHABILITATION OF PRIVATELY-OWNED PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN OR THAT WILL IN THE FUTURE BE INCLUDED ON THE CITY'S ABANDONED PROPERTY LIST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABANDONED PROPERTIES REHABILITATION ACT, N.J.S.A. 55:19-78 ET SEQ. (THE "APRA") AND WITH ORDINANCE 6S&FC032107 (THE "ABANDONED PROPERTY ORDINANCE"); AND (II) THE REHABILITATION OF CITY-OWNED LOTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF CLEARANCE OR REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS FROM LAND, DEMOLITION, OR OTHER SITE PREPARATION ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO PREPARE THEM FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT. Note: Public Hearing to be held on June 25, 2013 Deferred 6PSF-i 062013/ Public Hearing Open
Related files: 13-2098, 13-2099, 13-1394, 13-1504, 13-1624
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
6/25/20131 Municipal Council Close on Public Hearing and AdoptPass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/19/20131 Municipal Council Maintained on Public Hearing and Deferred to Special MeetingPass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/11/20131 Municipal Council Advance and Adopt on First Reading as 6F-Pass Action details Meeting details Not available
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ORDINANCE ADOPTING A CITY-WIDE SCATTERED SITE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN (THE "REDEVELOPMENT PLAN") IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT AND ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR: (I) THE ACQUISITION, RE-SALE AND REHABILITATION OF PRIVATELY-OWNED PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN OR THAT WILL IN THE FUTURE BE INCLUDED ON THE CITY'S ABANDONED PROPERTY LIST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABANDONED PROPERTIES REHABILITATION ACT, N.J.S.A. 55:19-78 ET SEQ. (THE "APRA") AND WITH ORDINANCE 6S&FC032107 (THE "ABANDONED PROPERTY ORDINANCE"); AND (II) THE REHABILITATION OF CITY-OWNED LOTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF CLEARANCE OR REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS FROM LAND, DEMOLITION, OR OTHER SITE PREPARATION ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO PREPARE THEM FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT.
Note: Public Hearing to be held on June 25, 2013
Deferred 6PSF-i 062013/ Public Hearing Open
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WHEREAS, the entire City of Newark has been designated as an area in need of rehabilitation under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. (the "LRHL"); and

WHEREAS, the LRHL authorizes municipalities to adopt redevelopment plans in order to implement and establish standards for the rehabilitation of all or of any part of a rehabilitation area; and

WHEREAS, the City wishes to adopt a City-wide Scattered Site Redevelopment Plan (the "Redevelopment Plan") in order to implement and establish standards for: (i) the acquisition, re-sale and rehabilitation of privately-owned properties that have been or that will in the future be included on the City's abandoned property list in accordance with the Abandoned Properties Rehabilitation Act, N.J.S.A. 55:19-78 et seq. (the "APRA") and with Ordinance 6S&FC032107 (the "Abandoned Property Ordinance"); and (ii) the rehabilitation of City-owned lots that are in need of clearance or removal of buildings from land, demolition, or other site preparation activities in order to prepare them for future redevelopment; and

WHEREAS, the adoption of the Redevelopment Plan will fur...

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