Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: Central Planning Board to determine if area is in need of redevelopment
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
289-301 Washington Street/Block 73/Lot 92/Central Ward
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development has requested that the property identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark as 289-301 Washington Street (Block 73, Lot 92) (the "Study Area") in the Central Ward, be investigated by the 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, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6, "the resolution authorizing the Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation shall state whether the redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area other than the use of eminent domain (hereinafter referred to as a "Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area") or whether the redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area, including the power of eminent domain (hereinafter referred to as a "Condemnation Redevelopment Area"); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council finds it to be in the best interest of the City and...
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