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)
85-101 Jackson Street/Block 1990/Lot 35/East Ward
Additional Information:
This is an amendment to Resolution 7R2-d adopted on March 7, 2018
Deferred 7R2-c 051018
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WHEREAS, on March 7, 2018, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark, New Jersey adopted Resolution 7R2-d authorizing the Central Planning Board of the City of Newark to conduct an preliminary investigation to determine whether the area constituting the following properties: 103 Jackson Street, 101-103 Van Buren Street, 176 Ferry Street, 174 Ferry Street, 170 Ferry Street, 94 Jackson Street, 90-92 Jackson Street and 98-104 Jackson Street (Block: 1990, Lot: 11 and Block: 1991, Lots: 24, 31, 32, 34, 41, 42 & 63, (the "Study Area") in the East 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; and
WHEREAS, due to error the property located at 85-101 Jackson Street, Block 1990, Lot 35 as identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark was not included in the Study Area; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development seeks to amend Resolution 7R2-d March 7, 2018 to add 85-101 Jackson Street, Block 1990, Lot 35 in the Study Area to be investigated by the Central Planning Board to determine if it is an "area in need of redevelopment"; and
WHEREAS, the LRHL authorizes a Municipal 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 "ar...
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