Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Declaring an Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: Designating area in need of redevelopment
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
310-312 New Street/Block 415/Lot 51/Central Ward
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R2-n (s/as) adopted on July 23, 2019, authorized and directed the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation.
Deferred 7R2-b (s) 111219
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WHEREAS, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., (the "Redevelopment Law"), authorizes municipalities to determine whether certain parcels of land located therein constitute areas in need of redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, on July 23, 2019, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark (the "Municipal Council") adopted Resolution 7R2-n (S/AS) authorizing and directing the Newark Central Planning Board (the "Planning Board") to conduct a preliminary investigation to determine whether certain properties, identified as, 310-312 New Street (Block 415/Lot 51) in the Central Ward, as shown on the official tax map of the City of Newark, or any portions thereof (the "Study Area"), is considered an "area in need of redevelopment" according to the criteria set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 of the Redevelopment Law and should be designated as a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area, as defined by the Redevelopment Law; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board conducted a preliminary investigation of the Study Area to determine whether the Study Area should be designated as a Non-Condemnation Area in Need of Redevelopment in accordance with the criteria and procedures set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 and 40A:12A-6; and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was conducted by the Planning Board on September 9, 2019, with notice having properly been given pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6(b)(3); and
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