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Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Referral of a proposed Seventh Amendment to the Newark Downtown Core District Redevelopment Plan and Amendment to the Newark Plaza Urban Renewal Plan to the Central Planning Board.
Purpose: Directing Newark Central Planning to prepare a Seventh Amendment to the Newark Downtown Core District Redevelopment Plan and Amendment to the Newark Plaza Urban Renewal Plan
Name of the Plan: Newark Downtown Core District Redevelopment Plan and Newark Plaza Urban Renewal Plan
Additional Information:
Ordinance 6S&FF, adopted on October 6, 2004.
Ordinance 6S&FG, adopted on September 7, 2005.
Ordinance 6PSF-h, adopted on May 5, 2010.
Ordinance 6PSF-a(S), adopted on February 24, 2015.
Ordinance 6PSF-b, adopted on September 2, 2015.
Ordinance 6PSF-a(S), adopted on June 7, 2017.
Ordinance 6PSF-b, adopted on August 7, 2024.
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WHEREAS, on July 14, 2004, the City of Newark ("City") utilized the powers of the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., to designate over 39 acres of land within the Downtown Newark area as an "area in need of redevelopment," commonly known as the Newark Downtown Core District Redevelopment Area ("Redevelopment Area"); and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2004, the Newark Municipal Council ("Municipal Council") adopted Ordinance 6S&Ff adopting and approving the Newark Downtown Core District Redevelopment Plan and Amendment to the Newark Plaza Urban Renewal Plan (the "Original Redevelopment Plan"), which controlled the zoning for the Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Original Redevelopment Plan has been amended six (6) times, since its initial passage by the Municipal Council including the First Amendment by Ordinance 6S&FG adopted on September 7, 2005, the Second Amendment by Ordinance 6PSF-h adopted on May 5, 2010, the Third Ame...
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