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)
1037 - 1047 Bergen Street/Block 3661/Lot 3/South Ward
1057 - 1059 Bergen Street/Block 3660/Lot 11/South Ward
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development has requested that the properties identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark as 1037-1047 Bergen Street (Block 3661, Lot 3) and 1057-1059 Bergen Street (Block 3660, Lot 11) (the "Study Area") in the South 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 N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., authorizes a Municipal Governing Body to cause a preliminary investigation to be made by the Central Planning Board as to whether an area (or any portion thereof) is an "area in need of redevelopment" under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Legislature adopted, and the Governor signed P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, which amended the Redevelopment Law, including the procedural requirements of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 and N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, "the resolution authorizing the 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 "Condemnation Redevelopment Area") or whether the redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers p...
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