File #: 20-1352    Version: 1 Name: Chestnut and Oliver Streets Redevelopment Plan Adoption
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 10/19/2020 In control: Economic and Housing Development
On agenda: Final action: 12/22/2020
Title: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE "CHESTNUT AND OLIVER STREET REDEVELOPMENT PLAN" FOR THE AREA BOUNDED BY 233-239 NJRR AVENUE (BLOCK 919, LOT 1); 225-227 NJRR AVENUE (BLOCK 919, LOT 5), 43-47 OLIVER STREET (BLOCK 919, LOT 14); 49-53 OLIVER STREET (BLOCK 919, LOT 43.19); 106-114 CHESTNUT STREET (BLOCK 919, LOT 43.30) (EAST WARD).
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE "CHESTNUT AND OLIVER STREET REDEVELOPMENT PLAN" FOR THE AREA BOUNDED BY 233-239 NJRR AVENUE (BLOCK 919, LOT 1); 225-227 NJRR AVENUE (BLOCK 919, LOT 5), 43-47 OLIVER STREET (BLOCK 919, LOT 14); 49-53 OLIVER STREET (BLOCK 919, LOT 43.19); 106-114 CHESTNUT STREET (BLOCK 919, LOT 43.30) (EAST WARD).

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WHEREAS, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., (the "LHRL") authorizes municipalities to determine whether certain land in the municipality constitutes an area in need of redevelopment; and

WHEREAS, on March 7, 2018, in accordance with the LHRL, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark (the "Municipal Council") adopted Resolution 7R2-b authorizing and directing the Central Planning Board (the "Planning Board") to conduct a preliminary investigation to determine whether the following properties (the "Proposed Plan Area") in the East Ward of the City of Newark (the "City") constitute an area in need of redevelopment according to the criteria set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 of the LHRL and whether said 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 ("Non-Condemnation Area"):

No.
Property Address
Block
Lot|1010|233-239 NJRR Avenue
919|101010|225-231 NJRR Avenue
919|101010|43-47 Oliver Street
919
15|1010|49-53 Oliver Street
919
43.19|1010|106-114 Chestnut Street
919
43.30

WHEREAS, after a Public Hearing on June 11, 2018, the Central Planning Board adopted a Resolution, memorialized on June 23, 2018, recommending the designation of the parcels in the Proposed Plan Area as a "non-condemnation area in need of redevelopment" under the LRHL; and

WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R2-g, adopted on December 5, 2018, the Municipal Council accepted the recommendation of the Central Planning Board and declared the Proposed Plan Area as a Non-Condemnatio...

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