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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE NEWARK DOWNTOWN CORE DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND AMENDMENT TO THE NEWARK PLAZA URBAN RENEWAL PLAN.
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WHEREAS, on July 14, 2004, as amended and extended on September 7, 2005, the City of Newark (the "City") utilized the powers of the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., to designate over thirty-nine (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 Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6S&Ff adopting 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 five (5) 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 Amendment by Ordinance 6PSF-a(S) adopted on February 24, 2015, the Fourth Amendment by Ordinance 6PSF-b adopted on September 2, 2015, and the Fifth Amendment by Ordinance 6PSF-a(S) adopted on June 7, 2017, (the Original Redevelopment Plan and amendments one (1) through five (5) shall collectively be referred to as the "Amended Redevelopment Plan"); and
WHEREAS, on September 26, 2022, the Newark Central Planning Board ("Central Planning Board") adopted a new City of Newark Master Plan (the "Master Plan") that made certain recommendations related to the Amended Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, specifically the Master Plan recognized that while the Amended Redevelopment Plan encouraged high-density, mixed-use development in the Redevelopment Area, it set forth development regulations predominantly bas...
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