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Dept./ Agency: Finance
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Waiving 20-day period for an ordinance to take effect
Purpose: This Resolution seeks to authorize an emergency be declared to exist, for Ordinance 6PSF-a, which amends the City of Newark's Various Titles of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, adjusting the License Renewal Period and Fee to match the new biennial licensing schedule for certain establishments, throughout the City of Newark.
Ordinance No(s): Ordinance 6PSF-d adopted on First Reading by the Municipal Council on December 7, 2021.
Ordinance 6PSF-a is scheduled for a Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on December 21, 2021.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to have uniformed business licensing fees and periods of renewal; and
WHEREAS, establishing biennial periods of renewal and altering fee schedules will reduce the hardship of business owners in having to renew their licenses annually; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 6PSF-d was advanced and adopted on first reading by the Municipal Council on December 7, 2021 and is scheduled for a public hearing, second reading and final passage on December 21, 2021; and
WHEREAS, there is an exigent need for Ordinance 6PSF-a to be effective after being adopted upon Second Reading and Final Passage on December 21, 2021 as the administration requires that these revisions be in affect no later than January 1, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the delay in the effective date of Ordinance 6PSF-a is critically important to the City of Newark in order to serve its business community; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-181(b) authorizes a Governing Body to adopt a resolution declaring an emergency and authorizing that an Ordinance take immediate effect so long as at least two-thirds of all the members of ...
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