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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED AS ABANDONED PROPERTIES PURSUANT TO THE NEW JERSEY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT ACT, N.J.S.A. 55:19-20 ET SEQ. AND THE ABANDONED PROPERTIES REHABILITATION ACT, N.J.S.A. 55:19-78 ET SEQ.
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WHEREAS, the New Jersey Legislature adopted the Abandoned Properties Rehabilitation Act, N.J.S.A. 55:18-78 et seq. (the "APRA") and, in adopting the APRA, made findings that abandoned properties, particularly those located within urban areas or in close proximity to occupied residences and businesses, create a wide range of problems for the communities in which they are located, fostering criminal activity, creating public health problems and otherwise diminishing the quality of life for residents and business operators in those areas and that abandoned properties diminish the property values of neighboring properties and have a negative effect on the quality of life of adjacent property owners, increasing the risk of property damage through arson and vandalism and discouraging neighborhood stability and revitalization; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the powers granted to it under the APRA, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark (the "Municipal Council") adopted Ordinance 6S&Fc on March 21, 2007, authorizing a public officer designated by the Mayor to identify privately-owned abandoned properties within the City, to place such properties on an abandoned properties list, and to provide such other notices and to take such other actions necessary to effectuate an abandoned property list (the "Abandoned Property Ordinance"); and
WHEREAS, the Mayor designated the City's Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development (the "Deputy Mayor/Director") to serve as the "public officer" for abandoned properties located within the City pursuant to the City's Abandoned Property Ordinance and the APRA; and
WHEREAS, the Deputy Mayor/Director has identified and placed certain private...
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