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ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT TITLE II, ADMINISTRATION, CHAPTER 5, DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO LEASE CITY-OWNED PROPERTY TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS FOR THE SOLE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF USING SAID PROPERTY AS A LOCATION FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL ENDEAVOURS.
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council recognizes that artistic and cultural endeavors are critical to the City's success. Artists add cultural and economic diversity to the City; enhance the lives of the City's residents and visitors and positively influence the City's economy; and
WHEREAS, in the Municipal Council's opinion, it is important to provide the local artist community with locations to conduct community artistic activities in order to increase the awareness and support for arts and culture and to visually enliven the City and illuminate the City's history, diversity and culture; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, (the "City") owns various real property located throughout the City that are not needed for public use and the City wishes to lease said property to nonprofit corporations for the sole public purpose of conducting social gatherings and community activities related to artistic and cultural endeavors; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12-14(c) and N.J.S.A. 40A:12-15, the City may, by Ordinance, authorize the conveyance of a leasehold interest in City-owned property to a nonprofit corporation for nominal or other consideration, provided that in no event shall any such lease be entered into for, with or on behalf of any commercial, business, trade, manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing or other profit-making enterprise, nor shall any such lease be entered into with any political, partisan, sectarian, denominational or religious corporation ...
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