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Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Referral of Proposed 2nd Amendment to the South Bergen Street Redevelopment Plan to Central Planning Board
Purpose: Requesting that the Central Planning Board consider making a 2nd Amendment to the South Bergen Street Redevelopment Plan, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(e).
Name of Plan: South Bergen Street Redevelopment Plan
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WHEREAS, in order to stimulate the reinvigoration of the City, on June 15, 2005, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R do(AS) declaring the entire City of Newark as an area in need of rehabilitation pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. (LRHL); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R3-a(S) on January 13, 2015, which directed the Central Planning Board of the City of Newark to conduct an investigation to determine if 285 parcels along the Bergen Street corridor between Madison Avenue and Weequahic Avenue ("the Area") qualified as an area in need of redevelopment under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. ("LRHL"); and
WHEREAS, through the adoption of Resolution 7R3-b on February 17, 2016, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark ("Municipal Council") declared 65 of the parcels investigated in the Area to be a condemnation area in need of redevelopment under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, in order to effectuate the redevelopment of the Area, the Municipal Council adopted the South Bergen Street Redevelopment Plan by Ordinance 6PSF-b on January 5, 2017, as the land use regulation for the Area, some of which properties having been designated as in need of redevelopment and the remainder having been designated as an area in need of rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, the LRHL permits the Municipal Council to amend th...
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