Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Declaring an Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: Designating area in need of redevelopment
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
36-54 Rector Street, Newark, Newark, New Jersey
Block 17, Lot 26 ,Central Ward
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development has requested that property commonly known as 36-54 Rector Street and identified on the tax map of the City of Newark as Block 17, Lot 26 (the “Study Area”) be investigated by the Central Planning Board to determine if the Study Area is an area in need of redevelopment under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. (the “LRHL”); and
WHEREAS, the LRHL authorizes a municipal governing body to cause a preliminary investigation to be made by the municipal planning board as to whether an area (or any portion thereof) is an “area in need of redevelopment” under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council wishes to authorize and direct the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation of the Study Area to determine if it is an area in need of redevelopment under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, the LRHL also authorizes a municipal governing body to direct the municipal planning board to prepare a redevelopment plan or an amendment to a redevelopment plan for consideration for adoption by the municipal governing body; and
WHEREAS, the Study Area is located within the an area of the City governed by a redevelopment plan known as the Living Downtown Plan; and
WHEREAS, if the Central Planning Board determines that the requisite conditions exist to recommend that the Study Area is an area in need of redevelopment under the LRHL, the Municipal Council wishes to authorize and direct the Central Planning Board to amend the Living Downtown Plan to identify the Study A...
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