Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: Central Planning Board to determine if area is in
need of redevelopment
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
23-37 University Avenue, Newark, New Jersey, /Block 47/ Lot 40/Central Ward
Additional Information:
Invitation: Director of Economic & Housing Development, June 5, 2013
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WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development has requested that property located at 23-37 University Avenue and identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark as Block 47, Lot 40 (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 direct the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation of the Study Area as authorized under the LRHL.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Central Planning Board of the City of Newark is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a preliminary investigation as to whether the property located at 23-37 University Avenue and identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark as Block 47, Lot 40 is an "area in need of redevelopment" as defined under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. (the "LRHL"), to issue all notices and to conduct all public hearings required under the LRHL to effectuate this preliminary inve...
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