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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF JULES PLACE AS LAID OUT 50 FEET IN WIDTH AND EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERLY LINE OF RIVERSIDE AVENUE, A DISTANCE APPROXIMATELY 265 FEET WESTERLY TO ITS TERMINUS.
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WHEREAS, on August 21, 2006, the Central Planning Board approved a Major Subdivision Plan in Tax Block 617, which dedicated a new public right-of-way named Jules Place; and
WHEREAS, the Major Subdivision Plat was filed with the Essex County Register's Office on June 20, 2007 as Map No. 4513 and the new public right-of-way, Jules Place, was added to the City's Tax Maps; and
WHEREAS, on August 19, 2013, the Central Planning Board approved an amended preliminary and final site plan approval which proposed to consolidate Lots 1.02 -1.25 and vacate Jules Place and construct 128 dwelling units in 9 multifamily apartment buildings; and
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2014, the Director of the Department of Engineering sent a memorandum to the Central Planning Board referring the vacation of Jules Place to the Central Planning Board for their review and consideration; and
WHEREAS, on July 14, 2014, the Central Planning Board held a hearing and adopted a resolution on August 18, 2014 approving the vacation of the public right-of-way named Jules Place and recommended that title to the vacated public right-of-way named Jules Place revert back to the adjacent property owners.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
Section 1. All that portion, part and parcel of Jules Place, as laid out 50 feet in width, extending from the westerly line of Riverside Avenue a distance 265 feet +/- westerly to its terminus shall be vacated as a public street or right-of-way.
All is shown on a map prepared under the direction of the Municipal Council, which map is attached and made a part hereof, and a copy of which map, known and designated as Map No. A 1618, 1884 V, dated May 20, 2014, is on file in the ...
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