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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Urging/Supporting
Purpose: Supporting the need for a citywide study of surface parking development in the City of Newark calling for more urban type development.
Additional Information:
Sponsor: Chaneyfield Jenkins
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark is in need of residential, commercial, office and other real estate development, economic development and redevelopment as may be necessary and appropriate to improve the social, cultural, institutional and physical environment of the City of Newark and to increase the City tax base, and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark in recent years, has experienced a proliferation of ground surface parking lots, which have been approved and constructed consuming a large portion of City land in areas where more urban style development would be more beneficial, and
WHEREAS, a continuation of approvals for ground surface parking lots will impede, restrict and prohibit the future proper and appropriate development of these areas, and
WHEREAS, there exists a need for a study of additional ground surface parking lots throughout the City is necessary and required in order to allow for future residential, commercial, economic development and redevelopment, and
WHEREAS, the proposed Land Use Regulations which recommend that significant areas of the City of Newark be built with a mix of both low and mid-rise, multifamily buildings should be enforced. The City of Newark should be characterized by dense complexes of residential buildings up to 8 stories in height on small shared grounds, giving them a strong urban feeling,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, THAT:
The Administration of the City of Newark is urged to conduct a study of the need for and use of surface parking lots citywide as opposed to encouraging the building of attractive and appealing development designed to grow the tax base, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT:
The City of Newark and, more specifically, its Economic Development Department engage the facilitation and implementation of strategies, plans, processes and practices necessary to achieve sustainable tax base growth.
STATEMENT
This resolution urges the Administration of the City of Newark conduct a study of the need for additional surface parking lots and adopt a policy of building construction to help expand the tax base in the City of Newark.