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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 15TH AMENDMENT TO THE INDUSTRIAL RIVER URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, PARCELS "TO BE ACQUIRED" WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL RIVER URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AREA: BLOCK 5001, LOTS 40, 42, 46, 48, 49, 50, 50.01 AND 93, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE REDEVELOPMEVT OF SITES ALONG BLANCHARD STREET. (EAST WARD)
Sponsors: Amador/ Chaneyfield Jenkins
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WHEREAS, in order to continue the redevelopment efforts in the East Ward, on December 17, 2008, by Resolution 7R3-D, the City's Municipal Council authorized the Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine whether the Blanchard Street Redevelopment Area (also referred to as the "Study Area") should remain designated as being in need of redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, at a public hearing, noticed by certified mail to all affected property owners, who were duly informed that the subject properties would be subject to eminent domain, the Central Planning Board adopted a resolution that recommended to the Municipal Council that the Study Area be designated as an area in need of redevelopment pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law ("LRHL"), N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R3-B, adopted on August 3, 2011, the City's Municipal Council determined that the Study Area qualified as an area in need of redevelopment under the LRHL, following which all property owners in the Study Area were provided notice that the properties would be subject to eminent domain; and
WHEREAS, at the time of the determination that the Study Area qualified as an area in need of redevelopment, the Municipal Council's Resolution recited that the Study Area was subject to the 14th Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan, and intended that the Study Area be redeveloped pursuant to that Plan; and
WHEREAS, because the Redeveloper has acquired most but not all of the properties required for the Redevelopment Project, in order to advan...
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