File #: 14-1409    Version: 1 Name: Amendments to Rent Control Ordinance
Type: Ordinance Status: Returned to Administration
File created: 9/5/2014 In control: Economic and Housing Development
On agenda: 9/17/2014 Final action: 9/17/2014
Title: AN ORDINANCE FURTHER AMENDING TITLE 19, CHAPTER 2, RENT CONTROL REGULATIONS, RENT CONTROL BOARD, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED. RTA 8-d 091714
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AN ORDINANCE FURTHER AMENDING TITLE 19, CHAPTER 2, RENT CONTROL REGULATIONS, RENT CONTROL BOARD, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED.
RTA 8-d 091714


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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance, 6PSF-d, May 20, 2014, which amended and supplemented Title 19, Chapter 2, Rent Control Regulations, Rent Control Board; and

WHEREAS, certain taxpayer tenants and landlords have requested amendments to the aforementioned ordinance; and

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council further adopted a resolution on August 6, 2014, which clarified the intent of the amendments previously adopted with regard to the Consumer Price Index; and

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council is desirous of amending certain provisions of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, more specifically, Title 19, Chapter 2, Rent Control Regulations, Rent Control Board, at the request of taxpayer tenants and landlords, and also in response to certain litigation entitled, Newark Apartment Owners Association, et al v. City of Newark, ESX-L-4066-14, now pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex County, in an effort to resolve the litigation.


NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, COUNTY OF ESSEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THAT:

SECTION 1. Title 19, Chapter 2, Rent Control Regulations, Rent Control Board, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, are hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

Editor's Note: Additions are shown as underlined and bold. Deletions are strikethroughs.


CHAPTER 2: RENT CONTROL REGULATIONS; RENT CONTROL BOARD


19:2-1. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
a. The Governing Body of the City of Newark does hereby declare that an emergency exists within the City of Newark with respect to the rental of housing space in dwellings by reas...

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