File #: 17-0273    Version: Name: Rent Control Amendment - maximum rent increase
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 2/10/2017 In control: Municipal Council and City Clerk
On agenda: 2/15/2017 Final action: 3/7/2017
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, BY INCORPORATING A NEW PROCEDURE FOR CALCULATING THE MAXIMUM RENT INCREASE AND REMOVING ALL APPEALS TO THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IN FAVOR OF APPEALS TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY. Deferred 6PSF-d 030117
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
Related files: 17-1498
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
3/7/20173 Municipal Council Close on Public Hearing and AdoptPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
3/1/20172 Municipal Council Maintained on Public Hearing and Deferred to Special MeetingPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
2/15/20171 Municipal Council Advance and Adopt on First Reading as 6F-Pass Action details Meeting details Video Video
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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, BY INCORPORATING A NEW PROCEDURE FOR CALCULATING THE MAXIMUM RENT INCREASE AND REMOVING ALL APPEALS TO THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IN FAVOR OF APPEALS TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY.
Deferred 6PSF-d 030117

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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 to include provisions relating to major new improvements and other amendments; and

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council further adopted Resolution 7R9-h(AS) dated August 6, 2014, which clarified the intent of the amendments previously adopted, inclusive of utilizing the Consumer Price Index-Urban (CPI-U), as provided by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the City of Newark, located within the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA consolidated area; and

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council is desirous of amending certain provisions of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, more specifically, Title 19, Chapter 2, Rent Control Regulations, incorporating a new procedure for calculating the maximum rent increase; and

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council is desirous of amending the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, more specifically, Title 19, to remove all appeals to the Municipal Council in favor of appeals to the Superior Court of New Jersey.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, 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:
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