Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: Central Planning Board to determine if area is in
need of redevelopment
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
1037 - 1047 Bergen Street/Block 3661/Lot 3/South Ward
1057 - 1059 Bergen Street/Block 3660/Lot 11/South Ward
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development has requested that the properties identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark as 1037-1047 Bergen Street (Block 3661, Lot 3) and 1057-1059 Bergen Street (Block 3660, Lot 11) (the “Study Area”) in the South Ward, be investigated by the Central Planning Board to determine if the Study Area is an “area in need of redevelopment” under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (the “LRHL”), under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., authorizes a Municipal Governing Body to cause a preliminary investigation to be made by the Central Planning Board as to whether an area (or any portion thereof) is an “area in need of redevelopment” under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Legislature adopted, and the Governor signed P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, which amended the Redevelopment Law, including the procedural requirements of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 and N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, “the resolution authorizing the Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation shall state whether the redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area other than the use of eminent domain (hereinafter referred to as a “Condemnation Redevelopment Area”) or whether the redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area, including the power of eminent domain (hereinafter referred to as a “Condemnation Redevelopment Area”); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council finds it to be in the best interest of the City and its residents to authorize the City’s Planning Board to undertake such preliminary investigation of the Study Area as a Condemnation Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council wishes to direct the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation of the Study Area as authorized under the LRHL.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Central Planning Board of the City of Newark is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a preliminary investigation as to whether 1037-1047 Bergen Street (Block 3661, Lot 3) and 1057-1059 Bergen Street (Block 3660, Lot 11) in the South Ward, is an “area in need of redevelopment” as defined under the LRHL, to issue all notices and to conduct all public hearings required under the LRHL to effectuate this preliminary investigation, and to thereafter provide its recommendations to the Municipal Council.
2. The redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area, including the power of eminent domain (i.e. a “Condemnation Redevelopment Area”)
3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Secretary of the Central Planning Board.
STATEMENT
Resolution authorizing the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation as to whether 1037-1047 Bergen Street (Block 3661, Lot 3) and 1057-1059 Bergen Street (Block 3660, Lot 11) South Ward, is an “area in need of redevelopment” as defined under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (the “LRHL”), under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.