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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 21ST AMENDMENT TO THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE OLD THIRD WARD URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT(NJR-6).
(PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2018)
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark adopted an Urban Renewal Plan for the Old Third Ward Urban Renewal Project (the "Redevelopment Plan") by Resolution 7Rb on June 15, 1960; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council has amended the Redevelopment Plan on multiple occasions, most recently by adopting the 20th Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan in 2011 to revise the Plan's Land Use Map and its text to ensure that context appropriate development would occur in the area's remaining developable sites; and
WHEREAS, a 21st Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan has been prepared by the City's Planning Division which, if adopted, will permit modern development patterns in the plan area and will contain context appropriate density, use and design for undeveloped and underdeveloped parcels in the plan area; and
WHEREAS, the City's Director of Planning provided the 21st Amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan for the Old Third Ward Urban Renewal Project (NJR-6) to the Central Planning Board for their review and consideration, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7e; and
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2017 the Central Planning Board conducted a hearing on the 21st Amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan for the Old Third Ward Urban Renewal Project (NJR-6), pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7e and adopted a Resolution which recommends that the Municipal Council adopt the proposed 21st Amendment as drafted; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the public to accept the recommendation of the Central Planning Board to adopt the 21st Amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan for the Old Third Ward Urban Renewal Project (NJR-6), in the form attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY O...
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