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)
185-201 NJRR Avenue/Block 917/Lot 1.01/East Ward
12 Garden Street/Block 917/Lot 1.02/East Ward
14-16 Garden Street/Block 917/Lot 1.03/East Ward
18 Garden Street/ Block 917/Lot 1.04/East Ward
20-22 Garden Street/ Block 917/Lot 1.05/East Ward
122 E. Kinney Street/ Block 917/Lot 1.06/East Ward
118-120 E. Kinney Street/Block 917/Lot 1.07/East Ward
116 E. Kinney Street Block 917/Lot 1.08/East Ward
112-114 E. Kinney Street/ Block 917/Lot 1.09/East Ward
110 E. Kinney Street/ Block 917/Lot 1.10/East Ward
Additional Information:
Deferred 7R2-b (s) 022718
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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 185-201 NJRR Avenue, 12 Garden Street, 14-16 Garden Street, 18 Garden Street, 20-22 Garden Street, 122 E. Kinney Street, 118-120 E. Kinney Street, 116 E. Kinney Street, 112-114 E. Kinney Street and 110 E. Kinney Street (Block: 917, Lots: 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09 and 1.10) (the "Study Area") in the East 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 LRHL authorizes a Municipal Governing Body, by resolution, to authorize a Municipal Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation (the "Investigation") to determine whether an area (or any portion thereof) is an "area in need of redevelopment" according to the criteria set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 of the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Legi...
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