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)
141-149 Washington Street/Block 66/Lot 38, 42/Central Ward
151-153 Washington Street/Block 66/Lots 43, 44/Central Ward
155 Washington Street/Block 66/Lot 45/Central Ward
157-159 Washington Street/Block 66/Lot 47/Central Ward
24-26 Warren Place/Block 66/Lots 12, 13/Central Ward
Additional Information:
Deferred 7R2-g (s) 022718
Deferred 7R2-f 030718
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WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development has requested that certain properties, which were previously designated as an area in need of rehabilitation and currently governed by the Living Downtown Redevelopment Plan, located at 141-149, 151-153, 155, 157-159 Washington Street and 24-26 Warren Place and identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark as Block 66, Lots 12, 13, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 47 and located in the Central Ward (the "Study Area"), 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"), codified at 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 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...
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