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Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Referral of Proposed South Bergen Redevelopment Plan to Central Planning Board
Purpose: Requesting that the Central Planning Board consider a First Amendment to the South Bergen Redevelopment Plan, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(f)
Name of Plan: South Bergen Redevelopment Plan
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
Additional Information:
Ordinance 6PSF-b adopted on January 5, 2017
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council previously adopted Resolution 7Rdo(AS) on June 15, 2005, designating the entire City as an "area in need of rehabilitation" under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1, et seq. (the "LRHL"); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted the South Bergen Street Redevelopment Plan by Ordinance 6PSF-b on January 5, 2017, as the land use regulation for the Area, some of which properties having been designated as an area in need of redevelopment and the remainder having been designated as an area in need of rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, upon further review of the development standards set forth in the Redevelopment Plan, the Municipal Council finds that it is appropriate to amend the procedural regulations within the Plan to restore the Zoning Board of Adjustment's jurisdiction to grant "d" variance relief in order to provide additional flexibility to potential developers; and
WHEREAS, it is the Municipal Council's desire to amend the Redevelopment Plan as follows (additions in bold, deletions in strike-through):
Page 65 of the Redevelopment Plan, shall be amended in part to read:
Any deviation that would result in a "d" variance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70 shall be addressed as an amendment to the Plan. Neither the Planning Board nor the Board of Adjustment shall have authority to allow deviations which would result in a "d" variance. The Planning Board shall have jurisdiction over the site p...
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