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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 6PSF-b, ADOPTED ON JANUARY 5, 2017, FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SOUTH BERGEN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, BY AMENDING THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARDS JURISDICTION RESPONSIBILTIES.
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WHEREAS, June 15, 2005, through Resolution 7Rdo(AS), the City of Newark ("City") utilized the powers of Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., to designate the entire City of Newark as an area in need of rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, on 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, on May 10, 2018 the Municipal Council of the City of Newark adopted Resolution 7R2-b approving the request 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) (the "First Amendment"), which amended the Original Plan; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that further amendments to the Original Plan, as modified by the First Amendment, relating to jurisdiction of the Planning and Zoning Boards are required; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(f), "[t]he Governing Body, when considering the proposed plan, may amend or revise any portion of the proposed redevelopment plan by an affirmative vote of the majority of its full authorized membership and shall record in its minutes the reasons for each amendment or revision;" and
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2018, a public hearing was conducted before the Planning Board to report to the Municipal Council pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, based on the testimony presented at the Planning Board hearing, the Plann...
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