Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Referral of Proposed First Amendment to the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan to Central Planning Board
Purpose: Present to Central Planning Board for its formal review and consideration to determine if the amendment is consistent with the City's Master Plan and for them to provide recommendations, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(e)
Name of Plan: West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
Block
Lots
Ward
317
All
West
318
All
West
319
All
West
320
All
West
321
All
West
322
All
West
323
All
West
324
All
West
325
All
West
326
All
West
327
All
West
328
All
West
329
All
West
330
All
West
331
All
West
332
All
West
333
All
West
334
All
West
335
All
West
336
All
West
337
All
West
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, on January 13, 2015, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R3-b(S) directing the Central Planning Board of the City of Newark to conduct an investigation to determine if the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Area ("the Area") consisting of the entirety of Blocks 317-337 in the West Ward of the City qualified as an area in need of redevelopment under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. ("LRHL"); and
WHEREAS, through the adoption of Resolution 7R3-g on April 6, 2016, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark ("Municipal Council") designated 113 of the parcels investigated in the Area as a condemnation area in need of redevelopment under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, on June 15, 2005, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7Rdo(AS) designating the entire City of Newark as an area in need of rehabilitation pursuant to the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, the LRHL authorizes municipalities to adopt redevelopment plans and to make revisio...
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