File #: 19-0204    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 1/31/2019 In control: Economic and Housing Development
On agenda: 3/12/2019 Final action: 4/3/2019
Title: AMENDING ORDINANCE 6PSF-I, ADOPTED ON AUGUST 7, 2013, TO ADOPT THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO NEWARK'S RIVER PUBLIC ACCESS AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, BY REVISING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO LOTS 30, 31, 34, 40, 42, 45, 80, AND 82 IN BLOCK 447, AN AREA BOUNDED BY MOUNT PLEASANT AVENUE, CLAY STREET, AND MCCARTER HIGHWAY (CENTRAL WARD).
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
Related files: 13-1044, 13-1073, 17-1424, 17-1488, 17-2206
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AMENDING ORDINANCE 6PSF-I, ADOPTED ON AUGUST 7, 2013, TO ADOPT THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO NEWARK'S RIVER PUBLIC ACCESS AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, BY REVISING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO LOTS 30, 31, 34, 40, 42, 45, 80, AND 82 IN BLOCK 447, AN AREA BOUNDED BY MOUNT PLEASANT AVENUE, CLAY STREET, AND MCCARTER HIGHWAY (CENTRAL WARD).

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WHEREAS, on 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 August 7, 2013, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark adopted Ordinance 6PSF-i approving the Newark's River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (the "Original Plan"); and

WHEREAS, on October 11, 2017, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark adopted Ordinance 6PSF-a(S) approving the First Amendment to the Newark's River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (the "First Amendment"), which amended the Original Plan; and

WHEREAS, on February 27, 2018, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark adopted Ordinance 6PSF-a(S) approving the Second Amendment to the Newark's River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (the "Second Amendment"), which further amended the Original Plan; and

WHEREAS, it has been determined that further amendments to the Original Plan, as modified by the First and Second Amendments, relating to Lots 30, 31, 34, 40, 42, 45, 80, and 82 in Block 447 are required; and

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R2-a on January 9, 2019, referring the Third Amendment to the Newark's River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan to the Newark Central Planning Board to prepare a report to determine if such an amendment is consistent with the City's Master Plan and for recommendations pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7, et seq.; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:...

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