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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE XLI, ZONING AND LAND USE REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 15, SITE PLAN PROCEDURES, SECTION 12-2, FEES, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED BY INCREASING THE ZONING AND LAND USE APPLICATION FEES.
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WHEREAS, the Zoning and Land Use Regulations of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented (the "Zoning and Land Use Regulations") were recently amended to enhance planning, housing and economic development within the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning and Land Use Regulations, Title XLI, Chapter 15, Site Plan Procedures, Section 12-2, provides for the assessment of non-refundable application fees for applications to the Newark Central Planning Board, Newark Zoning Board of Adjustment and the Newark Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission (the "Boards") for the purposes of offsetting the administrative and clerical costs of running those Boards; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-8(a) "[e]very municipal agency shall adopt and may amend reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this act or any applicable ordinance, for the administration of its functions, powers and duties . . ."; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-8(b) a municipality shall, by ordinance, establish a schedule of reasonable fees to be paid by applicants for the review of an application for development/land use by a municipal agency; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development has determined that the current schedule of application fees set forth in Zoning and Land Use Regulations, Title XLI, Chapter 15, Site Plan Procedures, Section12-2 does not cover the City's administrative costs in reviewing the land use applications submitted to the Central Planning Board, the Zoning Board of Adjustment, and the Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission reviewed and processed ...
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