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Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Request for the Preparation of a Redevelopment Plan to Central Planning Board
Purpose: To authorize the Central Planning Board to prepare and transmit to the Municipal Council a Proposed Redevelopment Plan for a Designated Redevelopment Area, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(f).
Name of Plan: Irvine Turner Boulevard and Central Avenue Redevelopment Plan
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Additional Information:
Original Resolution 7Rm adopted on May 4, 2005, approved the Central Planning Board authorized to conduct an investigation to determine whether the City of Newark qualified as an Area in Need of Rehabilitation.
Original Resolution 7Rdo(AS) adopted on June 15, 2005, approved the City of Newark as an Area in Need of Rehabilitation.
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WHEREAS, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1, et seq., as amended and supplemented, ("LHRL") provides a process for municipalities to undertake the redevelopment and improvement of Areas in Need of Rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7Rm, adopted on May 4, 2005, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark (the "Municipal Council"), authorized and directed the City of Newark Central Planning Board (the "Central Planning Board") to conduct an investigation to determine whether the City of Newark in its entirety is an area in need of rehabilitation, pursuant to Section 14 of the LHRL; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7Rdo(AS) adopted on June 15, 2005, the Municipal Council upon the recommendation of the Central Planning Board after a public hearing, designated the City of Newark in its entirety as an Area in Need of Rehabilitation, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-14 et seq., and said designation became effective on June 17, 2005, upon the transmission of the resolution to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs by the City Clerk; and...
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