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Dept/Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Waiving 20-day period for an ordinance effective date
Purpose: This resolution hereby authorizes an emergency to be declared and further authorizes Ordinance 6F-b, adopted on First Reading by the Municipal Council on December 10, 2019, which amends and supplements Title XVIII, Housing Code of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, by amending Chapter 6, Housing and Zoning Regulations (Certificate of Code Compliance), Section 10, Certificate of Code Compliance Required Upon A New Tenancy, to become effective after being adopted after Second Reading and Final Passage on January 8, 2020.
Ordinance No(s).: Ordinance 6PSF-c is scheduled for a Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on January 8, 2020.
Additional Information:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel
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WHEREAS, it came to the Mayor's and the Municipal Council's attention that many rental units in the City of Newark have become unsafe, with some nearing uninhabitable conditions for Newark residents, requiring the passage of a strong Rental Inspections Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-a November 18, 2019, amending Title 18, Housing Code, Chapter 6, Housing and Zoning Regulations (Certificate of Code Compliance), by adding a Section 10, Certificate of Code Compliance Required Upon a New Tenancy; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 6PSF-a, adopted on November 18, 2019, is necessary to protect the residents of the City of Newark by requiring that every landlord apply for a Certificate of Code Compliance upon the start of all tenancies and require yearly inspections of rental units; and
WHEREAS, on December 10, 2019, the Administration introduced Ordinance 6F-b (hereinafter "the Ordinance"), because it became necessary to amend Ordinance 6PSF-a, adopted on November 18, 2019, to cor...
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