Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: Authorizing the Newark Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine if 31-39 Central Avenue (Block 21, Lot 8) is a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area as defined under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
31-39 Central Avenue/Block 21/Lot 8/Central Ward
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WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development has requested that the properties identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark, known as 31-39 Central Avenue (Block 21, Lot 8) (the "Study Area") in the Central Ward, be investigated by the Central Planning Board to determine if the Study Area is an "area in need of redevelopment" under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (the "LRHL"), under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the LRHL authorizes the Governing Body, by resolution, to authorize the Newark Central Planning Board (the "Central Planning Board") to undertake a preliminary investigation (the "Investigation") to determine whether an area (or any portion thereof) is an "area in need of redevelopment" according to the criteria set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 of the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6, "the resolution authorizing the Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation shall state whether the redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area other than the use of eminent domain (hereinafter referred to as a "Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area") or whether the redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redeve...
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