Title
Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Declaring an Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: Amending the Designation of the Area in Need of Redevelopment to delete Property or Properties.
List of Property/Properties to be Deleted:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
279-295 Doremus Avenue/Block 5016/Lot 4/Additional Block 5060.01/Lot 130.02/East Ward
271-277 Doremus Avenue/Block 5016/Lot 5/East Ward
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R2-a adopted on January 23, 2019 by the Municipal Council designated a Condemnation Redevelopment Area.
Resolution 7RF adopted on November 6, 1963 by the Municipal Council designated a blighted area under the predecessor statute to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law.
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WHEREAS, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. ("LRHL"), authorizes municipalities to determine whether certain parcels of land located therein constitute areas in need of redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R2-a on January 19, 2017, authorizing and directing the Newark Central Planning Board (the "Central Planning Board") to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine if certain properties, (the "Study Area") should be declared as one or more "Condemnation Redevelopment Areas" pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5; and
WHEREAS, Dutch Neck Land Company, LLC ("Dutch Neck"), is the owner of real property known as 279-295 Doremus Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07105 identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark, as Block 5016, Lot 4 including additional Block 5060.01, Lot 130.02, and 271-277 Doremus Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07105 identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark as Block 5016, Lot 5 (collectively the "Properties"), which were included within the Study Area referenced in Resolution 7R2-a adopted on January 19, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Topology NJ, LLC, ("To...
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