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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation
Docket No.: ESX-L-5054-18
Claimant: 330 Doremus Avenue, LLC v. Municipal Council of the City of Newark and the Newark Central Planning Board
Claimant's Attorney: David L. Isabel, Esq.
Attorney's Address: 75 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, New Jersey 07068
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330 Doremus Avenue, LLC v. City of Newark, et al.,
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark (the "Municipal Council") adopted Resolution 7R2-a on January 23, 2019, which authorized and directed the Central Planning Board of the City of Newark (the "Central Planning Board") to conduct a preliminary investigation (the "Preliminary Investigation") of a designated study area on or in vicinity of Doremus Avenue (the "Study Area") to determine whether the Study Area qualified as a Condemnation Redevelopment Area in accordance with the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. (the "Redevelopment Law"); and
WHEREAS, 330 Doremus Avenue, LLC is the owner of real property identified as Block 5070, Lots 3, 3.01, 5 and 5.01 on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark (the "Property"), which was included in the Study Area; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6, Topology NJ, LLC (the "Planning Consultant") conducted the Preliminary Investigation to determine whether the Study Area met the criteria under the Redevelopment Law for designation as a Condemnation Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Preliminary Investigation, the Planning Consultant prepared a report entitled "Doremus Avenue Area in Need of Redevelopment Investigation Report" dated October 6, 2017 which determined, in relevant part, that the Property met the statutory criteria and recommended that the Property be designated as a Condemnation...
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