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 the area is in need of redevelopment.
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
5-7 Merchant Street/Block 1993/Lot 3/East Ward
Additional Information:
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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 5-7 Merchant Street (Block 1993, Lot 3) (the "Study Area") in the East Ward, be investigated by the Newark Central Planning Board ("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 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, the New Jersey Legislature adopted, and the Governor signed P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, which amended the Redevelopment Law, including the procedural requirements of N.J.S.A. 40A: 12A-6; and
WHEREAS,?pursuant to P.L. 2013, Chapter 159, "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 determina...
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