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Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing () Amending
Type of Service: Preparation of a Second Amendment to the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan
Purpose: Requesting the Central Planning Board conduct a formal review of a Second Amendment to the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(e).
Additional Information:
Ordinance 6PSF-h adopted on September 8, 2016, established the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan.
Ordinance 6PSF-h adopted on July 10, 2019, approved the First Amendment to the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan.
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WHEREAS, on June 15, 2005, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7Rdo(AS) designating the entire City of Newark as an area in need of rehabilitation pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law ("LRHL"); and
WHEREAS, on January 13, 2015, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R3-b(S) directing the Central Planning Board to conduct an investigation to determine if the West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Area (the "Area") consisting of the entirety of Blocks 317-337 in the West Ward of the City qualified as an area in need of redevelopment under the LRHL; and
WHEREAS, thereafter on April 6, 2016, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R3-a designating 113 of the parcels investigated in the Area as a Condemnation Area in Need of Redevelopment under the LRHL and instructed the Central Planning Board to prepare a Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the LRHL authorizes municipalities to adopt redevelopment plans and to make revisions and amendments thereto in order to implement and establish standards for the rehabilitation and redevelopment of all or of any part of an area in need of redevelopment or area in need of rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2016, ...
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