Ordinance 2977 26_80 Main Street RDP

#12487894.1 #12488429.1 #96041312.1 2977-26 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 80 MAIN STREET WHEREAS, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., provides a mechanism to empower and assist local governments in efforts to promote programs of redevelopment; and WHEREAS, on December 14, 2021, the Township of West Orange (the "Township") declared the entirety of the Municipality as an Area in Need of Rehabilitation in 2021 (Resolution No. 323-21); and WHEREAS, the Township determined to explore whether the real property located at 80 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey, more commonly known as Block 88, Lot 17 on the Township of West Orange Tax Map, (the "Property") may be an appropriate for a redevelopment plan pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(f); and; WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(f), the Township commenced the process to prepare a redevelopment plan for the Property, after reviewing and considering a package of materials and a proposed concept provided by the Property's owner to add ground floor retail uses at the Property, setting forth potential permitted uses, rules and standards that the Township deems proper and appropriate be set forth in a redevelopment plan; and WHEREAS, on March 10, 2026, the Township Council adopted a resolution authorizing Heyer, Gruel & Associates (“HGA”), to review and evaluate the proposal and supporting materials from the Property owner and, if consistent with sound planning principles and the Township’s goals and objectives, to prepare a redevelopment plan for the Property; and