12-19 Amended Resolution Clarifying Authorization of Planning Board to Undertake Preliminary Investigation as to Qualification of WO Library.pdf

1 12-19 January 8, 2019 RESOLUTION An Amended Resolution Authorizing the Planning Board to Undertake a Preliminary Investigation to Determine Whether a Portion of Block 68, Lot 1Qualifies for Designation as a Non-Condemnation Area in Need of Redevelopment Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et. seq. 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 November 27, 2018, the Township Council adopted Resolution 266-18 which authorized the Township of West Orange Planning Board to undertaking a preliminary investigation as to whether the entire property at Block 68, Lot 1 meets the criteria of an area in need of redevelopment (the “Original Resolution”); and WHEREAS, the Original Resolution included the entire property on Block 68, Lot 1 which includes the West Orange Police Department headquarters and other property that was not intended to be included in the Study Area; and WHEREAS, the section of Block 68, Lot 1 highlighted on the map annexed hereto as Exhibit “A” is specifically designated for inclusion in the study area; and WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange (the “Township”) desires to explore whether the real property located at 46 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey depicted in Exhibit “A,” which is part of the property more commonly known as Block 68, Lot 1 on the Township of West Orange Tax Map, inclusive of any and all streets, “paper” streets, private drives and right of ways (the “Amended Study Area”) may be an appropriate area for consideration for redevelopment; and WHEREAS, the Township seeks to amend and replace Resolution 266-18 to specify the Study Area as depicted in the highlighted section of the map annexed hereto as Exhibit “A;” WHEREAS, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law sets forth a specific procedure for establishing an area in need of redevelopment; and