2977-26 - 80 Main Street Redevelopment Plan.pdf

76-80 MAIN STREET REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, COUNTY OF ESSEX Page 21 Prepared by Heyer, Gruel & Associates as local and regional planning efforts. Ten statewide goals are articulated in the Plan, along with dozens of corresponding implementation policies. The goals are as follows: • Economic Development: Promote economic growth that benefits all residents of New Jersey. • Housing: Provide an adequate supply of housing for residents of all ages and incomes in communities of their choosing that meet their needs and offer ready access to the full range of supportive goods and services. • Infrastructure: Economic opportunity through nation leading infrastructure. • Revitalization and Recentering: Revitalize and recenter the State’s underutilized developed areas. • Climate Change: Effectively address the adverse impacts of global climate change. • Natural and Water Resources: Protect, maintain, and restore the State’s natural and water resources and ecosystems. • Pollution and Environmental Clean-Up: Protect the environment, prevent and clean up pollution. • Historic and Scenic Resources: Protect, enhance, and improve access to areas with exceptional archeological, historic, cultural, scenic, open space, and recreational value. • Equity: Implement equitable planning practices to promote thriving communities for all New Jerseyans. • Comprehensive Planning: Foster sound and integrated planning and implementation at all levels Statewide. The 76-80 Main Street Redevelopment Plan meets the following goals of the 2025 SDRP: 1. Continue to promote the retention and expansion of existing businesses, and the creation of new businesses in Centers. 2. Foster economic development opportunities to enable infrastructure improvements. 3. Coordinate and direct economic development activities to promote revitalization of urban, suburban, and rural communities and foster infill opportunities and the redevelopment of existing underutilized areas. 4. Provide financial and technical assistance for the redevelopment and adaptive reuse of obsolete or underutilized public and private facilities for appropriate economic development purposes, which can include housing. 5. Broaden the range of uses in office districts by introducing restaurants, daycare facilities, personal and professional services, retail, and residential uses previously lacking. The SDRP also includes a

aden the range of uses in office districts by introducing restaurants, daycare facilities, personal and professional services, retail, and residential uses previously lacking. The SDRP also includes a State Plan Policy Map, which divides the state into regions known as Planning Areas. The Area is in the Metropolitan Planning Area (PA-1), which is characterized by intensive existing development and is the target for rehabilitation and redevelopment efforts. The goals for PA-1 include the following: • Provide for much of the State’s future growth in compact development and redevelopment. • Revitalize cities, towns and neighborhoods, and in particular overburdened neighborhoods. • Address existing legacy issues such as air pollution, urban heat islands, lead contamination, Brownfields, urban highways, and combined sewer systems. • Prevent displacement and gentrification. • Promote growth that occurs in Centers, other appropriate areas that are pedestrian friendly, and in compact transit-oriented forms. • Rebalance urbanization with natural systems. • Promote increased biodiversity and habitat restoration.