[Adopted 9-25-2008 by Ord. No. 08-34]
A.
The Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.,
as amended and supplemented (the "Redevelopment Law") provides a process
for municipalities to participate in the redevelopment and improvement
of areas in need of redevelopment.
B.
By Resolution No. 07-301, duly adopted on December 6, 2007, as amended
by Resolution No. 08-46, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret
(the "Borough Council") authorized and directed the Planning Board
of the Borough of Carteret (the "Planning Board") to undertake a preliminary
investigation to determine whether certain properties set forth therein
(the "Kinder Morgan Improvement Area") met the criteria set forth
in the Redevelopment Law as an "area in need of redevelopment" as
defined therein.
C.
After providing requisite notice, the Planning Board held a hearing
on February 27, 2008, to review the results of the preliminary investigation
and to solicit public comments on whether the Planning Board should
recommend to the Borough Council that the Kinder Morgan Improvement
Area be determined to be an area in need of redevelopment.
D.
At the public hearing, the Planning Board considered the testimony
of and exhibits furnished by a licensed professional planner from
Beacon Planning and Consulting Services, LLC ("BPCS"), the author
of the Redevelopment Area Assessment Report for the Kinder Morgan
Improvement Area (the "assessment report") and afforded all interested
members of the public an opportunity to make, inquire into, and give
testimony concerning the boundaries of the Kinder Morgan Improvement
Area and whether said area should be determined to be an area in need
of redevelopment.
E.
The Planning Board, by a resolution of findings and conclusions dated
March 26, 2008, recommended to the Borough Council, pursuant to Section
6 of the Redevelopment Law, that the Kinder Morgan Improvement Area
be determined to be an area in need of redevelopment, finding that
the properties constituting the Kinder Morgan Improvement Area have
met one or more of the statutory criteria in the Redevelopment Law.
F.
On April 10, 2008, the Borough Council adopted Resolution No. 08-97,
determining that the Kinder Morgan Improvement Area constitutes an
area in need of redevelopment under the Redevelopment Law (the "redevelopment
area").
G.
BCPS prepared a redevelopment plan for the redevelopment area, dated
April 2008, for further consideration by the Planning Board (the "draft
redevelopment plan").
H.
On May 28, 2008, the Planning Board adopted a resolution of findings
and conclusions endorsing and recommending final adoption of the draft
redevelopment plan.
I.
As permitted in accordance with the Redevelopment Law, specifically
N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(e) and (f), certain modifications to the to the
draft redevelopment plan have been made to:
Other than the modifications to the draft redevelopment plan
as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, the recommendations of
the Planning Board as set forth in its May 28, 2008, resolution are
hereby accepted.
The redevelopment plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit B[1] and includes those modifications to the draft redevelopment
plan as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, is hereby adopted
as the official redevelopment plan for the redevelopment area.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit B is on file in the Borough offices.
The Zoning District Map of the Borough's Land Development Ordinance[1] is hereby amended to reflect the applicability of the
redevelopment plan to the redevelopment area, and the Borough's Land
Development Ordinance as it affects the redevelopment area is hereby
superseded by the redevelopment plan to the extent set forth therein.
