[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Trenton as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-7-1967 as § 2-26 of the
General Revised Ordinances]
A.
The area hereinafter designated as a Special Improvement
District would benefit from being so designated.
B.
District Management Corporation would provide administrative
and other services to benefit the businesses, employees, residents
and consumers in the Special Improvement District.
C.
A special assessment should be imposed and collected
by the City with the regular property tax payment or payment in lieu
of taxes or otherwise, and as hereinafter or hereafter designated
by the City Council, all of those payments should be transferred to
the District Management Corporation to effectuate the purposes of
this chapter and to exercise the powers given it by this chapter.
D.
It is in the best interest of the City of Trenton
and the general public to create the Special Improvement District
hereinafter specifically outlined and designated and to establish
a District Management Corporation.
There is hereby created and designated within
the City of Trenton a Special Improvement District to be known as
"Trenton Downtown Association, Inc." comprising assessed parcels and
properties hereinafter designated by street address and tax lot and
block number, and including all public streets and sidewalks within
the boundaries, set forth herein.
The Special Improvement District shall be subject
to a special assessment on all affected property within the district,
which shall be imposed by the City for the purposes of promoting the
economic and general welfare of the district and the City. The Special
Improvement District shall be subject to a special assessment of a
maximum of 4.5% of the annual real property tax, or charges in lieu
of taxes imposed on the assessable property within the district, which
shall be imposed by the City for the purposes of promoting the economic
and general welfare of the district.
The improvements in the Special Improvement
District will involve annual costs in addition to the cost of constructing
and making improvements. Such annual costs which relate to maintenance
services peculiar to the Special Improvement District, and distinguished
from maintenance services normally provided by the City, shall be
deemed to provide benefits primarily to the properties included in
the district rather than to the City as a whole. The improvements
and the facilities thereof shall be maintained and operated pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter and to N.J.S.A. 40:56-65, and the
costs thereof shall be assessed or taxed to the affected properties
pursuant to this chapter. The City Council, by separate ordinance
or by amendment to this chapter, may provide that improvements and
facilities hereinafter acquired or developed shall be operated and
maintained and the costs taxed and assessed to the properties in the
Special Improvement District.
All costs of development, on construction and
acquisition relating to the provision of improvements for the Special
Improvement District, should benefit the private, nonresidential properties
included in the district. Subject to the limitations of spending authority
and powers limited herein, all cost of development, construction and
acquisition relating to the provision of improvements for the Special
Improvement District shall be assessed and taxed to the properties
within the district.
The Special Improvement District shall include
the properties listed by street address and by block and lot in the
appendix attached hereto. The Special Improvement District shall also
include all public streets and sidewalks within the following boundary:
Beginning at the southwest corner of Capital
Street and Calhoun Street and then running westward along the southern
curbline of Calhoun Street to its intersection with Route 29; and
then
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Southward along the eastern side of the right-of-way
of Route 29 to its intersection with Bridge Street; and then
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Eastward along the northern curbline of Bridge
Street to its intersection with New Warren Street; and then
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Northward along the western curbline of New
Warren Street to its intersection with Livingston Street; and then
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Eastward along the northern curbline of Livingston
Street to its intersection with South Montgomery Street; and then
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Northward along the eastern curbline of South
Montgomery Street to its intersection with the Assunpink Creek; and
then
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Eastward along the northern side of the Assunpink
Creek to its intersection with Wahlenberg Boulevard; and then
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Northward along the western curbline of Wahlenberg
Boulevard to its intersection with Wall Street; and then
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Northward along the western curbline of Wall
Street to its intersection with the rear property line of the properties
facing on the north side of East State Street; and then
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Westward along the rear property lines of the
properties facing on the north side of East State Street to its intersection
with North Clinton Avenue; and then
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Southward along the eastern curbline of North
Clinton Avenue to its intersection with East State Street; and then
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Westward along the northern curbline of East
State Street to its intersection with Ewing Street; and then
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Northward along the western curbline of Ewing
Street to its intersection with Gill Alley; and then
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Westward along the southern curbline of Gill
Alley to its intersection with Carroll Street; and then
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Southward along the eastern curbline of Carroll
Street to its intersection with East State Street; and then
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Westward along the northern curbline of East
State Street to its intersection with Canal Street; and then
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Northward along the eastern curbline of Canal
Street to its intersection with Merchants Street; and then
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Westward along the northern curbline of Merchants
Street to its intersection with North Stockton Street; and then
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Northward along the western curbline of North
Stockton Street to its intersection with Wood Street; and then
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Westward along the southern curbline of Wood
Street to its intersection with North Montgomery Street; and then
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Northward along the western curbline of North
Montgomery Street to its intersection with Olive Street; and then
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Westward along the southern curbline of Olive
Street to its intersection with North Broad Street; and then
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Northward along the eastern curbline of North
Broad Street to its intersection with Perry Street; and then
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Westward along the southern curbline of Perry
Street to its intersection with Bank Street; and then
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Westward along the southern curbline of Bank
Street to its intersection with Chancery Lane; and then
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Southward along the eastern curbline of Chancery
Lane to its intersection with Hanover Place; and then
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Westward along the southern curbline of Hanover
Place to its intersection with North Willow Street; and then
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Southward along the western curbline of North
Willow Street to its intersection with Capital Street; and then
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Westward along the southern curbline of Capital
Street to its intersection with Calhoun Street, which is also the
place of beginning
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Concurrent with the submission of the plan for
the Special Improvement District, and annually thereafter, the Business
Administrator shall report to the City Council an estimate of changes
in the amounts of such costs which would follow upon the adoption
of any addition or amendment to the plan recommended to or under consideration
by the City Council.
Trenton Downtown Association, Inc. shall be
designated to be the District Management Corporation for the Special
Improvement District herein created.
A.
The District Management Corporation shall exercise
the following powers:
(1)
Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and
the conduct of its business and to prescribe rules, regulations and
policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties.
(2)
Employ such persons as may be required, and fix and
pay their compensation from funds available to the corporation.
(3)
Apply for, accept, administer and comply with the
requirements respecting an appropriation of funds or a gift, grant
or donation of property or money.
(4)
Make and execute agreements which may be necessary
or convenient to the exercise of the powers and functions of the corporation,
including contracts with any person, firm, corporation, governmental
agency or other entity.
(5)
Administer and manage its own funds and accounts and
pay its own obligations.
(6)
Borrow money from private lenders for periods not
to exceed 180 days and from governmental entities for that or longer
periods.
(7)
Fund the improvement of the exterior appearance of
the properties in the district through grants and loans.
(8)
Fund the rehabilitation of properties in the district.
(9)
Accept, purchase, rehabilitate, sell, lease or manage
property in the district.
(10)
Enforce the conditions of any loan, grant, sale
or lease made by the corporation.
(11)
Provide security, sanitation and other services
to the district supplemental to those provided normally by the City.
(12)
Undertake improvements designed to increase
the safety or attractiveness of the district to businesses which may
wish to locate there or to visitors to the district, including, but
not limited to, litter cleanup and control, landscaping, parking areas
and facilities, recreational and rest areas and facilities and those
improvements generally permitted for pedestrian malls under N.J.S.A.
40:56-66, pursuant to pertinent regulations of the City Council.
(13)
Publicize the district and the business included
within the district boundaries.
(14)
Recruit new businesses to fill vacancies in,
and to balance the business mix of, the district.
(15)
Organize special events in the district.
(16)
Provide special parking arrangements for the
district.
(17)
Provide temporary decorative lighting in the
district.
B.
The corporation shall not engage in the construction
of parks or parking facilities, except by means of funding which is
obtained for such purposes via federal or state grants or funds other
than the assessments provided for herein.
The District Management Corporation shall be
responsible to submit annually a reasonably detailed budget for approval
by City Council, with a report explaining the goals and objectives
of the district. Such budget shall be processed and adopted in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40:56-65 et seq.
The construction or alteration of any building
or structure's facade or sign within an area of the district known
as the "Trenton Commons" is subject to the corporation's prior review
and approval to assure compliance with the criteria and procedures
hereafter to be adopted upon the recommendation of the corporation.
A.
Findings.
(1)
The City Council finds that vending, hawking or peddling
of any foods, beverages, confections, goods, wares, merchandise or
commodities of any nature or description within the Special Improvement
District will undermine the economic growth and employment within
the Special Improvement District and will inhibit the safe, convenient
and effective movement of persons and detract from the function and
appearance of the Special Improvement District.
(2)
The City Council finds that vending, hawking or peddling
of any foods, beverages, confections, goods, wares, merchandise or
commodities of any nature or description within the Special Improvement
District should be prohibited unless specifically authorized by the
Council pursuant to rules and regulations formally adopted by the
Council in accordance with the standards enunciated in N.J.S.A. 40:56-65
et seq.
B.
Prohibitions. No person shall engage in hawking, peddling
or vending of any foods, beverages, confections, goods, wares, merchandise
or commodities of any nature or description on the streets and sidewalks
within the Special Improvement District unless such use, and the location
thereof, has been specifically authorized by the Council pursuant
to rules and regulations formally adopted by the Council in accordance
with the standards enunciated in N.J.S.A. 40:56-65 et seq. This subsection
shall not prohibit sales activities conducted by a person holding
a license to operate a restaurant from operating a pushcart on a sidewalk
immediately adjacent to a licensed premises, provided that all health
permits and other regulations established hereby are obtained and
complied with, and shall not prohibit the hawking of newspapers.
[Adopted 3-17-2016 by Ord. No. 16-11]
The purpose of this article is to:
A.
Promote economic growth and employment within the business district
and in particular the Special Improvement District; and
A.
Any loan fund request(s) must first be submitted for review and approval
to the Director of the Department of Housing and Economic Development
prior to the submission to City Council for final approval.
B.
The City Council and the Board of Directors of the District Management
Corporation must approve by resolution any requested loan prior to
application to the State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs,
for public improvements as contemplated and defined by P.L. 1998,
c. 115.[1]
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:56-71.1 et seq.
There is hereby created and designated within the City of Trenton
a Downtown Business Improvement Zone that shall be coextensive with
the Special Improvement District previously established by the City
Council of the City of Trenton.