[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Township of Florence 7-7-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-24; amended
in its entirety 2-6-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-3.[1] Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed that portion of Ord.
No. 1999-24 which sought to establish the Township of Florence Redevelopment
Agency.
A.Â
The John
A. Roebling Steel Plant and environs are designated as an area in
need of redevelopment. The plant site consists of Block 126.01, Lots
1 and 2.01, Block 139, Lots 1, 2 and 3, Block 141.01, Lots 2.01, 2.02
and 7 covering approximately 200 acres situated on the Delaware River
and Craft's Creek, together with 42 additional properties in the vicinity
consisting of the following: Block 118, Lots 14, 18, 25, 26 and 27;
Block 119, Lots 12, 13, 14.01 and 14.02; Block 121, Lots 3.01, 4.02,
4.03, 4.04, 7, 8, and 9; Block 125, Lots 20, 21, 22.01, 22.02, 23,
24, 25 and 26; Block 140.02, Lots 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 2.01
and 2.02; Block 140.03, Lots 9 and 10; Block 141.01, Lots 5, 6, 8
and 9; Block 141.02, Lots 1 and 2; Block 141.03, Lot 42; and Block
500, Lots 1 and 3.
B.Â
The Township
Council of the Township of Florence, by resolution, authorized the
Florence Township Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation
to make a determination regarding a redevelopment area. The Florence
Township Planning Board, by motion adopted at a public meeting held
on May 16, 2011, following a public hearing, adopted a map and report
prepared by the Planning Board Planner and recommended that Block
45, Lots 8, 13, 14, and 15, and commonly known as the former Marcella
Duffy School on West Second Street, and 203 West Second Street, identified
as Block 45, Lots 9 and 10, and currently occupied as a single-family
dwelling, be designated as an area in need of redevelopment.
