Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55B-3 et seq., an Industrial
Commission, to be known as the "Industrial Commission of the Township of Hamilton,
in the County of Atlantic, New Jersey," be and the same is hereby created.
The Commission shall consist of seven members and shall be a body corporate,
having the powers hereinafter enumerated.
To effectuate its purposes, the Commission hereby created shall have
the following powers:
B. To adopt and use an official seal.
C. To adopt suitable bylaws for the management of its affairs.
D. To determine the qualifications and duties of its employees
and to fix, subject to the foregoing provisions hereof, their compensation.
The Commission hereby created shall constitute the corporate instrumentality
of the Township of Hamilton, in the County of Atlantic, for the following
purposes:
A. To inquire into, survey and publicize the extent, advantages
and utility of the vacant land of the township, whether municipally owned
or otherwise.
B. To study and analyze the various industries of the nation
and, to the extent it deems necessary for its purposes, the industries of
other nations, with a view to ascertaining the opportunities for the industrial
expansion of the township. In this connection the reports, records, statistics,
compendia and similar documents of existing federal, state, county, municipal
and other governmental and public agencies, as well as of responsible private
institutions, boards, agencies and similar bodies interested in the compilation
of the information relating to industry, shall be resorted to, wherever possible,
in order to avoid original research and gathering of source material.
C. To advertise the industrial advantages and opportunities
of the Township of Hamilton, in the County of Atlantic, and the availability
of real estate within the township for industrial settlement, and to encourage
and accomplish such industrial settlement within the township.
D. To solicit the several industries to purchase or lease
the vacant lands and property of or in the township.
E. To accomplish the sale or lease of the township's vacant
lands to industries whose settlement thereon is best calculated, in the judgment
of the Commission, to advance the interests of the township and of its citizens
and inhabitants.
F. To acquire title to vacant land owned by the township
for the purpose of resale or lease to industries whose presence within the
township will benefit, in the judgment of the Commission, its citizens and
inhabitants.
The Commission shall make a study of the tax structure, with a view
of reducing the tax burden of the township.
[Added 5-21-2007 by Ord. No. 1592-2007]
A. Notice of any contract for the sale, lease, option to
purchase or lease or other transfer of real property or any interest therein
proposed by the Commission shall be submitted to the Mayor of the municipality,
whereupon such proposed Commission action shall be subject to the Mayor's
veto.
B. The Mayor shall exercise the veto power over this proposed
action with a written veto to the Commission.
C. The Mayor shall have 10 days, Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays excepted, after receiving notice of the action to exercise the veto
power.
D. The Mayor's veto power shall be exercised in accordance
with the following guidelines:
(1) The action conforms to the Master Plan of the community;
(2) The action is environmentally compatible with the community;
(3) The action complies with the zoning of the industrial
area; and
(4) The project complies with the policies and procedures
established by the governing body in cooperation with the Commission.
E. If a Mayoral veto is exercised during the specified time
period, the action of the Commission shall be considered null and void. If
no veto is exercised during the specified time period, the action of the Commission
shall be considered valid.
F. The Mayor, upon receiving notice of the action, may,
in writing, notify the Commission of the approval of the action before the
expiration of the ten-day period.
[Added 5-21-2007 by Ord. No. 1592-2007]
The Commission may, as to any real property sold or leased by it, impose
restrictions or conditions as to the use of the real property or the construction,
demolition, repair, alteration or reconstruction of buildings or structures
and the time of their commencement and completion. All restrictions and conditions
shall be related to a lawful purpose and shall not be inconsistent with or
impose a special or higher standard than any zoning or planning ordinance
then in effect in the municipality or under the State Uniform Construction
Code Act, P.L. 1975, c. 217 (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.).