[Adopted 6-24-2001 by Ord. No. 01-12;
amended in its entirety 5-15-2006 by Ord. No. 06-21 (Ch. 60 of the 1987
Code)]
The purposes of this article are to:
A. Foster the district's economic development, encourage
the district's revitalization and strengthen the district's economic
and commercial contributions to residents and property owners of the
Township of Bloomfield (also referred to as the "Township")
B. Allow all those who live, work or invest in the district
to contribute to the improvement of the district.
C. Foster the building of a nonpartisan private/public
partnership to implement the improvement of Bloomfield Center.
D. Foster and create self-help programs to improve the
local business climate.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
DISTRICT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (DMC)
The Bloomfield Center Alliance, Inc., an entity incorporated
pursuant to Title 15A of the New Jersey Statutes and designated by
this article to receive funds collected by a special improvement assessment
within the special improvement district, as authorized by this article
and any amendatory supplementary ordinances.
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, DISTRICT or SID
That area within the Township of Bloomfield described by
block and lot numbers and street addresses as set forth in Schedule
A and designated by this article as an area in which a special
assessment on property within the district shall be imposed for the
purpose of promoting the economic and general welfare of the district
and the Township.
The Council finds and declares that:
A. Bloomfield Center of the Township of Bloomfield has
special needs and requires special services that can best be achieved
through a private/public partnership implemented by a special improvement
district (SID) and a district management corporation (DMC).
B. The continuation of a special improvement district
and designation of a district management corporation will promote
economic growth and implement, foster and encourage commercial development
business vitality, expansion and self-help and improve the business
climate and otherwise act in the best interest of the property owners
in the district and in the best interest of the Township of Bloomfield.
C. The area within the Township of Bloomfield, as described
by lot and block numbers and by street addresses as set forth in Schedule
A of this article, will benefit from being designated as a special
improvement district.
D. A district management corporation will provide the
administrative, programming and other services to benefit the businesses,
employees, residents and consumers in the special improvement district,
and the district management corporation will assist the Township in
promoting economic growth, employment and development.
E. A special assessment shall be imposed and collected
by the Township with the regular property tax payment or payment in
lieu of taxes or otherwise, and all of these payments shall be transferred
to the district management corporation to effectuate the purpose of
this article and any amendatory and supplementary statutes and to
exercise the powers given to it by this article.
F. It is in the best interests of the Township and the
public to create a special improvement district and to designate a
district management corporation, except that no district management
corporation shall be designated to receive any funds or to exercise
any powers pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:56-67 et seq.
and any amendatory or supplementary statutes, unless the Board of
Trustees of that corporation shall include at least one member of
the Municipal Council of the Township of Bloomfield.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Council
at anytime subsequent to the adoption of this article, by ordinance,
abandoning the operation of the special improvement district, changing
the extent of the special improvement district, supplementing or amending
the description of the district to be specially assessed or taxed
for annual costs of the special improvement district, changing or
repealing any plan, rules, requisitions or limitations adopted for
the operation of the special improvement district or rescinding the
designation of or redesignating a district management corporation.