[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Haddon 3-18-2008 by Ord. No. 1210. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Land use and development — See Ch. 142.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Township of Haddon shall not use eminent domain to take private property without the consent of the owner for the purpose of economic development, or for transfer of private property to a private developer; nor shall private property acquired by the municipality be dedicated, sold, leased in substantial part, or otherwise transferred to a private person, partnership, corporation, or any other entity for a period of five years following the acquisition of the property by the Township, unless the private property was transferred voluntarily by its owner.
A. 
No current projects which are already in effect and may require the use of eminent domain to take private property shall be subject to this chapter, and they will not be deemed a violation of § 25A-1, nor shall an agreement for property, of any kind whatsoever, be disqualified thereby, if the project was initiated on a date prior to the effective date of this chapter.
B. 
"Current projects" shall be defined as a project that is, on the effective date of this chapter, the subject of:
[Added 5-27-2008 by Ord. No. 1222]
(1) 
An existing determination of being in need of redevelopment;
(2) 
An adopted redevelopment plan; or
(3) 
An executed redevelopment agreement; or
(4) 
Any successor, readoption, amendment, modification, expansion or reduction of Subsection B(1),(2) or (3) aforesaid.
If any real property, whether same be a structure or vacant land, remains unused or undeveloped for a period of at least five years, same property will not be subject to the provisions of this chapter. Additionally, if any property in the Township is deemed to be "abandoned" or "condemned" by any Township, county, state or federal agency and safety concerns are at issue, same property will not be subject to the provisions of this chapter.