[Adopted 9-7-1967 as § 2-26 of the
General Revised Ordinances]
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.
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.
Violations of the provisions of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, Article
III, General Penalty.
[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
B. Authorize, permit, and facilitate application for the purpose of
accepting funds or loans from the State of New Jersey, Department
of Community Affairs, for public improvements as contemplated and
defined by P.L. 1998, c. 115.
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.