[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now Council) of
the Town (now Township) of Montclair 4-15-1980 by Ord.
No. 80-12 as Ch. 55 of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
B.
The urban renewal plan for the project, having been duly
reviewed and considered, is hereby approved, and the Municipal Clerk is hereby
directed to file said copy of the urban renewal plan with the minutes of this
meeting.
C.
It is hereby found and determined that the objectives
of the urban renewal plan cannot be achieved through rehabilitation of the
project area.
D.
It is hereby found and determined that the urban renewal
plan for the project area conforms to the general plan of the Township of
Montclair.
E.
It is hereby found and determined that the financial
aid provided and to be provided pursuant to the contract for federal financial
assistance pertaining to the project is necessary to enable the project to
be undertaken in accordance with the urban renewal plan for the project area.
F.
The redevelopment of the urban renewal area for predominantly
nonresidential uses is necessary for the proper development of the community.
G.
It is hereby found and determined that the urban renewal
plan for the urban renewal area will afford maximum opportunity, consistent
with the sound needs of the Township of Montclair as a whole, for the urban
renewal of the area by private enterprise.
H.
It is hereby found and determined that the urban renewal
plan for the urban renewal area gives due consideration to the provision of
adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for
neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety
and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered
by the plan.
I.
It is hereby found and determined that the program for
the proper relocation of individuals and families displaced in carrying out
the project in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings in conformity with acceptable
standards is feasible and can be reasonably and timely effected to permit
the proper prosecution and completion of the project; and that such dwellings
or dwelling units available or to be made available to such displaced individuals
and families are at least equal in number to the number of displaced individuals
and families, are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities
and public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced individuals
and families in the project area, are available at rents or prices within
the financial means of the displaced individuals and families and are reasonably
accessible to their places of employment.
J.
In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation
of the urban renewal plan hereby approved, it is found and determined that
certain official action must be taken by this body with reference, among other
things, to change in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys and
other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location
and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other
public action, and, accordingly, this body hereby:
(1)
Pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out the urban
renewal plan.
(2)
Requests the various officials, departments, boards and
agencies of the Township of Montclair having administrative responsibilities
in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective
functions and powers in a manner consistent with the urban renewal plan.
(3)
Stands ready to consider and take appropriate action
upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the urban renewal plan.
K.
Additional financial assistance under the provisions
of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, is necessary to enable
the land in the project area to be renewed in accordance with the urban renewal
plan for the project area, and, accordingly, the filing by the local public
agency of an application or applications for such financial assistance under
Title I is hereby approved.
L.
The revised urban renewal plan, as approved by HUD on
May 20, 1976, and certified favorably by the Montclair Planning Board, is
hereby approved by the Township Council. A copy of said revised plan is annexed
hereto.
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EXHIBIT A
DESCRIPTION
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BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the southwesterly right-of-way
of Bloomfield Avenue and the Glen Ridge boundary and running thence northwesterly
along the southwesterly right-of-way line of Bloomfield Avenue to its
point of intersection with the extension of the western right-of-way line
of Lackawanna Plaza; thence northerly along the western right-of-way line
of Lackawanna Plaza to its point of intersection with the extension of the
northern right-of-way line of Greenwood Avenue; thence northeasterly along
the northern right-of-way line of Greenwood Avenue to its point of intersection
with the northeasterly right-of-way line of Glenridge Avenue; thence southeasterly
along the northeasterly right-of-way line of Glenridge Avenue to its point
of intersection with the Glen Ridge boundary; thence southwesterly along the
Glen Ridge boundary to the southwesterly right-of-way line of Bloomfield Avenue
and the point of beginning.
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Editor's Note: A lengthy preamble identifies the "project" as
the "Lackawanna Plaza Urban Renewal Project, N.J.R. — 158."
The area encompassed by the project is described in Exhibit A, which is attached
at the end of the chapter.
The preamble also identifies the Montclair Redevelopment Agency as
the "local public agency," the Township of Montclair as the "locality" and
the Board of Commissioners (now Council) of the Township of Montclair as the
"Township Commission."
The preamble recognizes the need for urban renewal in the project,
that application has been made to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
under the Housing Act of 1949, and that it is necessary for the urban renewal
plan to be approved by the governing body of the locality.
