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 City of Egg Harbor,
County of Atlantic, State of New Jersey," be and is hereby created.
The Commission shall consist of seven members and shall be a body corporate,
having the powers enumerated herein.
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.
F. To inquire into, survey and publicize the extent, advantages
and utility of the vacant land of the city, whether municipally owned or otherwise.
G. 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 city. 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.
H. To advertise the industrial advantages and opportunities
of the City of Egg Harbor City, in the County of Atlantic, and the availability
of real estate within the city for industrial settlement and to encourage
and accomplish such industrial settlement within the city.
I. To solicit the several industries to purchase or lease
the vacant lands and property of or in the city.
J. To accomplish the sale of the city's vacant lands
to industries whose settlement thereon is best calculated, in the judgment
of the Commission, to advance the interests of the city and of its citizens
and inhabitants.
K. To acquire title to vacant land owned by the municipality
for the purpose of resale or lease to industries whose presence within the
municipality will benefit, in the judgment of the Commission, its citizens
and inhabitants.
[Added 4-10-1997 by Ord No. 5-1997]
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.).