HomeMy Public PortalAboutr 03:041No. 03-4-1 Date of Adoplion January 16~ 2003
APPROVING DESIGNATION OF BOUNDARIES OF
REDEVELOPMENT AREA MAP - CHROME WATERFRONT
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the Carteret Planuing Board considered a preliminary designation of'
boundaries of a proposed redevelopment area which is coterminous with a certain
map, designated Appendix B, thc Study Area Map, dated June 2002, (the "Map")
and depicting those properties listed in Appendix F, the Study Arca Property List,
contained in thc Chrome Waterfrout Redevelopment Investigation Report
prepared by the enginecring firm o£ Schoor DePalma, datcd November 18, 2002;
and
WHEREAS, thc Borough of Carteret Plmming Board in accordance with thc
provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6, conducted a public heariug on January 8,
2002, for the purposes of (a) reviewing its preliminary designation of the
boundarics of the proposed redevclopment area, and (b) determining whether the
preliminarily delincated area, or any part thereof, meets the criteria to be
designated as an area in need of redcvclopment as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-
5; and
WHEREAS, at the public hcaring, the Planning Board considered the testimony
of and exhibits furnished by David Roberts, a licensed professional planncr from
Schoor DePalma, the author of the Chromc Waterfront Redevelopment
Investigation Report, and affordcd all interested members of the public an
opportunity to makc inquiry into and give tcstimony concerning the boundaries of
the proposed redevelopmcnt area and whethcr said area should be dctcrmined to
be a rcdcvelopment area; and
WHEREAS, following the public hearing, the Planning Bdard recommended that
the preliminary map of the boundarics of the proposed rcdevelopment area should
be finalized and adopted, with thc sole exception and excIusion of Block 5.1, Lot
5 (residential unit),I finding said area to be in need of redevelopment due to the
existcnce of one or morc of the conditions sct forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 within
said arca; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Body agrees with thc findings and recommendations
of the Carterct Planning Board in its determination that the delineated arca is in
need of redevelopment; and thc Govemiug Body further finds that said
determination is supported by substantial evi~lencc; and
WHEREAS, the Govcrning Body furthcr concludes that there exists within the
delincated area sufficicnt criteria for thc designation of a redevelopment area as
set forth iu N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5(c), (d), (e), as more fully described and
delinCated in the Chrome Waterfront Redevelopment Investigation Rcport, and as
found by the Carteret Planning Board.
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the
Borough of Carteret, County of Middlcsex, State of New Jersey, that the Chrome
Waterfront Redevelopment District as depicted on the Study Area Map,
containing those properties listed in thc Study Arca Property List, with the sole
exception and exclusion of' Block 5.1, Lot 5, a copy of which is attached bercto
and madc a part hcreof, is a redevelopmcnt area as so defined by N.J.S.A.
40A:l 2A-3.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that notice of this dctcmfination shall be
servcd, within tcn (10) days, upon each person who has filcd a writtcn objection
thereto and statcd, in or upon the xvritten submission, an address to which notice
of thc termination may be sent, if any.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of the Chrome Waterfront
Redevclopment Investigation Report shall bc kept on file in thc Office of the
Borough Clerk for public inspection.
Adopted this 16th day o£ January, 2003
and ccrtified as a true copy of thc
original on January 17, 2003.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY
Municipal Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
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Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council
CLERK