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Ordinance13-1044Filed

ORDINANCE ADOPTING NEWARK’S RIVER: PUBLIC ACCESS & REDEVELOPMENT PLAN (THE “REDEVELOPMENT PLAN”) IN ORDER TO: (I) PROVIDE APPROPRIATE LAND USE REGULATIONS TO REDEVELOP NEWARK’S RIVERFRONT; (II) AMEND ZONING TO SUPPORT RIVERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT INCLUDING HOUSING, OFFICES, RETAIL, INDUSTRY, AND OPEN SPACE; (III) CONNECT EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE RIVERFRONT THROUGH HARMONIOUS AND WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT; (IV) PROVIDE DESIGN GUIDANCE TO PROTECT VIEW CORRIDORS AND CREATE APPROPRIATE SETBACKS FROM THE RIVER’S EDGE; AND (V) ENSURE INCLUSION OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO, ALONG, AND ONTO THE RIVER IN ALL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE.

Progress

Introduced

May 24, 2013

In Committee

Jul 23, 2013

Passed

Aug 7, 2013

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Enacted