Public Notice:
Notice of Public Hearing City of Perth Amboy Planning Board Middlesex County, New Jersey Please take notice that the Planning Board (the “Board”) of the City of Perth Amboy, NJ (the “City”) will, on February 5, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 260 High Street, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861, or at such other time and place as the Board may adjourn thereafter, hold a public hearing (the “Hearing”) to consider an application for amended preliminary and final major site plan, and minor subdivision approval (the “Application”) made by the Housing Authority of the City of Perth Amboy (the “Applicant”). The Application pertains to property within the City located along Chamberlain Avenue formally identified as Lot 1 of Block 399.04 on the City’s tax map (the “Property”). The Property consists of approximately 15.58 acres within the City’s Special Use Zone 3-D as designated by the City’s Focus 2000 Redevelopment Plan (the “Redevelopment Plan”). The Property is improved with several apartment buildings and a community center, with associated sidewalks, driveways, parking areas, a portion of which are proposed to be removed in accordance with the Application.
The Property has been designated an area in need of redevelopment and is subject to the Redevelopment Plan, which sets forth the pertinent land use regulations for the Property, and the Applicant is the designated Redeveloper for the Property according a Resolution adopted by the City Council on August 6, 2013 and the terms of the Redevelopment Agreement between Redeveloper and the the City dated November 15, 2013, all in accordance with the New Jersey Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1, et. seq.
With the Application, the Applicant proposes to redevelop an approximately 3.9471 acre portion of the Property along Chamberlain Avenue (proposed to be Lot 1.01 of Block 399.04) with 70 affordable housing units in three 3-story buildings, a community room, and associated site improvements including up to 112 parking spaces. The Application has been designed to be fully-conforming with the Redevelopment Plan, however, to the extent the Board determines that the Application requires any variance, waiver, exception, or other relief, the Applicant shall request such further relief from the Board without further public notice.
A copy of the Application and the documents submitted in support thereof is on file in the Office of the Board’s Secretary, located in City’s Office of Code Enforcement at 375 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861, and is available for public inspection during regular business days and hours.
This Notice is given in accordance with the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1, et. seq. Any interested person may appear in person, through his attorney, or through his designated agent at the Hearing, at the time and place herein stated, and be heard on this Application.
By: Michael A. Bruno, Esq. Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 125 Half Mile Road, Suite 300 Red Bank, New Jersey 07701 Attorney for the Applicant Dated: January 22, 2014 ($45.24) 974428