Public Notice:
LEGAL NOTICE PROPOSED CONDEMNATION REDEVELOPMENT AREA DESIGNATION CITY OF ELIZABETH Please be advised that the Planning Board of the City of Elizabeth (“Planning Board”) will hold a public hearing (the “Hearing”) on Thursday, April 9. 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, 50 Winfield Scott Plaza, Elizabeth, NJ, for the purpose of hearing persons who are interested in or would be affected by a determination that the following properties, called the “Baker Center Redevelopment Area” is a Condemnation Redevelopment Area: 829-961 Newark Avenue – Tax Account No. 11-847 827-907 Newark Avenue – Tax Account No. 11-847A 1001-1013 Newark Avenue – Tax Account No. 11-848 1015-1027 Newark Avenue – Tax Account No. 11-849 1029-1061 Newark Avenue – Tax Account No. 11-850 A Statement of Basis and boundary map has been prepared showing the boundaries of the Area, and the parcels included in the Area, as the basis for the Board’s investigation as to whether the Area meets one or more of the criteria required by the New Jersey Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., for designation as an “Area in Need of Redevelopment.” Copies are available for public inspection and reproduction at the offices of the City Clerk, City Hall, 50 Winfield Scott Plaza, Elizabeth, NJ, during normal business hours. Any person who is interested in this matter will have the opportunity to address the Planning Board and its professionals at this Hearing and to ask any questions concerning the contents of the Study or any other relevant issue regarding the designation of the Area, or any portion thereof, as a Condemnation Redevelopment Area. Any person who is interested in or affected by this matter will have the right to make oral or written objections at the Hearing to the designation of the Area as a Condemnation Redevelopment Area, and to provide oral or written evidence in support of these objections, all of which will be made part of the record of the Hearing. Should the Board, upon considering the Study and the testimony and evidence presented at the hearing, take action to recommend that the Area, or any portion thereof, be designated as a Condemnation Redevelopment Area, then the matter will be referred to the City Council, who will decide at a subsequent public hearing whether to adopt a resolution designating that the Area, or portion thereof, as a Condemnation Redevelopment Area. This designation of the Area as a Condemnation Redevelopment Area shall authorize the City of Elizabeth to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire any property in the Area. Patrick J. McNamara, Esq. Scarinci Hollenbeck 1100 Valley Brook Avenue Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071 Counsel to the City of Elizabeth Planning Board 3/21,28/2015 $291.40