Eric Griffith

Woodbridge Council Sends Potential Redevelopment Area to Planning Board

Public Notice:



TOWNSHIP OF WOODBRIDGE NOTICE is hereby given that at a Regular Meeting of the Municipal Council of the Township of Woodbridge held on January 20, 2015, the following Ordinance was introduced and read and passed on First Reading. AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ROUTE 1: AREA 17 – RONSON ROAD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEREAS, the Township Council of the Township of Woodbridge (the “Council”) adopted a Resolution directing the Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine if certain real property appearing on the official tax maps of the Township of Woodbridge (the “Township”), County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey, as various properties along Route 1 in the Woodbridge section of the Township, commonly referred to as the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Area (the “Redevelopment Area”) as an area in need of redevelopment as defined in the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1, et seq. (the “LRHL”); and WHEREAS, the Township Planning Board (“Planning Board”) by resolution dated September 22, 1999, recommended that the Redevelopment Area be designated by the Township Council as an area in need of redevelopment; and WHEREAS, on November 3, 1999, pursuant to the recommendation of the Planning Board, the Township Council adopted an Ordinance designating the Redevelopment Area as an area in need of redevelopment; and WHEREAS, in furtherance of the redevelopment of the Redevelopment Area, a redevelopment plan has been prepared by Marta Lefsky, A.I.C.P., P.P. Eric Griffith, A.I.C.P., P.P. and Chris Kesici, A.I.C.P., P.P. dated Jannuary 2015, for the Redevelopment Area (the “Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan”) which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and hereby made part of this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Township Council adopted a Resolution on January 20, 2015, referring the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan to the Planning Board for its review and recommendation; and WHEREAS, the Planning Board by Resolution on January 21, 2015 recommended that the Township Council adopt the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Council of the Township of Woodbridge, County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey, being the governing body thereof, that, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7, the Township Council: Section 1. Hereby adopts and approves the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan which attached hereto and hereby made a part of this Ordinance; and Section 2. Hereby directs the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan be filed with the Township Clerk. Section 3. Hereby directs the Woodbridge Redevelopment Agency of the Township of Woodbridge shall serve as the redevelopment entity responsible for implementing the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan and carrying out the redevelopment projects in the Redevelopment Area. Section 4. The Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan shall supersede the provisions of the Township’s Zoning Ordinance in the Redevelopment Area. Section 5. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(c), the Township’s Zoning Map is hereby amended to identify the Redevelopment Area in the manner depicted in the Redevelopment Plan. Section 6. If any provision of this Ordinance shall be held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the same shall not affect the other provisions of this ordinance, except so far as the provision so declared invalid shall be inseparable from the remainder of any portion thereof . Section 7. This Ordinance shall take effect upon the final passage and publication pursuant to Law. Notice is further given that said Ordinance will be further considered for Final Passage by said Municipal Council at a Regular Meeting of the body, to be held at the Memorial Municipal Building, 1 Main Street, Woodbridge, N.J. on February 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the evening, at which time and place all persons interested therein will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the same. The plan will be on file at the Municipal Clerks Office and on line at www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us John M. Mitch, RMC, CMC, CMR Municipal Clerk ($85.36)

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