Patrick McNamara

Elizabeth Proposes Potential Condemnation for “Baker Center Redevelopment Area”

Posted in: Area in Need Determination, Counties, Union County NJ by | No Comments Monday, March 23, 2015

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
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Wood-Ridge Planning Board to Decide if “Curtiss Wright” is Right for Borough

Posted in: Bergen County NJ, Single Family Lots, Site Plan - Subdivision, Town Houses by | No Comments Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Public Notice:

 

BOROUGH OF WOOD-RIDGE PLANNING BOARD LEGAL NOTICE   RE: Wood-Ridge Development Co., LLC  Block 320, Lots 1.01 and 1.04 –  Passaic Street  Borough of Wood-Ridge To property owners:  Please be advised that an application has been filed with the Borough of Wood-Ridge Planning Board on behalf of Wood-Ridge Development, LLC, to amend provisions of the previously approved major site plan and major subdivision approvals for the redevelopment of property located at 1 Passaic Street, also known as block 320, lots 1.01 and 1.04 on the tax map of the Borough of Wood-Ridge, located in the Wesmont Station Redevelopment Plan Area. The applicant is the designated redeveloper and owner of the property. The project site is part of the industrial complex previously known as the “Curtiss Wright” site in the Borough.  The application is for the following:  The applicant is seeking to amend the previously granted major site plan and major subdivision for the creation of seventy-four (74) lots, consisting of ten (10) single family and sixty-four (64) town house lots, as well as two (2) common/homeowner association lots and right-of-way lots. In addition, the application is seeking to permit the following design waivers: 1. The required minimum distance between buildings, where 40 feet is required and 39 feet will be provided at the brick banding at the base of each residential dwelling. 2. The building height, where a small portion of the accent of the roof line of the building exceeds the maximum height, where 45 feet is permitted and 46 feet is requested. 3. The position of a five unit townhouse building in the single family residential dwelling zone. In addition to the above approval, the applicant requests that the application be deemed amended to include a request for any additional approvals, deviations, variances, design waivers and/or exceptions which are determined to be necessary in the review and processing of this application, whether requested by the applicant, the Planning Board or otherwise.  Any person interested in this application will have the opportunity to address the planning board at the meeting to be held on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., at the Borough of Wood-Ridge municipal building, located at 85 Humboldt Street, Wood-Ridge, New Jersey 07075. The plans and documents relating to this application are available for public inspection on any weekday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., at the offices of the Borough Clerk of the Borough of Wood-Ridge, located within the Borough of Wood-Ridge municipal building, at 85 Humboldt Street, Wood-Ridge, New Jersey 07075.  Date: June 30, 2014  Wood-Ridge Development, LLC c/o Scarinci Hollenbeck 1100 Valley Brook Road P.O. Box 790 Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071-0790 Attn: Patrick J. McNamara, Esq. July 3, 2014-Fee:$81.27(86) 3713082
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