Preamble. On July 27, 2005, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Keansburg ("Borough") designated the entirety of the Borough as an "Area in Need of Rehabilitation" pursuant to the New Jersey Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq ("LRHL"); and

The Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. ("Redevelopment Law"), authorizes municipalities to determine whether certain parcels of land located therein constitute areas in need of redevelopment; and

On July 17, 2019, the Borough Council ("Council") of the Borough of Keansburg ("Borough") adopted Resolution 19-098, authorizing and directing the Planning Board of the Borough ("Board") to undertake a preliminary investigation and redevelopment study to determine whether all properties, identified in Blocks 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 52, thereof ("Study Area"), meet the criteria set forth in the Redevelopment Law and should be designated as a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area, as that term is defined by the Redevelopment Law; and

On April 22, 2020, the Borough Council ("Council") of the Borough of Keansburg ("Borough") adopted Resolution 20-038, accepting the recommendation from the Planning Board of the Borough of Keansburg and finding that all properties identified in Blocks 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 52 as shown on the Official Tax Map of the Borough of Keansburg be and are hereby deemed to be a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.; and

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A-12A-4, the Borough, through the firm T&M Associates, prepared a redevelopment plan entitled "Carr Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan" substantially in the form attached hereto ("Redevelopment Plan"),[1] which provides for the redevelopment of several areas of the Borough, specifically Block 10, Lots 1 and 3 through 9, Block 12, Lots 6 through 9, Block 13, Lots 1, 2.02, 3, 4, 5.01, 5.03, 7 and 8, Block 14, Lots 1, 1.02 and 2 through 9 and Block 52, Lots 4 through 8; and

Prior to the final passage of this subsection, the Borough Council referred the Redevelopment Plan to the Planning Board of Adjustment ("Planning Board") for its review at the July 11, 2021, meeting as to Master Plan consistency and for any other comments in accordance with N.J.S.A 40A:12A-7; and

The Redevelopment Plan has been available for public review in the office of the Planning Board and in the office of the municipal Clerk; and

The Borough Council now wishes to approve and adopt the Carr Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

The Borough Council hereby approves and adopts the Carr Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

The Redevelopment Plan shall supersede the applicable provisions of the Borough's Zoning Ordinance.

The proposed amendments to the Redevelopment Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit A,[2] are hereby adopted pursuant to the terms of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7.