Bayonne planning board finds four properties qualify as non‑condemnation redevelopment areas and forwards studies to council

The Bayonne Planning Board voted to accept and forward several non‑condemnation “area in need of redevelopment” studies to the city council after presentations by the planning consultants. The board approved four separate study reports, each recommending that the council designate the study area as a non‑condemnation area in need of redevelopment under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (LRHL).

The board considered studies prepared by planning consultants and municipal professionals for the following properties: Block 32, Lots 10–12 (1191–1199 John F. Kennedy Boulevard; the former Lukoil station); Block 449, Lots 6 and 7.01 (81–87 East 20 Second Street, the site of a former auto repair operation); Block 208, Lots 1.014 and 35 (510–514 Avenue A and nearby parcels); and Block 98, Lots 13–15 (47 East 40 First Street and adjacent Avenue E properties). Each report summarized the LRHL criteria and concluded the study area met one or more statutory criteria for designation.

Nathan Foote of CME Associates presented the Block 32 study (JFK Boulevard). Foote said the three‑lot study area, about 12,500 square feet with a roughly…