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Council adopts citywide redevelopment/rehabilitation plan to streamline smaller projects, retain council oversight

3206727 · May 7, 2025
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Summary

The council adopted a citywide redevelopment/rehabilitation plan under state law intended to give the city more flexibility to advance smaller rehabilitation projects while preserving the governing body's approval authority over redevelopment agreements.

The Trenton City Council adopted an ordinance establishing a citywide redevelopment/rehabilitation plan that city attorneys said consolidates the legal authority the city can use to advance both small and large renovation and redevelopment projects.

Redevelopment counsel explained the ordinance is a statutory tool under state redevelopment law that allows municipalities to adopt a rehabilitation designation for entire cities. City counsel told the…

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