Acting on recommendations in the new downtown strategic plan, City Council is poised to eliminate the prohibition of tattoo parlors and limits on personal service uses within downtown and eliminate the need for Planning Board approval for conforming permitted uses.
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The Rahway Special Improvement District (SID) budget will remain the same as last year — $325,000 — deferring for another year the full anticipated budget amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The city is exploring the possibility of creating a “scattered site redevelopment plan,” in which several delinquent or problem properties are examined and declared in need of redevelopment.
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The City Council president will be added to the Special Improvement District (SID) Advisory Board as the sixth non-voting member under legislation to be adopted later this month.
City Council is expected to approve a new zoning map at its next meeting, the first revision of the zoning map in more than a decade.
City Council approved a bevy of reappointments to assorted city boards and commissions to start 2022.
The city is asking Union County to study whether a traffic light at East Hazelwood Avenue and Stockton Street is warranted, following requests for traffic safety of traffic calming measures from residents of the neighborhood area.
The city last month awarded a $30,000 contract for appraisal services to keep up with the demand of surveying properties within the city.