City Council declared two industrial properties — one on Leesville Avenue and another on East Inman Avenue — in need of redevelopment and authorizing the preparation of redevelopment plans.
Continue reading Redevelopment plans in the works for Leesville, East Inman lots
The city will foreclose on a contaminated industrial property with significant tax liens in hopes of cleaning it up.
The Planning Board will investigate five industrial properties near Madden Field to determine if they qualify for redevelopment under state law.
Continue reading Leesville area properties to be studied for redevelopment
Almost two dozen properties had liens levied against them totaling almost $12,000 for cleanup costs to the city for the removal of various nuisances on the properties.
Fourteen disparate properties throughout Rahway were hit with liens for cleanup costs totaling almost $7,500 associated with code enforcement violations, including at least five properties that have been cited previously.
Twenty properties — including at least three repeat offenders — were slapped with liens totaling almost $12,000 to recover costs related to city cleanup.
The Redevelopment Agency renewed a one-year lease on a vacant lot being used for storage.
The city is looking into the possibility of converting some public housing units overseen by the Housing Authority into Section 8 housing and potentially adding some senior housing.