Valley Street Redevelopment / Rehabilitation Study
Heyer, Gruel and Associates, Community Planning Consultants
The purpose of this report is to determine
whether portions of the Township of South Orange Village shown on Map 1,
the Valley Street Study Area- Aerial Photo, referred to herein as the
Study Area, qualify as an area in need of redevelopment and/or
rehabilitation per the criteria of the Local Redevelopment and Housing
Law (the “LRHL”).
The Village Board of Trustees in Resolution dated
10/25/04 (Resolution No. 268-04) contained in Appendix A, requested that
the Planning Board “undertake an investigation whether the properties on
both the west and east sides of Valley Street and Village Plaza from
South Orange Avenue to Hixon Place, along with other properties,
specifically shown on the attached maps, are in need of redevelopment
and/or rehabilitation.”
Said resolution authorized the Planning Board to
engage the Village Planner to assist the Planning Board in evaluating
the area “in terms of the redevelopment and/or rehabilitation criteria
as set forth in Sections 5 and 14 of the LRHL,” to assist the Planning
Board in delineating the properties in the area as areas in need of
redevelopment and/ or rehabilitation and to prepare a plan for the area
if the Planning Board and Board of Trustees determine that the area is
in need of redevelopment and/ or rehabilitation.