5:10A-24 Preparation, adoption of redevelopment plans.

24. a. The commission shall prepare and adopt a redevelopment plan for each area in the district determined by the commission to be an area in need.

b. A municipality which has land subject to the jurisdiction of the commission and adopts the commission's redevelopment plan shall have the authority to approve or reject an application for a permit. The municipality shall provide the commission all documentation, plans, and information regarding all applications. All fees generated by these applications and approvals shall be retained by the municipality. Any approval of any plan review or subdivision application by a municipality pursuant to this subsection shall be limited by, and based upon, the rules, regulations, and standards in a resolution adopted by the commission and the municipality. All fees generated by these applications and approvals shall be retained by the municipality.

c. For those municipalities that do not adopt the commission's redevelopment plan, the commission may issue the permit for the proposed construction or alteration as being in conformity with the redevelopment plan. Any variations and modifications of the redevelopment plan shall be the responsibility of the commission. A permit shall not be issued without a certificate from the chief engineer or equivalent official of the commission that the proposal is in conformity with the commission's redevelopment plan.

d. In undertaking projects pursuant to any redevelopment plan, the commission may:

(1) Acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, real or personal property, or any interest therein, including such property as it may deem necessary or proper, although temporarily not required for such purposes, in an area in need and in any area within the district designated by the commission as necessary for relocation of residents, industry, or commerce displaced from a redevelopment area;

(2) clear or reclaim any area so acquired and install, construct, or reconstruct projects therein necessary to prepare such area for development;

(3) relocate or arrange or contract with public or private agencies for the relocation of residents, industry, or commerce displaced from the area in need;

(4) dispose of real property so acquired by sale, lease, or exchange for the uses and purposes specified in the redevelopment plan, to any person or public agency;

(5) study the recommendations of the constituent municipality's planning board impacted by the redevelopment plan for redevelopment of any area within that municipality and make its own investigations as to current trends in the area in need, as established by the commission;

(6) by contract or contracts with public agencies or redevelopers or by its own employees' or consultants' plan, plan, construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, and repair any redevelopment or other project or any part thereof; and

(7) make and adopt plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements, and for the enforcement of codes and laws relating to the use of land, the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, and the control over the pollution of water and air and the disposal of solid waste.

L.2015, c.19, s.24.