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The Benefits of the Landis Avenue Redevelopment Initiative
“Redevelopment”
in accordance with New Jersey's Local Redevelopment and Housing
Law (LRHL), can mean many things, including,
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Conservation, rehabilitation or construction of residential,
commercial, industrial, public or other structures.
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The grant or dedication of spaces…in the interest of the general
welfare for streets, parks, playgrounds, or other public purposes.
For Pittsgrove,
the Landis Avenue Redevelopment initiative means:
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being able to increase the business tax revenue without measurably
increasing service costs in order to help keep down residential
property taxes;
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increasing agriculture related land use in the area;
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improving protections for environmentally sensitive areas.
DID YOU KNOW?
93% of
the Landis Avenue redevelopment area is zoned either commercial or
business.
While
“agricultural” is not a zoning classification, much of the current
land use in the Redevelopment area is agricultural. But much
of it is not actively used as such now. Unfortunately, developers
can build on that land on their own, with few restrictions. That is
already happening along Landis Avenue.
Redevelopment
empowers the township to control this development in a way that is
financially beneficial to the township and contributes to the
preservation of its agricultural and rural character.
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Incentives for businesses that complement our rural character.
For example, new agricultural businesses that support existing farms
throughout Pittsgrove, would help to ensure their future success,
thus making it less likely that they would sell their land to
housing developers.
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Financial and regulatory resources
that are available only in redevelopment areas that can protect and
even enhance the environmentally sensitive areas along Landis
Avenue. These resources include increasing and improving
environmental buffers and controlling land use on bordering
properties.
Redevelopment in accordance with the LRHL is an important tool for
the township that enables it to guide development in a way that
benefits the township financially, and also satisfies the desire of
our community to preserve its rural character.
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