CITY OF PATERSON FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN CITY OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY PREPARED BY: HEYER, GRUEL & ASSOCIATES February 2017 HEYER, GRUEL & ASSOCIATES FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN CITY OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mayor Jose “Joey” Torres City of Paterson, City Council City of Paterson, Planning Board William McKoy, President Ala Abdelaziz, Chairman Maritza Davila, Vice President Eddie Gonzalez, Vice Chairman Domingo “Alex” Mendez Willamae Brooks Michael Jackson Harry M. Cavallos Shahin Khalique Mark Fischer Ruby Cotton Dr. Lilisa Mimms Luis Velez Janice Northrop Andre Sayegh Jesus R. Castro Ken Morris, Jr. Maritza Davila \ Stacey Coleman City of Paterson, Department of Economic Development Hector L. Nieves, Jr. Ruben Gomez, Director Wanda I. Nieves, Esq., Board Counsel City of Paterson, Division of Planning & Zoning Margarita Rodriguez, Board Secretary Michael Deutsch, PP/AICP, Director Heyer, Gruel & Associates Susan S. Gruel, PP, Principal Fred Heyer, PP, AICP CUD, LEED AP-ND, CNUa, Principal John Barree, PP/AICP, Senior Planner Elena Gable, Associate Planner/ GIS Specialist FEBRUARY 2017 HEYER, GRUEL & ASSOCIATES FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN CITY OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION DESIGN STANDARDS 1 45 • General Design Standards PLANNING CONTEXT • Residential Architectural Design Standards 7 • Description of Area • Commercial Architectural Design Standards • Land Use • Streetscape Standards • Community Facilities • Landscaping Standards • Transportation • Signage Standards • Parking and Circulation Standards 25 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES • Lighting Standards • Green Building Standards DISTRICT STANDARDS • Crime Prevention through Environmental 29 Design Principals • Relationship to City’s Land Development Regulations ACTION PLAN • RA-1 Residential District 69 • RA-2 Residential District • Opportunities for Strategic Development • A-R Adaptive Reuse Mixed Use District • Circulation Improvements • P-U Public Use District • Open Space & Recreation Improvements • C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District • Opportunities orf Home Ownership • TOD Transit Oriented Development District 81 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLANS 89 OTHER STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS 93 IMPLEMENTATION • Administrative Procedures • Funding Opportunities FEBRUARY 2017 HEYER, GRUEL & ASSOCIATES FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN CITY OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY INTRODUCTION PATERSON FIFTH WARD FEBRUARY 2017 1 INTRODUCTION 2 HEYER, GRUEL & ASSOCIATES FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN CITY OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY INTRODUCTION need of redevelopment in 2016. Since the original adoption of the Fifth Ward Redevelopment Plan in The City of Paterson’s Fifth Ward Redevelopment 2003, the following significant events have taken Area is a 182 acre district within the very center place which impacted the Fifth Ward Area: of the City, just east of Downtown Paterson. The Area is roughly bound by Straight Street, Ellison • Economic Recession – The national economic Street, Madison Avenue, Market Street, and 21st recession that began in 2008 and resulting Avenue. The Area includes most of what is known housing foreclosure crisis had a major as the Sandy Hill neighborhood of the City, which impact on the City of Paterson, including is a diverse community of residents, many of many properties in the Fifth Ward. This has whom are first generation immigrants. The Area contributed to the high number of residences is a densely developed mixed-use community that in the Area that are either boarded up or Fifth Ward Redevelopment Area includes homes of many sizes, retail corridors, abandoned. schools, parks, and historic buildings. The Fifth Ward Redevelopment Area has for decades been • Vacant and Abandoned Properties – The City facing issues of neglect and lack of investment into Council has recently adopted an ordinance the bricks and mortar of the community, and is in (Ordinance #14-034) which permits the need of attention towards revitalization. City to take aggressive action to combat the problems associated with vacant and The City of Paterson has had a long history of using abandoned properties. Under this new Redevelopment as a tool for proactively planning ordinance, the City may pursue acquisition the City’s future, and stimulating new development of abandoned properties if private owners in historically underserved areas. Redevelopment do not take steps to address the condition of as a planning tool for municipalities such as Paterson their property. provides a number of benefits. Redevelopment • Development of a New Master Plan for the Fifth Ward Redevelopment Area allows the City to take a more proactive approach City – The City adopted a new Master Plan to development, and attract the right type of in April of 2014 which updated the goals development it seeks to benefit its neighborhoods. and objectives from the previous Master Redevelopment also provides financial incentives Plan. The new Master Plan also made for potential developers that may not be available specific recommendations for the Fifth Ward otherwise. Developers can qualify for long-term Redevelopment Area. tax abatement and low-interest loans to offset the costs of development, which can help stimulate • Passaic/Bergen Passenger Rail Restoration growth where it otherwise may not occur. Project – NJ Transit has proposed to utilize an existing New York, Susquehanna, & This Plan is an update to the Fifth Ward Western commercial railroad as a passenger Redevelopment Plan. This update includes a slight service light rail line connecting Hawthorne expansion of the area that was designated as in to Hackensack. These tracks currently run Fifth Ward Redevelopment Area FEBRUARY 2017 3 INTRODUCTION through Paterson, and the initial proposal • Flooding events of Hurricane Irene and would include 5 stops within the City, including Super-Storm Sandy – Recent storm events one near the intersection of Broadway and that brought heavy rainfall to the region have Madison Avenue. resulted in devastating floods that left many homes and businesses in the City damaged. • Madison Avenue Commuter Rail Corridor Although the majority of the flooding was Study – In 2009, a Transit Oriented not within the boundaries of the Fifth Ward Development (TOD) study for a potential Redevelopment Area, the impacts of the transit stop near the intersection of Broadway storms, such as loss of power, disruptions to and Madison Avenue was issued by the Passaic the transportation network, and interruptions County Department of Planning. This report to the economy, still impacted the Area. NYS&W Railroad at Madison Avenue made many recommendations regarding the potential for development that would exist if the proposed light rail were to be installed connecting Hawthorne to Hackensack. • Ward Street TOD Plan – In 2012, the City adopted a Transit Oriented Development plan for the areas around the Ward Street Train Station in Downtown Paterson, just west of the Fifth Ward Redevelopment Area. The plan makes recommendations for the City to capitalize on the access provided by the NJ Transit train station, and encouraging transit ridership. Sandy Hill Business District • Sandy Hill SID – The City has recently approved a newly formed Special Improvement District (SID) in Sandy Hill, for the area between Park Avenue, Market Street, and Madison Avenue in the Fifth Ward. This SID is a special district in which additional taxes are levied on property owners within the boundaries of the District, and those funds are then used to make improvements to the district. The primary focus of the District will be to provide additional security and maintenance in the district, in order to improve the appearance Ward Street Train Station and safety of businesses. 4 HEYER, GRUEL & ASSOCIATES FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN CITY OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY CONTENTS OF A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN the municipality is located; and c. The State Development and The Redevelopment Plan becomes the formal Redevelopment Plan adopted pursuant to planning document guiding the redevelopment the “State Planning Act” P.L. 1985,C.398 and revitalization of the Redevelopment Area. (N.J.S.A.52:18A-196 et seq.). The Redevelopment Plan is statutorily required to include an outline for the planning, development, 6. As of the date of the adoption of the redevelopment or rehabilitation of the resolution finding the area to be in need of Redevelopment Area sufficient to indicate: redevelopment, an inventory of all housing units affordable to low and moderate 1. Its relationship to definitive local objectives income households, as defined pursuant to as to appropriate land uses, density of section 4 of P.L. 1985 c.222 (C.52:27D-304), population and improved traffic and public that are to be removed as a result of transportation, public utilities, recreational implementation of the redevelopment plan, and community facilities and other public whether as a result of subsidies or market improvements. conditions listed by affordability level, number of bedrooms, and tenure. 2. Proposed land uses and building requirements in the redevelopment area. 7. A plan for the provision, through new construction or substantial rehabilitation of 3. Adequate provision for the temporary and one comparable, affordable replacement permanent relocation, as necessary, of housing unit for each affordable housing residents in the redevelopment area that unit that has been occupied at any time will be displaced including an estimate of the within the last 18 months, that is subject to extent to which decent, safe and sanitary