Liberty Park Needs Determination Study Liberty Park, Camden, New Jersey Camden Division of Planning Liberty Park Needs Determination Study Prepared for: The Honorable Gwendolyn A. Faison, Mayor, City of Camden, New Jersey Rodney Sadler, Chairman, City of Camden Planning Board Arijit De, Director, Camden Department of Development and Planning Edward C. Williams, AICP, PP, Director, Camden Division of Planning Prepared by: Group G LLC 123 Chestnut St. Suite 200 Philadelphia PA 19106 215.351.9500 voice 215.351.9233 fax [email protected] and Bureau of Redevelopment Planning Charles E. Lyons, Jr., Chief of Planning Cover aerial photo source: MapMart 2004 All other photos and maps: Group G, 2006 April, 2006 Table of Contents SECTION I Introduction . .1 Neighborhood Summary . .2 Liberty Park History . .5 Existing Zoning . .6 Existing Land Use . .11 Property Vacancy . .14 Property Conditions . .16 Property Ownership . .20 SECTION II Statutory Criteria . .21 SECTION III Findings . .23 Conclusions . .25 LIST OF MAPS Map A: Study Area . .1 Map B: Tax Blocks and Lots . .2 Map C: Existing Zoning . .7 Map D: Existing Land Use . .11 Map E: DEP Brownfield Sites . .13 Map F: Property Vacancy . .14 Map G: Building Conditions . .17 Map H: Street and Sidewalk Conditions . .19 Map I: Property Ownership . .20 Map J: Application of Statutory Criteria . .23 APPENDICES A: City Council Authorization . .26 B: Property Profile List . .27 Group G Liberty Park Needs Determination Study Introduction REPORT ORGANIZATION STUDY AUTHORIZATION This report is organized into three On August 13, 2003 the Municipal Council of the City of Camden, sections. through Resolution MC-03: 483 authorized the City of Camden Planning Board to conduct an investigation to determine whether the Section One identifies the study Liberty Park neighborhood is in need of redevelopment. Pursuant to area and examines existing land NJSA 40A:12A-1, et seq., the purpose of the report is to provide suf- usage, property conditions and ficient information for the City of Camden Planning Board to make ownership. such a determination. This report relies on data gathered from municipal sources and field observation to detail characteristics of Section Two describes the criteria the Liberty Park study area. used in making a determination of need for redevelopment, pursuant Group G, a private planning and design firm, was hired as a techni- to P.L.1992, C.79. cal consultant to this Liberty Park redevelopment study and plan. Section Three contains the find- ings of the study and recommen- STUDY AREA dations to the City of Camden Liberty Park is defined as U.S. Census Tract 6016 in Camden, New Planning Board regarding whether Jersey, and is bounded by Atlantic Avenue on the North, Carl Miller Liberty Park should be declared an Boulevard on the South, Mount Ephraim Avenue on the East and I- area in need of redevelopment. 676 on the West (See Map A, below). Philadelphia IA N VA L EY 95 SY S .- N R , E EN J P EW N 6010 6007 City of Camden 6011.02 6009 6006 6008 6011.01 r e v i R 6001 e r a 6012 w a 6013 l e D Co op er Rive r 6005 6003 ,.-676 Liberty Parl 6002 6004 6014 6016 6015 6018 6017 New Jersey 6019 New ton Creek 6020 ,.-76 N 0 0 .5 1 Mi le s Map A: Liberty Park Needs Determination Study Area City of Camden, New Jersey 6016 Census Tract Number Liberty Park Study Area Group G Liberty Park Needs Determination Study 1 Neighborhood Summary TAX BLOCKS AND LOTS The Liberty Park study area consists of 44 City of CamdenTax Blocks and contains 837 tax lots (See Map B). Table 1 contains a list of tax blocks and lots and reflects the most recent information available from the City of Camden Tax Assessors Office. Any observed dis- crepancies may be explained by lot consolidations and subdivisions, which have occurred since 1995, the most recent edition of the official City of Camden tax maps. Image 1. Liberty Park’s solid housing stock consists of a variety of housing types, including attached single family dwellings shown above. Atlantic Atlantic 9 M t h 416 o Atlantic 415 u n 519 t E ne 1 Lansdow 0 423 p t h h r a i 8 418 m t h 417 mount Fair 420 676 9 518 t ,-. h rett 419 Eve Everett R 433 Everett o 426 m a 432 8 431 n t 425 N h 7 e t 524 h w 436 427 428 p 525 hurman o T r 435 t rton Thurman 434 Mo 9 M t h 430 n Morto 441 o u 1 n 429 0 t t E h 440 p 438 W h ell r Low a 521 a 443 r n i m 437 s kso 442 a Jac w M 448 ackson 439 ic J ackson h J a 523 e l M 8 447 a t h 446 r n y da l 453 ridan eri P a 444 She h n 9 S u d t la 452 h 1 s 445 0 k t 449 i 520 522 h 451 450 lvd l Miller B Carl Miller Blvd Car Carl Miller Blvd N 0.1 0 0.1 Miles Map B: Liberty Park Tax Blocks and Lots Group G Liberty Park Needs Determination Study 2 Liberty Park Properties Table 1. Tax Blocks & Lots Blocks Lots 837 Tax Lots 415 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 50, 51, 703 Buildings (84%) 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65 134 Open Space (16%) 416 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96, 99 417 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17 Building Condition 418 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 37, 416 Good (59%) 38, 39, 40, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 67, 83, 84, 86 419 2, 5, 15, 41, 65 206 Fair (29%) 420 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 24, 25, 26, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 81 Poor (12%) 47, 48, 49, 50, 58, 59, 59*,60, 60*, 61, 63, 64, 85, 86 423 53 425 1 426 1 ,2, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 20, 34, 36, 44, 45, 55, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, Residences (649, 77%) 66, 70, 76, 77, 82, 122 427 6 630 Single-Family 428 5, 8, 9, 16, 17, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 40, 41, 42, 47, 68, 69, 73, 78, 80, 105, 10 Multi-Family 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121 9 Mixed Use 429 4, 23 430 6, 14, 15, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 39, 43, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 67, 90, 91, 93, 125 Vacancy 431 138, 139, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 19% Neighborhood Total 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171, 194, 197, 198 432 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 13% Single-Family Residential(80) 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 433 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, Vacant Lots (8% overall, 50% of 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 202 all Open Space) 434 170, 172, 173 ,174,1 75, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 68 Vacant Lots 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 195, 196, 199, 200, 203, 204 435 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 0 Brownfields 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137 436 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 Ownership 437 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 38 76% Camden addresses 438 1, 3, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 83, 84, 86, 87 15% New Jersey addresses 439 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 37, 66, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82 9% Other State addresses 440 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 82, 87, 93, 94, 99 441 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 85,100 442 64, 66, 67, 81, 84, 86, 88, 89, 97, 98 443 3 444 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33 445 1, 3, 4 446 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 27, 28, 40 447 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 156, 157 448 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127 * denotes lots that have duplicate numbers Group G Liberty Park Needs Determination Study 3 Table 1.