# Talk:Newark, New Jersey

Suggestion: you may want to move the list of theatres to a separate article, similar to List of theatres in Louisville, Kentucky. The list seems to overwhelm an already long article. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 21:52, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Added the Central Planning Board into the article 3/4/2024...
Under GOVERNMENT
after POLITICAL CORRUPTION...
The following inclusion to the Government section was created with research. A Wikipedia member indicates "Not the place to add all this" and reverted the work. Can someone identify where to include this? Or please modify it as it is current events of the City and how they are dealing for the city or against the community. 

Actually, Special:Contributions/74.88.107.15, most/all of this content does not belong in the encyclopedia at all. Sorry. Please take a look at WP:EXCESSDETAIL and WP:RELIABILITY, which should explain why. MonMothma (talk) 03:13, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Can you use some of the material or make it concise? 74.88.107.15 (talk) 03:27, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
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### Central Planning Board
The City of Newark has a central planning board consisting of seven board members and four alternates. The planning board is part of the Office of Planning and Zoning in the Department of Economic and Housing Development located at City Hall. The planning board has followed a masterplan for redevelopment of Newark's land use called Newark360 as of September 26, 2023. The planning board must follow the City Master Plan and ordinances of the City of Newark in regards to the Municipal Land Use Law, NJSA 40:55D. The board reviews the City of Newark Official Map and follows the ordinances of zoning. They provide variances for building projects upon site plan reviews with development applicants and hear the public on projects through online Zoom meetings. These plans for final approvals are sent to the Newark Municipal Council. 
The planning board is handling more development applications in a building boom for development and having controversial projects to approve or deny. On February 2023, the proposed 45-Story Arc Tower with 522 feet would be one of the tallest residential buildings approved, but with opposition and previously rejected by the Newark’s Landmarks & Historic Preservation Commission a year earlier. On March 2023, the Central Planning Board denied an applicant by Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon for a cannabis lounge in the Downtown District. Another project in June 2023 with 300 community members and organizations against the Central Planning Board were mute as a zoning change was voted 7-0 in favor of a redevelopment zones for City Council approval. In November 21, 2023, the City of Newark Municipal Council approved creating a second zoning board of adjustment, for one year term, to handle the backlog of developer projects and deal with the backlog.
The following are the members of the 2024 Zoning Board with external background:

Charles Auffant | Chairman (Commissioner on the Newark Zoning Board of Adjustment since 1997. Clinical Professor of Law. Community and Transactional Lawyering Clinic, Clinical attorney in the Urban League Clinic.))
Julius S. Montford | Vice Chair (Human Resources Labor Relations Manager, City of Newark, Director of Essex County Division of Training and Employment)
Sharon Hardesty (Vice President at Santander Bank since 1988.)
Charles N. Hall, Jr. (President of Retail Wholesale Department Store Union Local 108)
David Comesañas (Consultant)
Robin Jones (Senior Director, House Management New Jersey Performing Arts Center)
Luis Ribeiro (Journeyman Ironworker Transcontinental Steel)
Katiria Cobian (Serving since 2014. LCSW-Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Non-Profit Organization North Newark Move.)
Rosa Torres-Zajkowski (Alternate #4 since March 2023 until March 2025)
Jackie Coombs-Hollis (Planning Department Title: Land Use Administrator of Livingston, New Jersey)
The members of the planning board must live in the City of Newark as residents and are appointed by the Municipal Council. Board member, Katiria Cobian, was under investigation in July 2023 for potential living in Harrison, New Jersey during the board meetings, invalidating some decisions with legal situations towards the City upon denials or approvals of plans. The members are not able to have positions in the City nor be elective officials of the city government and serve a four year term. Compensation for member services is done at $166 per meeting and at $250 per each special meetings. The annually meetings are approximately 30 and/or 10 special meetings.
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The inclusion of this material is because Newark had not done anything about zoning in 40 years and noticed a surge that both the community and organization see the Central Planning Board's purpose. https://rpa.org/work/reports/newark-draft-vision-plan  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.88.107.15 (talk) 03:26, 5 March 2024 (UTC)