Newark, NJ Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Specific Plans Overview (2026)

A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. Appendix 41:A1, the Newark Redevelopment Area Boundary Map (adopted 2-4-2015 by Ord. No. 6PSF-C, amended 4-17-2019 and 11-1-2023 by Ord. No. 6PSF-E), is the operative index of which plan controls which parcel. Under the 2023 enabling ordinance, Title 41 as revised supersedes the development regulations found in the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Redevelopment Plan, the Old Third Ward Urban Renewal Plan, and the Northern Fairmount Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan, while leaving each plan's non-development regulatory provisions in effect. Under the earlier 2015 enabling ordinance, Title 41 was made to supersede every other previously adopted Urban Renewal Plan and Redevelopment Plan found inconsistent with the 2012 Newark Master Plan, but nine named plans were carved out and continue to control development within their own boundaries: Newark's River Public Access & Redevelopment Plan, the Kent/Brenner/Springfield Plan, the Broad Street Station District Plan, the Lincoln Park Plan, the Bergen South Plan, the Living Downtown Plan, the Old Third Ward Urban Renewal Plan, the Northern Fairmount Neighborhood Plan, and the Newark Downtown Core District Plan (with its amendment to the Newark Plaza Urban Renewal Plan).

The Ferry and Main Redevelopment Plan was added to that carve-out list by a 2019 amendment. Any municipally-owned parcel not already covered by a named Redevelopment Plan on the map instead falls under the applicable Ward Redevelopment Plan. A property owner or developer must check the boundary map before assuming Title 41's citywide standards control a site; where a carved-out plan applies, its own bulk, use and design standards govern instead of the general zoning ordinance.