(a) Except as otherwise provided, the commission shall be authorized to carry out the purposes of this act within the following district:

All that certain area bounded as described therein, excepting therefrom the area described in subsections (b) and (c) of this section:

Beginning at a point on Hendricks Causeway at its junction with the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad–Northern Railroad of New Jersey Branch in Ridgefield;

Thence southerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad–Northern Railroad of New Jersey Branch to its junction with the Fairview-Ridgefield Municipal boundary;

Thence westerly along the Fairview-Ridgefield Municipal boundary to its junction with the Fairview-North Bergen Municipal boundary;

Thence easterly along the Fairview-North Bergen Municipal boundary to its junction with the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad–Northern Railroad of New Jersey Branch;

Thence southerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad–Northern Railroad of New Jersey Branch to its junction with Tonnelle Avenue (U. S. Route 1 and 9) in Jersey City;

Thence southerly along Tonnelle Avenue (U.S. Route 1 and 9) to its intersection with the Pulaski Skyway;

Thence westerly along a line formed by the Pulaski Skyway to a point where the Port Authority Trans-Hudson tracks pass under the Pulaski Skyway;

Thence westerly along the Port Authority Trans-Hudson tracks to their intersection with the Harrison-Kearny Municipal Boundary;

Thence northwesterly along the Harrison-Kearny Municipal Boundary, as its jogs and curves, to its intersection with the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Harrison-Kingsland connecting branch of the Morris and Essex Division;

Thence northerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Harrison-Kingsland connecting branch of the Morris and Essex Division to its junction with Orient Way in Lyndhurst;

Thence northerly along Orient Way to its junction with Valley Brook Avenue-Smith Street;

Thence easterly along Smith Street to its junction with Madison Street;

Thence northerly along Madison Street to its junction with Evergreen Place;

Thence westerly along Evergreen Place to its junction with Meadow Road;

Thence northerly along Meadow Road to its junction with Rutherford Avenue;

Thence northerly along a straight line drawn between the intersection of Rutherford Avenue and Meadow Road and the junction of Union Avenue and Erie-Lackawanna-New Jersey and New York Railroad;

Thence northerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna-New Jersey and New York Railroad to its intersection with the Wood-Ridge-Carlstadt municipal boundary;

Thence easterly along the Wood-Ridge-Carlstadt municipal boundary to its intersection with Moonachie-Wood-Ridge municipal boundary;

Thence northerly and westerly along the Moonachie-Wood-Ridge municipal boundary to its intersection with the Hasbrouck Heights-Moonachie municipal boundary;

Thence easterly and northerly along Hasbrouck Heights-Moonachie municipal boundary to its intersection with the Moonachie-Teterboro municipal boundary;

Thence westerly and northerly along the Hasbrouck Heights-Teterboro municipal boundary to its intersection with U. S. Route 46;

Thence easterly along U. S. Route 46 to its intersection with the Teterboro-Little Ferry municipal boundary;

Thence southerly along the Teterboro-Little Ferry municipal boundary to its intersection with the Moonachie-Little Ferry boundary;

Thence southerly along the Moonachie-Little Ferry municipal boundary to its intersection with Red Neck Road;

Thence southerly along Red Neck Road to its junction with Moonachie Avenue in Moonachie;

Thence easterly along Moonachie Avenue to its junction with Moonachie Road;

Thence northerly along Moonachie Road to its junction with Maple Street;

Thence easterly along Maple Street approximately 930 feet to its intersection with the Transcontinental gas pipeline;

Thence northeasterly along a straight line drawn between the intersection of Maple Street and the Transcontinental gas pipeline and the intersection of Bertolotto Avenue and the Moonachie-Little Ferry Municipal boundary (Losen Slofe Creek);

Thence easterly along Bertolotto Avenue to its junction with Eckel Road;

Thence southerly along 5th Street to its junction with Mansfield Avenue;

Thence easterly along Columbus avenue to its junction with Mehrhof Road;

Thence northerly along Mehrhof Road to its junction with Washington Avenue;

Thence easterly and northerly along Washington Avenue to its junction with Main Street;

Thence easterly along Main Street extended to the Little Ferry-Ridgefield Park Municipal boundary; (The middle of the Hackensack River);

Thence southerly along the Little Ferry-Ridgefield Park Municipal boundary (in the middle of the Hackensack River) to its intersection with the Ridgefield Park-Ridgefield Municipal boundary;

Thence easterly along the Ridgefield Park-Ridgefield Municipal boundary (in the middle of Overpeck Creek) to its intersection with Bergen Turnpike;

Thence southerly along Bergen Turnpike to its junction with Hendricks Causeway;

Thence southeasterly along Hendricks Causeway to its junction with the tracks of the Lackawanna Railroad–Northern Branch, the point of beginning.

(b) Exception:

Beginning at a point on Old New Jersey Route 3 (New Jersey Route 153) (Paterson Plank Road) at its junction with County Avenue in Secaucus;

Thence southerly along County Avenue to its junction with Secaucus Road;

Thence westerly along Secaucus Road a distance of 1,321 feet more or less to its junction with Private Road;

Thence northerly along a straight line drawn between the intersection of Secaucus Road and the aforementioned Private Road and the intersection of Pandolfi Avenue-Golden Avenue in Secaucus;

Thence westerly along Pandolfi Avenue to its junction with 5th Street;

Thence southerly along 5th Street to its junction with Mansfield Avenue;

Thence westerly along Mansfield Avenue to its junction with Walter Place;

Thence northerly along Walter Place to its junction with Mansfield Avenue;

Thence westerly along Mansfield Avenue to its junction with 9th Street;

Thence northerly along 9th Street to its junction with Grace Street;

Thence easterly along Grace Street to its junction with Eighth Street;

Thence northerly along Eighth Street to its junction with Old New Jersey Route 3 (Route 153);

Thence easterly along Old New Jersey Route 3 (Route 153) to its junction with Paterson Plank Road;

Thence easterly continuing along Old New Jersey Route 3 (Route 153) (Paterson Plank Road) to its junction with County Avenue, the point of beginning.

(c) Exception:

Beginning at a point on Maple Avenue at its junction with 7th Street in Secaucus;

Thence northerly and easterly along 7th Street to its junction with Paterson Plank Road;

Thence northerly along Paterson Plank Road to its junction with Farm Road;

Thence northerly along Farm Road to its junction with Meadow Lane;

Thence easterly along Meadow Lane to its junction with Stonewall Lane and Mill Ridge Road;

Thence easterly along Mill Ridge Road to its junction with Koelle Boulevard;

Thence southerly along Koelle Boulevard to its junction with Huber Street;

Thence westerly along Huber Street to its junction with Radio Avenue;

Thence southerly on Radio Avenue to its junction with Pikeview Terrace;

Thence westerly and northerly along Pikeview Terrace to its intersection with Lausecker Lane;

Thence westerly along Lausecker Land to its junction with Paterson Plank Road;

Thence southerly along Paterson Plank Road to its junction with Maple Street;

Thence westerly along Maple Street to its junction with 7th Street, the point of beginning.

L.1968, c. 404, s. 4.