Any insurance company of this state authorized to hold, purchase and convey real estate may present to the governing body of any city of the first class in this state an application for approval of a project for the acquisition of a tract of real estate in the city occupied in whole or in part by insanitary or unsafe structures used as dwellings, for the demolition of the existing structures and for the construction upon the tract of new housing facilities in accordance with proper standards of sanitation and safety, at the expense of the applicant. The application shall set forth a statement of the project presented for approval, to which shall be annexed the following exhibits:
At any time prior to the final action of the governing body upon the application, the applicant may in its discretion amend or supplement the application in such manner as it desires to conform to the conditions the governing body may impose upon the granting of its approval.
N.J.S. § 17:19-2