N.J. Stat. § 40:56-87
Nothing contained in P.L. 1972, c. 134 (C. 40:56-65 et seq.) or in this amendatory and supplementary act shall prohibit a municipality from including a pedestrian mall or special improvement district within the bounds of any area, district or zone established pursuant to law, which has as one of its purposes the encouragement of the construction of improvements or the rehabilitation of properties located within those bounds, or the inducement of private enterprises to locate within those bounds, whether by the provision of tax credits, exemptions or abatements, or by provision of special public financing arrangements. The provisions for the pedestrian mall or special improvement district shall be included within the plans for the area, district or zone so established, whether by integration into the original plans or by amendment.
N.J.S. § 40:56-87