By Samuel K. Dykstra | Published March 9, 2015 | Posted in Environmental & Natural Resources, New Jersey Pinelands Commission, Permitting, Pinelands | Tagged Tags: Pinelands Preservation, Pinelands Violation | Leave a comment
Family Seeks to Preserve Pinelands, Property A Township of Medford family filed suit on February 23, 2015 in the Burlington County Superior Court, alleging their neighbors engaged in the improper clearcutting of 11,000 square feet of native vegetation and trees in the protected Pinelands area of New Jersey. According to the lawsuit, filed by Plaintiffs Read More
Read MoreWhat does a governing body do when a municipality’s planning board recommends changes to its master plan? Does the council have to adopt the changes to the municipal ordinance? Can the council reject the recommendations? Or can it simply ignore the planning board altogether? On January 16, 2015, the Appellate Division’s opinion in in Myers Read More
Read MoreThe New Jersey Appellate Division recently upheld a decision by Franklin Township, New Jersey to ban digital billboards along a stretch of Interstate 287, while allowing static billboards to be implemented. The Appellate Division determined that no violation of the First Amendment took place as part of the ban, with Judge Marianne Espinosa stating that Read More
Read MoreIn Scot Netherlands, Inc. v. State of New Jersey, the plaintiff owned a 22.87-acre plot of land in Atlantic City that was vacant wetlands except for a rent-producing billboard on the site. In 2007, after owning the property for 30 years, the plaintiff filed an application with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) for Read More
Read MoreThe New Jersey Appellate Division recently held that an action brought under the New Jersey Environmental Rights Act (ERA) to enforce the Spill Compensation and Control Act (Spill Act) may properly be referred to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) until the site clean-up is complete. In Meyer v. Constantinou, the owner of a former Read More
Read MoreThe New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division held in Petrozzi v. Ocean City that beach-front property owners are able to recover damages for the failure of a municipality to comply with easement agreements. At the end of the 1980’s, Ocean City initiated a dune restoration program and acquired easements from property owners in order to Read More
Read MoreOur legal team at Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich recently filed a lawsuit and order to show cause on behalf of a landowner on Lake Hopatcong against the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and Hopatcong State Park’s proposed drawdown of Lake Hopatcong’s water, scheduled to commence on September 22, 2013. The proposed drawdown would Read More
Read MoreLitigants, be wary! The casual and innocent acts of cleaning your home, disposing of old documents, or even deactivating your Facebook account may be the subject of a lawsuit against you. This is what occurred in Gatto v. United Air Lines, Inc. 10-cv-1090-ES-SCM, in which the plaintiff in a personal injury action deleted his Facebook Read More
Read MoreIn an effort to continue reducing red tape and delays in vital Sandy rebuilding and recovery projects, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) announced May 9, 2013, that a new series of online services has been launched. These services are aimed to streamline and digitize the permit application and public notification process. Both Read More
Read MoreLieberman Blecher & Sinkevich was hired as special environmental counsel by the City of Vineland concerning the former Pure Earth Recycling facility previously located within the City. Pure Earth was engaged in recycling activities that involved processing contaminated soils, waste oil, and other materials on the property. Pure Earth abruptly ceased operations in 2011 due Read More
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