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By Michele Donato, Esq. and Stuart Lieberman, Esq. In the 1990’s, developers claimed that municipal residential development ordinances lacked uniformity, increased development costs, and caused uncertainty in the development process. In response, and over the objections of the League of Municipalities and New Jersey Planning Officials, the Legislature amended the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL) Read More
Read MoreLieberman Blecher and Sinkevich Announces New Partner and Of Counsel Lawyer
Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich, PC is proud to announce the naming of Mr. C. Michael Gan, Esq. as a shareholder, effective January 2022. Michael joined the firm as an associate attorney in 2017, with a focus on business transactions, environmental law, and energy law. Since joining the firm, he has assisted clients with land use Read More
Read MoreTrial Court Reverses WAWA Application
A Camden County Judge has reversed a Planning Board decision to allow a WaWa store to be constructed in Winslow Township. The lawsuit is entitled S&N Multani et al v. Winslow Township Planning Board, et al, Docket Number CAM-L_1281-21. At issue is whether a combined gasoline retail station/ and mini-market operation was allowed by local Read More
Read MoreLocal Stormwater Regulation in the News
Stormwater regulations and ordinances exist to control rainwater following development and redevelopment. The idea is that without development, the water is naturally absorbed into the ground where it recharges our aquifers. But development creates paved surfaces which block absorption. These surfaces are called “impervious” surfaces. Uncontrolled stormwater leads to localized flooding, which has become a Read More
Read MoreRegistration for the NJSBA Flood Summit on January 26th
Register Now for NJSBA Flood Summit, January 26 9:00am to 11:30 via Zoom Stuart Lieberman, Esq. of Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich PC will moderate the virtual CLE, which will train advocates on how to best serve clients while New Jersey is being slammed by unprecedented storms and flooding. Experts from the NJ DEP and FEMA, Read More
Read MoreDon’t Let a Leaking Heating Oil Tank Ruin Your Life
Every environmental lawyer deals with leaking heating oil homeowner tanks. They are very frightening to homeowners who have never experienced an environmental problem before. Leaking heating oil tanks can cost very little to address, sometimes just several thousand dollars. But we have also seen residential tank cleanups that have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, Read More
Read MoreAppeals Court Allows Strict Liability Claims to Proceed Against Large New Jersey Refinery
For years many New Jersey lawyers understood that the mere storage of petroleum was not an abnormally dangerous activity. That is an important concept because those who engage in abnormally dangerous activities are strictly liable for harm coming from those activities, independent of fault. This is called strict liability and for decades oil companies have Read More
Read MoreRLUIPA lawsuits and free beach parking
RLUIPA defense counsel took note of a Florida case earlier this year that questioned whether free beach access constituted a sincerely held religious belief under the RLUIPA statute. The case, encaptioned Pass-A Grille Beach Community Church Inc. v. City of St. Pete Beach concerned a municipal challenge to a church’s evangelical practices that occurred while Read More
Read MoreEnvironmental Hearing Requests by Third Parties: An Update
In 2010 this author contributed an article discussing the difficulty that anyone other than an applicant had in administratively contesting a permit. Stuart J. Lieberman and Shari M. Blecher, “It’s No Party for Third Parties,” 200 N.J.L.J. 1, 1-2 (2010). Things have not improved. In two recent cases, the Appellate Division made clear that third Read More
Read MoreLong standing land use attorney Michele Donato joins Princeton’s Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich as “of counsel”
The law firm of Lieberman, Blecher & Sinkevich is proud to announce that Michele R. Donato, Esq. has become Of Counsel with their firm. Ms. Donato has specialized in land use, historic preservation and environmental law throughout her career. The Of Counsel relationship with the Lieberman Blecher and Sinkevich affords both groups an excellent opportunity Read More
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DCA Tries Again to Use RSIS to Limit Municipal Stormwater Controls
By Stuart Lieberman / June 6, 2022
By Michele Donato, Esq. and Stuart Lieberman, Esq.
In the 1990’s, developers claimed that municipal residential development ordinances lacked uniformity, increased development costs, and caused uncertainty in the development process. In
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