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New Online Services Announced to Accelerate Applications for Permits and Public Notifications

By | Published May 10, 2013 | Posted in Land Use, Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP), Permitting | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

In 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

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New DEP Permit Rules will Simplify Sandy Recovery Efforts

By | Published April 22, 2013 | Posted in Beaches & Coast, Coastal & Waterfront Development, Development, Environmental Issues, Land Use, Legislation and Rulemaking, Permitting, Planning, Redevelopment | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Christie Administration filed emergency rules to assist in the expedition of Superstorm Sandy-related recovery and rebuilding on March 17, 2013. These rules are meant to cut through unnecessary red tape that is delaying some aspects of New Jersey’s recovery from Sandy for both homes and businesses. The rules also contain portions that will expedite Read More

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NJDEP Can Conduct Warrantless Searches Under Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act

By | Published April 19, 2013 | Posted in Administrative Law, Coastal & Waterfront Development, Coastal Area Facility Review Act (CAFRA), Constitutional Law, Development, Environmental Issues, Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act (FWPA), Land Use, Litigation, New Jersey Environmental Laws | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

In 1987, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 13:9B-1, et seq. (“FWPA”), to protect and regulate New Jersey’s vast sensitive freshwater wetlands. This law followed the Wetlands Act of 1970, N.J.S.A. 13:9A-1, et seq., which delineated and regulated New Jersey’s coastal wetlands. The FWPA established a permitting process which a Read More

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Post-Sandy Dune Construction: Not So Fast

By | Published April 17, 2013 | Posted in Beaches & Coast, Coastal & Waterfront Development, Development, Land Use, Planning, Redevelopment | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Did Superstorm Sandy make it safe for the State to deride waterfront property owners for refusing to allow the State to erect two-story beach dunes on their waterfront property? The State may think that such extreme protective measures may be more politically palpable because, after living through Sandy and witnessing her destruction, New Jerseyans better Read More

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NJDEP Updates Elevation Standards and Flood Maps

By | Published April 10, 2013 | Posted in Climate Change, Development, Environmental Issues, Land Use, Legislation and Rulemaking, Planning, Redevelopment, Zoning | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

On March 26, 2013 the Administration of Governor Christie filed an adoption package that will set new statewide elevation standards, based on flood maps by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This package will keep an emergency rule from January 2013 in place. The update reflects the first change to New Jersey’s coastal county flood Read More

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NJDEP "Waiver Rule" Upheld by Appellate Court

By | Published March 25, 2013 | Posted in Administrative Law, Appeals, Coastal & Waterfront Development, Development, Land Use, Legislation and Rulemaking, New Jersey Environmental Laws, Permitting, Planning, Redevelopment, Zoning | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

On March 21, 2013, an Appellate Division panel upheld the controversial “waiver rule” adopted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) last March. The rule has been promulgated at N.J.A.C. 7:1B-1.1, et seq. An outgrowth of Governor Chris Christie’s effort to reduce bureaucracy and encourage economic growth through application “common sense principles,” the Read More

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Recent NJ Appeals Court Ruling May Bring Trouble for Victims of Superstorm Sandy

By | Published March 22, 2013 | Posted in Beaches & Coast, Coastal & Waterfront Development, Development, Land Use, Permitting, Redevelopment, Zoning | Tagged Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Property owners affected by Superstorm Sandy may be in for a big surprise as they try to re-build their homes and businesses. In a recent NJ Appellate Division case, Motley v. Borough of Seaside Park, No. A03214-11 the Court strictly construed N.J.S.A.40:55D-68, holding that the statute only allows a nonconforming structure to be rebuilt if Read More

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Firm Congratulates its "Super Lawyers" and "Rising Stars"

By | Published March 21, 2013 | Posted in Appeals, Environmental Issues, Environmental Litigation, Land Use, Litigation | Tagged Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich is pleased to announce that founding partners Stuart J. Lieberman and Shari M. Blecher*, as well as recently named shareholder Michael G. Sinkevich, Jr.*, have been named “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars” by Super Lawyers Magazine.**  This is a continued honor for our founding partners, who were excited to discover that Read More

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Billboards: A Constitutional Battleground

By | Published March 21, 2013 | Posted in Constitutional Law, Development, First Amendment, Land Use, Permitting, Planning, Zoning | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

As Justice Byron White brought to our attention, “[e]ach method of communication has its own set of laws, and we deal here with the law of billboards.” This “law of billboards” seeks to resolve the confluence between the First Amendment and the billboard, a particularly unique means of expression–especially in our ever increasingly technical society Read More

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NJ Appeals Court Reverses Lane Use Variances in Closter Case

By | Published January 17, 2013 | Posted in Appeals, Development, Land Use | Tagged Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

NJ Appeals Court Reverses Lane Use Variances in Closter Case Applicants before zoning boards and planning boards must prove that their application is consistent with local zoning.  In other words, as a general matter, only residential applications can be approved within zones that are limited to residential use.  Likewise, commercial applications are only acceptable in zones Read More

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