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NJ Supreme Court Judge Rules Two-Step Process Required for Eminent Domain Zoning Changes

By | Published November 25, 2013 | Posted in Appeals, Land Use, Litigation, Zoning | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

In a recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision entitled Borough of Saddle River v. 66 East Allendale, LLC the Court addressed whether “it was proper to allow the jury to hear evidence on the likelihood of a zoning change without the trial court first determining outside of the jury’s presence that there was a reasonable 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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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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