By Shawn LaTourette | Published November 13, 2013 | Posted in Beaches & Coast, Coastal & Waterfront Development, Coastal Area Facility Review Act (CAFRA), Development, Land Use, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Permitting | Tagged Tags: Beach, Coast, Dune Restoration, Jersey Shore, Ocean View, Sand Dunes, Waterfront Property | Leave a comment
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Appellate Division Holds Municipality Liable for Damages for Failure to Comply with Easement Agreements
The 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 MoreNJDEP Can Conduct Warrantless Searches Under Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act
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
Read More"Rebuilding New Jersey," a Seminar on Nov. 29 at 5:30p
Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich will be participating in a seminar focused on “Rebuilding New Jersey,” in the wake of Superstorm Sandy on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in New Brunswick, New Jersey. This devastating storm has left businesses, municipalities, homeowners and the legal community with many many questions. We will be teaming up Read More
Read MoreRebuilding in the Wake of Sandy: Insurance, Legal and Regulatory Issues
New Jersey and New York residents have suffered through one of the most difficult storms in American history with an unmatched trail of destruction in this part of the country. Now (and well over the next few years), comes the process of rebuilding what was lost or damaged. There will be serious economic and emotional Read More
Read MoreBorough of Union Beach Prevails in Wind Turbine Appeal
On August 10, 2012, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court ruled in favor of a firm client, the Borough of Union Beach, reversing a decision of a Monmouth County trial court from April 2011. The specific issue on appeal in this litigation concerned a December 2010 decision by the Union Beach Planning Read More
Read MoreRegulating Public Access to New Jersey’s Beaches & Coastal Areas
With the State’s 127 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, public access to New Jersey’s beaches has long been a hot topic, and not just when the thermometer tops 90 degrees, as is expected along the Jersey Shore this week. Conflicts between public access rights and private land ownership are at play on the sand (and Read More
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