Salisbury v. Borough of Ridgefield

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

Certiorari was granted to review a resolution of the governing body of the defendant municipality adopted May 6th, 1947, denying prosecutor's application for a permit to install three gasoline tanks and pumps on lands situate at the southeast corner of Shaler Boulevard and Ray Avenue, in the borough, for use in the operation of a motor vehicle service station.

The locus was situate in a “Business” district established by the local zoning ordinance passed on May 8th, 1939, which by its terms barred “public garages” from such zones, defined as “a…