Caldwell Terrace Apartments, Inc. v. Township of Borough of Caldwell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DREIER, J.A.D.

The parties have cross-appealed from a decision rendered in the Law Division. The Caldwell Rent Leveling Board (interchangeably referred to as the Rent Review Board and the Rent Leveling Board) assessed a $19,250 penalty against plaintiff based upon plaintiffs failure to have common-area smoke de*591tectors installed in its 110-unit apartment building. The penalty was assessed on the basis of $175 per unit. Plaintiff sought review in the Law Division by an action in lieu of prerogative writs. The judge in a letter opinion found that there was…