Riggs v. Township of Long Beach

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

POLLOCK, J.

The dispositive issue in this case, which is before us for the second time, is whether the Township of Long Beach enacted the challenged zoning ordinance for a valid purpose. Originally, the Law Division held in 1983 that the ordinance (81-1C) was “undeniably unreasonable and arbitrary and hence void as unconstitutional.” In an unreported opinion in 1984, the Appellate Division reversed and remanded because the enactment of a later ordinance (83-9C), which was passed to correct procedur*604al defects pertaining to the enactment of ordinance…