AT & T Communications v. Board of Adjustment

ARNOLD, J.S.C.

This is an action in lieu of prerogative writs which raises the issue of whether the zoning power is implicated by the decision of a property owner to sub-contract its in-house banking operations to a commercial bank.

Plaintiff, AT & T Communications, occupies office buildings and garages on a 450-acre tract of land near Highway 206 in Bedminster Township. There are three interconnected office buildings of five stories each which provide over 750,000 square feet of office space. In addition, there are three garages which contain parking spaces for the cars of some 3,500…