Pederson v. Township of Harrison

Plaintiffs Leonie Pederson and Helen Pederson are the owners of approximately 18 acres of land situated on the west side of Jefferson Avenue in the Township of Harrison, a municipal corporation. Plaintiff Gronick, a real estate developer, holds a tentative purchase agreement on the Pedersons’ land, which agreement was made contingent upon a resolution of this litigation in plaintiffs’ favor. The property at issue is zoned “one-family residential”. Plaintiffs sought to have the property rezoned “multiple-family residential”. Although the zoning of land adjacent to plaintiffs’ on the north had…