Legal Opinion
E & J Equities v. Board of Adjustment of the Township of Franklin(075207)
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided September 15, 2016No. A-40-14PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE CUFF
(temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.
In 2010, the Township of Franklin (the Township) adopted an ordinance revising its regulation of signs, including billboards. The ordinance permits billboards, subject to multiple conditions, in a zoning district proximate to an interstate highway but expressly prohibits digital billboards anywhere in the municipality.
A company seeking to install a digital billboard challenged the constitutionality of the ordinance. The Law Division declared unconstitutional that portion of the ordinance barring digital billboards. The trial…
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