Legal Opinion
Committee for a Rickel Alternative v. City of Linden
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 25, 1988PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
CLIFFORD, J.
We granted certification, 107 N.J. 136 (1987), to determine whether under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 to -112 (MLUL), a tie vote of a municipal governing body affirms or reverses a grant of a use variance by the board of adjustment. We conclude, as did the Appellate Division, that it constitutes a reversal. We therefore affirm the judgment below.
I
The facts are undisputed. Defendant, Supermarkets General Corporation (SGC), applied to the Linden Board of Adjustment for a use variance, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(d), to…
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