Garden State Racing Ass'n v. Cherry Hill Township

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schettino, J.

Plaintiff, the Garden State Racing Association, sought to enjoin defendant, Cherry Hill Township, from enforcing an ordinance which provides for the licensing of parking lots, and to have the ordinance declared invalid, at least as applied to plaintiff. The trial court upheld the ordinance and refused plaintiffs requests for relief. We certified plaintiff’s appeal on our own motion before argument in the Appellate Division. B. B. 1:10-1 (a).

Plaintiff holds a horse racing permit under N. J. 8. A. 5:5-22 el seq., and has operated a track in…