Legal Opinion
New Jersey Builders Ass'n v. Mayor of Bernards Township
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 8, 1987PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
STEIN, J.
The narrow issue that we address in this appeal is whether Bernards Township’s Ordinance 672 is a valid exercise of the authority conferred upon municipalities by the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL), specifically N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42. We hold that that portion of the ordinance that requires new developers to pay their pro-rata share of the Township’s long term, twenty-million dollar road improvement plan exceeds the Township’s authority under the MLUL and is therefore invalid. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the Appellate Division.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
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