Legal Opinion
State v. Baker
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 30, 1979PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
PASHMAN, J.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether a municipality may utilize criteria based upon biological or legal relationships in order to limit the types of groups that may live within its borders. Specifically, we must determine the validity of § 17:3-l(a)(17) of the Plainfield Zoning Ordinance which seeks to preserve the “family” character of the municipality’s neighborhoods by prohibiting more than four unrelated individuals from sharing a single housing unit. For the reasons to be given below, we conclude that although the goal sought…
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