Sitkowski v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of Lavallette

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BAIME, J.A.D.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, Law Division, setting aside a determination of the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Borough of Lavallette (Board) that plaintiff’s house which was in the process of being constructed violated the Borough’s zoning ordinance. Pursuant to the Board’s direction, the zoning officer had revoked a previously granted building permit and had issued a stop order barring plaintiff from further construction. The Law Division judge rendered an oral opinion in which he found that plaintiff’s…