Legal Opinion
Commercial Realty & Resources Corp. v. First Atlantic Properties Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 4, 1991PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
STEIN, J.
Since 1924, when the Legislature first authorized municipalities to adopt zoning ordinances, L. 1924, c. 146, municipal boards of adjustment have been empowered to grant variances from zoning regulations. Preserved in the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL), L. 1975, c. 291, the variance power is currently codified in subsections c and d of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70, which impose different standards to govern the grant of the discrete classes of variances authorized by the respective subsections. One of the significant distinctions between subsection c and…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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3Cited by36 opinions
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