Nickels v. City of Wildwood

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

POLLOCK, J.

The issue is whether an amendment to a zoning ordinance of the City of Wildwood (Wildwood), which permits the expansion of existing beach-front amusement piers, authorizes the expansion of a non-conforming use, contrary to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-68 and 70d. The Law Division sustained the ordinance, and the Appellate Division reversed in an unpublished opinion. We granted the petitions for certification of appellants, Mariner’s Landing, Inc. (Mariner’s), 138 N.J. 262, 649 A.2d 1283 (1994), and Wildwood, 138 N.J. 262, 649 A.2d 1283 (1994), and now…