Tamburelli Properties Ass'n v. Borough of Creskill

We affirmed plaintiffs tax appeals for 1993, 1994, and 1995 on the Tamcrest Country Club. Plaintiff applied for and was granted Freeze Act (N.J.S.A 54:51A-8) relief for 1996 and 1997 by the Tax Court, the judgments for which were entered on November 8, 1996 and February 27,1997. Defendant seeks to deny the benefit of the Freeze Act for 1997 under the theory that an amendment to the zoning ordinance, adopted December 19,1996, allegedly makes the catering hall at Tamcrest a permissible zoning use. It contends that the amended ordinance made the catering hall a permissible use, and that would…