179 Duncan Avenue Corp. v. Board of Adjustment

Brogan, Chief Justice.

The writ challenges the legality of an order or resolution of the Board of Adjustment of Jersey City, revoking a permit issued to the prosecutor by the superintendent of buildings to make certain alterations in a business property. The underlying question is whether the premises of the prosecutor, known as Vtt-VtS Duncan avenue, which have been for many years devoted to commercial uses, shall be continued as such. The property previously had been used as a motion picture theatre, then as a tavern and, lastly, as a storage and repair shop.

The superintendent of buildings…