PASCACK ASS'N, LTD. v. MAYOR & COUN. WASHINGTON TP.


74 N.J. 470 (1977)

379 A.2d 6

PASCACK ASSOCIATION, LIMITED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. WALDY, INC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, AND WASHINGTON LAKES ASSOCIATION, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alan J. Werksman argued the cause for appellants (Messrs. Werksman, Saffron, Cohen, Sylvester & Miller, attorneys; Mr. Werksman and Mr. Eugene P. Sylvester on the brief).

Mr. Leonard Adler argued the cause for respondents Mayor and Council and Board of Adjustment of Washington Township.

Mr. Peter A. Buchsbaum, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, argued the cause for amicus curiae Public Advocate (Mr. Stanley C. VanNess, Public Advocate, attorney; Mr. Buchsbaum, Mr. Carl S. Bisgaier, Deputy Director of Division of Public Interest Advocacy, and Mr. Kenneth E. Meiser, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, on the brief).

No appearance was made on behalf of respondent Washington Lakes Association.


The opinion of the Court was delivered by CONFORD, P.J.

A.D., Temporarily Assigned. This appeal projects the significant issue as to whether, in the wake of the decisions of this court imposing upon developing municipalities the obligation of providing by zoning for the opportunity to create housing for the low and moderate income segments of the population, see So. Burl. Cty. N.A.A.C.P. v. Tp. of Mt. Laurel, 67 N.J. 151, app...

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