COUNTRYSIDE PROPERTIES, INC. v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF BOR. OF RINGWOOD


205 N.J. Super. 291 (1984)

500 A.2d 767

COUNTRYSIDE PROPERTIES, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION AND WALLACE AND CZURA LAND CO., A NEW JERSEY PARTNERSHIP, PLAINTIFFS, AND BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR, v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF RINGWOOD AND PLANNING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF RINGWOOD, DEFENDANTS, AND COALITION OF CONCERNED HOMEOWNERS OF RINGWOOD, INC., DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Passaic County/Middlesex County.

Decided July 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory J. Czura for plaintiffs.

Lawrence D. Katz for defendants (Diamond, Afflitto & Raimondi, attorneys).

Bernard A. Schwartz for plaintiff-intervenor.

Kurt E. Johnson for defendant-intervenor.


SKILLMAN, J.S.C.

This is a suit by a developer, Countryside Properties, Inc. (Countryside), challenging the zoning ordinance of the Borough of Ringwood (Ringwood) on the grounds that it fails to provide a realistic opportunity for the construction of low and moderate income housing as required by the Mount Laurel doctrine. Southern Burlington Cty. N.A.A.C.P. v. Mount Laurel Tp., 92 N.J. 158 (1983) (Mount Laurel II.)

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