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LAUREL LAWN v. ZONING BD. OF ADJ.

226 N.J. Super. 649 (1988)

545 A.2d 253

LAUREL LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE TOWNSHIP OF UPPER DEERFIELD, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Cumberland County.

Decided January 19, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan H. Harbert for plaintiff.

Eleanor B. Hanford for defendant. (Theodore Henry Ritter, Attorney)

PORRECA, J.S.C.

Laurel Lawn Cemetery Association (Laurel Lawn) owns and maintains a cemetery in Upper Deerfield Township (Township). It pre-existed the zoning ordinance and is located in an R-2 Residential Zone in which a cemetery is not a permitted use. Laurel Lawn is, therefore, a non-conforming use. Cemeteries are permitted in the Township, but only in R-1 Residential and A-1 Agricultural Zones. Laurel Lawn sought to build a crematorium in the cemetery in the R...

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