MERIDIAN HOSPITALS v. POINT PLEASANT


739 A.2d 999 (1999)

325 N.J. Super. 490

MERIDIAN HOSPITALS CORPORATION, a nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOROUGH OF POINT PLEASANT, a municipal body politic of the State of New Jersey, Borough of Point Pleasant Zoning Board of Adjustment, a municipal body of the Borough of Point Pleasant, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, and John Wardell, Zoning Officer of the Borough of Point Pleasant, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. First, Princeton, for plaintiff-appellant (Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, attorneys; Mr. First, of counsel and on the brief with Stacy S. Cohen).

Jerry J. Dasti, Forked River, for defendants-respondents Borough of Point Pleasant and John Wardell (Dasti, Murphy & Wellerson, attorneys; Mr. Dasti, of counsel and on the brief).

Steven A. Zabarsky, Toms River, for defendant-respondent Borough of Point Pleasant Zoning Board of Adjustment (Citta, Holzapfel, Zabarsky & Leahey, attorneys; Mr. Zabarsky, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges HAVEY, KEEFE and A.A. RODRÍGUEZ.


The opinion of the court was delivered by HAVEY, P.J.A.D.

In this zoning case, plaintiff Meridian Hospitals Corporation (Meridian) appeals from the denial of its application for a special reasons variance to utilize two floors of the Point Pleasant Hospital for a nursing home. The Borough of Point Pleasant Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board) denied the variance, concluding that the proposed nursing home use was "part of ...

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