RUMSON EST. v. MAYOR OF FAIR HAVEN


828 A.2d 317 (2003)

177 N.J. 338

RUMSON ESTATES, INC., a corporation of the State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAYOR & COUNCIL OF the BOROUGH OF FAIR HAVEN, Defendant-Respondent, and Fair Haven Planning Board, Defendant. Ferraro Builders, LLC and Rand Associates, a New Jersey Partnership, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Borough of Atlantic Highlands Planning Board and Borough of Atlantic Highlands, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore D. Parsons, Jr., Red Bank, argued the cause for appellant Rumson Estates, Inc. (Parsons & Nardelli, attorneys).

Martin A. McGann, Jr., Red Bank, argued the cause for appellants Ferraro Builders, LLC and Rand Associates (Mr. McGann, attorney; Mr. McGann and Marc A. Leckstein, on the briefs).

Bernard M. Reilly, Red Bank, argued the cause for respondents Mayor & Council of the Borough of Fair Haven and Borough of Atlantic Highlands (Dowd & Reilly, attorneys).

Michael B. Steib, Middletown, argued the cause for respondent Borough of Atlantic Highlands Planning Board.

Wayne J. Peck, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae, New Jersey Builders Association in Rumson Estates, Inc. v. Mayor & Council of the Borough of Fair Haven.


The opinion of the Court was delivered by LONG, J.

Two basic issues are presented by these appeals.1 The first is whether a municipality may enact a zoning ordinance that alters the definitions in the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL). N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 to -136. The second is whether zoning regulations may make provision for different conditions within...

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