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PETROZZI v. CITY OF OCEAN CITY

A-1633-11T4, A-1677-11T4

78 A.3d 998 (2013)

433 N.J. Super. 290

Dr. & Mrs. John PETROZZI; Dr. & Mrs. Philip LoPresti; Mr. & Mrs. Jack Dougherty; Mr. Nicholas Talotta & Mr. Thomas L. Pagano; Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Asplundh; Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Coyle; Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Berenato; Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pesci; Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hales; Mr. & Mrs. Robert Koontz; Mr. & Mrs. Harry Barbin; Mr. & Mrs. R. Marshall Philips and Ms. Arlene Diaco; Ms. Ruth E. Adlam; Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Amoroso; Ms. Martha L. Asplundh; Mr. Brett A. Boal & Ms. Lisa Mari Sheppard; Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Buonomo; Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Carpenter; Mr. & Mrs. Larry Carron; Mr. Henry Cocco; Mr. & Mrs. David P. Degler; Mr. Peter Depaul; Mr. Ronald J. DiMedio; Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Dwyer; Mr. Dennis Engle, Ms. Lynn Engle & Mr. Richard Rutt; Mr. & Mrs. Grover Friend; Ms. Christine Hannon; Mr. & Mrs. Frank Iacubucci; Mr. & Mrs. John Johnson; Mr. & Mrs. David M. McLaughlin; Mr. Victor J. Maggitti, Jr.; Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Martosella; Mr. & Mrs. Eustace Mita; Moonrun Associates, LLC (a/k/a Mumma Family); Mr. & Mrs. William L. Moppert; Ms. Veronica Mortelite; Dr. & Mrs. James J. Nicholson; Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pagano; Mr. & Mrs. David E. Panichi; 3808 Wesley Avenue, LLC (a/k/a Powers Family); Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Rand; Mr. David A. Rand Poa; William Rosini & Ocean Associates; Mr. James D. Scully, Jr. & M.A. Scully; Ms. Maureen D. Smith; Mr. Carl W. Strickler; Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sykora; Mr. Stephen B. Tanner; Ms. Margaret Walters; Mr. & Mrs. G. William Fox, Plaintiffs, Mr. & Mrs. Daniel T. Hughes; and Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Talotta, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. CITY OF OCEAN CITY, a municipal corporation; within Cape May County, State of New Jersey, Defendant-Appellant, and The Department of Environmental Protection, or its assigns, a governmental agency formed by the State of New Jersey, Defendant. Dr. & Mrs. John Petrozzi; Dr. & Mrs. Philip LoPresti; Mr. & Mrs. Jack Dougherty; Mr. Nicholas Talotta & Mr. Thomas L. Pagano; Mr. & Mrs. Daniel T. Hughes; Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Asplundh; Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Coyle; Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Berenato; Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pesci; Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hales; Mr. & Mrs. Robert Koontz; Mr. & Mrs. Harry Barbin; Mr. & Mrs. R. Marshall Philips and Ms. Arlene Diaco; Ms. Ruth E. Adlam; Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Amoroso; Ms. Martha L. Asplundh; Mr. Brett A. Boal & Ms. Lisa Mari Sheppard; Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Buonomo; Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Carpenter; Mr. & Mrs. Larry Carron; Mr. Henry Cocco; Mr. & Mrs. David P. Degler; Mr. Peter Depaul; Mr. Ronald J. DiMedio; Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Dwyer; Mr. Dennis Engle, Ms. Lynn Engle & Mr. Richard Rutt; Mr. & Mrs. Grover Friend; Ms. Christine Hannon; Mr. & Mrs. Frank Iacubucci; Mr. & Mrs. John Johnson; Mr. & Mrs. David M. McLaughlin; Mr. Victor J. Maggitti, Jr.; Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Martosella; Moonrun Associates, LLC (a/k/a Mumma Family); Mr. & Mrs. William L. Moppert; Ms. Veronica Mortelite; Dr. & Mrs. James J. Nicholson; Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pagano; Mr. & Mrs. David E. Panichi; 3808 Wesley Avenue, LLC (a/k/a Powers Family); Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Rand; Mr. David A. Rand Poa; William Rosini & Ocean Associates; Mr. Carl W. Strickler; Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sykora; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Talotta; Ms. Margaret Walters; and Mr. & Mrs. G. William Fox, Plaintiffs, Mr. & Mrs. Eustace Mita; Mr. James D. Scully, Jr. & M.A. Scully; Mr. Stephen B. Tanner; and Ms. Maureen D. Smith; Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. City of Ocean City, a municipal corporation; within Cape May County, State of New Jersey, and the Department of Environmental Protection, or its assigns, a governmental agency formed by the State of New Jersey, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Stanton argued the cause for appellant (A-1633-11)/respondent (A-1677-11) Ocean City (McCrosson & Stanton, P.C., attorneys; Dorothy F. McCrosson , Ocean City, of counsel and on the brief).

Frank L. Corrado , Wildwood, argued the cause for appellants (A-1677-11) Mita, Scully, Tanner and Smith (Barry, Corrado & Grassi, P.C., attorneys; Mr. Corrado, on the briefs).

Kenneth A. Porro , Paramus, argued the cause for respondents (A-1633-11) Hughes and Talotta (Wells, Jaworski & Liebman, L.L.P., attorneys; Mr. Porro, of counsel and on the brief; Spencer J. Rothwell , on the brief).

Matthew T. Kelly , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (A-1677-11) New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ( John J. Hoffman , Acting Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Kelly, on the briefs).

Before Judges PARRILLO, HARRIS and KENNEDY.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARRILLO, P.J.A.D.

These back-to-back appeals, consolidated for purposes of this opinion, present recurrent issues facing shore communities and their residents. In A-1677-11, we are asked, primarily, to determine whether a municipality's failure to perform its part of easement agreements with owners of beachfront properties is due to reasonably unforeseen circumstances beyond...

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