JACOBY v. ZON. BD. OF ADJUSTMENT

DOCKET NO. A-0007-13T1, A-0259-13T1, A-0404-13T1

124 A.3d 694 (2015)

442 N.J. Super. 450

Carol JACOBY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF the BOROUGH OF ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS and LG Electronics USA, INC., Defendants-Respondents. Marcia Davis, Plaintiff-Respondent, and New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs, Scenic Hudson, Inc., Margo Moss and Jakob Franke, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Board of Adjustment of the Borough of Englewood Cliffs and LG Electronics USA, Inc., Defendants-Respondents. Carol Jacoby, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Borough of Englewood Cliffs and LG Electronics USA, Inc., Defendants-Respondents. Marcia Davis and New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs, Scenic Hudson, Inc., Margo Moss, and Jakob Franke, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Board of Adjustment of the Borough of Englewood Cliffs and LG Electronics USA, Inc., Defendants-Respondents. Carol Jacoby, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Borough of Englewood Cliffs and LG Electronics USA, Inc., Defendants-Respondents. Marcia Davis, Plaintiff-Appellant, and New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs, Scenic Hudson, Inc., Margo Moss and Jakob Franke, Plaintiffs, v. Board of Adjustment of the Borough of Englewood Cliffs and LG Electronics USA, Inc., Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 21, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis L. D'Arminio , Woodcliff Lake, argued the cause for appellants New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs, Scenic Hudson, Inc., Margo Moss and Jakob Franke in A-0007-13 and respondents in A-0259-13 and A-0404-13 (Price, Meese, Shulman & D'Arminio, P.C. and Law Offices of Angelo C. Morresi, attorneys; Mr. D'Arminio, Kathryn J. Razin , and Angelo C. Morresi , Cedar Grove, on the briefs).

J. Alvaro Alonso , North Bergen, argued the cause for appellant Carol Jacoby in A-0259-13 and respondent Carol Jacoby in A-0007-13 and A-0404-13 (Alonso & Navarette, L.L.C., attorneys; Mr. Alonso, on the brief).

Michael I. Lubin , Hackensack, argued the cause for appellant Marcia Davis in A-0404-13 and respondent Marcia Davis in A-0007-13 and A-0259-13.

Michael B. Kates , Hackensack, argued the cause for respondent Zoning Board of Adjustment of Englewood Cliffs in A-0007-13, A-0259-13 and A-0404-13 (Kates, Nussman, Rapone, Ellis & Farhi, L.L.P., attorneys; Mr. Kates, of counsel and on the brief).

Nicholas G. Sekas argued the cause for respondent LG Electronics, USA, Inc. in A-0007-13, A-0259-13 and A-0404-13 (Sekas Law Group, L.L.C. and Day Pitney, L.L.P., attorneys; Mr. Sekas and Christopher John Stracco , Parsippany, on the brief).

Julien Neals , Bergen County Counsel, and Florio & Kenny, L.L.P., attorneys for amicus curiae County of Bergen, Kathleen Donovan, as Executive, and Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders in A-0007-13, A-0259-13 and A-0404-13 ( James X. Sattely , New Milford, Melissa Bristol Paolella , Frank P. Kapusinski and Edward J. Florio , Hoboken, on the briefs).

Eastern Environmental Law Center, attorneys for amicus curiae Mayor Paul H. Tomasko, Mayor Peter Rustin, Mayor Sophie Heymann and Mayor Paul Hoelscher in A-0007-13, A-0259-13 and A-0404-13 ( Aaron Kleinbaum , Newark, on the brief).

Morningside Heights Legal Services, attorney for amicus curiae New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Coalition to Protect the Palisades Cliffs, Fort Tryon Trust, National Trust for Historic Preservation, New Jersey Sierra Club, New York/New Jersey Baykeeper, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Palisades Park Conservancy, Preservation League of New York State and Regional Plan Association in A-0007-13, A-0259-13 and A-0404-13 ( Susan J. Kraham , Edward Lloyd , Mark Izeman of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, Albert Butzel of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, and William Cook of the South Carolina bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief).

Bradley M. Campbell L.L.C., attorneys for amicus curiae New York State Senator Jeffrey D. Klein, United States Representative Eliot L. Engel, New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat, New York State Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and New York City Councilman Andrew Cohen in A-0007-13, A-0259-13 and A-0404-13 (Mr. Campbell , on the briefs).

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General of the State of New York, attorney for amicus curiae the State of New York in A-0007-13, A-0259-14 and A-0404-13 ( Oren L. Zeve , Assistant Solicitor General, on the brief).

Before Judges FASCIALE, NUGENT and HIGBEE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

The New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs, Scenic Hudson Inc., Margo Moss, and Jakob Franke (the intervenors), Carol Jacoby, and Marcia Davis (Jacoby, Davis, and the intervenors are collectively referred to as plaintiffs), appeal from an August 9, 2013 order upholding defendant...

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