by Ian Singer | Feb 2, 2018 | Real Estate
By Dennis M. Galvin The New Jersey Planner, July/August 2010 It is important for you, as board members, to remember that emotions run high for and against all controversial actions. Sometimes, when a developer or objector disagrees with your ruling, they might try...
by Ian Singer | Feb 2, 2018 | Real Estate
By Dennis Galvin, Esq. Published as a Special Feature in the NJ Planner, July/August 2007 Zoning Boards of Adjustment are routinely asked to grant use variances for what are commonly referred to as, inherently beneficial uses.[1] As a legal term of art, inherently...
by Ian Singer | Feb 2, 2018 | Real Estate
By Dennis M. Galvin, Esq. Printed in the Summer 2004 edition of the New Jersey Planning Officials’ publication, The New Jersey Planner Every experienced Board member of a Planning Board or a Zoning Board of Adjustment, knows the importance of putting their...
by Ian Singer | Feb 2, 2018 | Real Estate
By: Dennis M. Galvin, Esq. Published in New Jersey Municipalities, March, 1997 Many municipalities throughout New Jersey have witnessed an increase in the number of applications before their zoning and planning boards seeking approval of radio transmission towers. As...
by Ian Singer | Oct 6, 2017 | Real Estate
On July 13, 2017, Governor Christie signed into law new legislation that was initiated as a direct response to the New Jersey Appellate Division’s decision in Moore v. Radburn Ass’n, Inc. The new law is designed to make community association elections, including...
by Ian Singer | Jul 18, 2016 | Real Estate
Deeds often contain directional descriptions. The deed might say that one boundary line of the property runs “north 57 degrees 5 minutes west 100 feet”. That means that the particular boundary line of the property is 100 feet long and it goes in a north-westerly...