{"id":895450,"date":"2019-01-23T16:05:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T23:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=895450"},"modified":"2019-01-23T16:05:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T23:05:24","slug":"zoning-boards-cant-disregard-rulings-property-conditions-unchanged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/zoning-boards-cant-disregard-rulings-property-conditions-unchanged\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoning Boards Are Not Free to Disregard Prior Rulings Where Property Conditions Remain Unchanged"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carl A. Rizzo and Christopher P. Massaro | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csrealconblog.com\/2019\/01\/articles\/construction\/land-use-and-development\/zoning-boards-not-free-disregard-prior-rulings-property-conditions-remain-unchanged\/\">Cole Schotz<\/a> | January 17, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent unpublished decision, the Appellate Division again confirmed that a zoning board may not reverse course without justification once it has made findings regarding a specific property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;Oster v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of Middletown&nbsp;(Docket No. A-0037-17T3, decided January 11, 2019), the applicant sought and obtained a hardship variance from the Zoning Board (the \u201cBoard\u201d) pursuant to&nbsp;N.J.S.A.&nbsp;40:55D-70(c)(1).&nbsp; The variance, which was obtained in 2009, permitted construction of an underground storage area and above-ground conservatory within the side yard setback.&nbsp; The Board concluded that a variance was warranted because of the construction difficulties posed by the property\u2019s unique shape, irregular configuration and use as a vineyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, the applicant abandoned the original development plan approved by the Board and filed an application seeking a variance to build an underground storage area\/garage with a peaked roof in the same location.&nbsp; The Board, however, disregarded its prior 2009 ruling concerning the property\u2019s unique characteristics (even though the property\u2019s shape and use remained unchanged) and denied the requested variance relief.&nbsp; The applicant subsequently challenged the decision in a prerogative writ action, but the trial court sided with the Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Appellate Division reversed after finding that the Board was required to honor its prior ruling concerning the property\u2019s unique character.&nbsp; The court held that the doctrine of collateral estoppel bars a zoning board from re-litigating any issue that was actually determined by it during a prior application.&nbsp; Consequently, the court instructed the Board to conduct further proceedings on the sole issue of whether the applicant had satisfied the other requirements for c(1) variance relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision underscores the importance of reviewing all prior land use applications and decisions when pursuing or objecting to variance relief for any given property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carl A. Rizzo and Christopher P. Massaro | Cole Schotz | January 17, 2019 In a recent unpublished decision, the Appellate Division again confirmed that a zoning board may not reverse course without justification once it has made findings regarding a specific property. In&nbsp;Oster v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of Middletown&nbsp;(Docket No.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/zoning-boards-cant-disregard-rulings-property-conditions-unchanged\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Zoning Boards Are Not Free to Disregard Prior Rulings Where Property Conditions Remain Unchanged<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10451],"tags":[9895,95],"class_list":["post-895450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-owner-associations","tag-advise-consult","tag-hoa","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zoning Boards Are Not Free to Disregard Prior Rulings Where Property Conditions Remain Unchanged - Advise &amp; 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