State ex rel. Max v. Saul
State ex rel. Max v. Saul
Opinion of the Court
Relator is the owner of lands on the corner of the boulevard and Claremont avenue, in Jersey City, being a. tract forty-seven (47) feet wide in front and rear and one hundred and ten (110) feet deep.
On June 5th, 1924, he filed with respondent a written application for a permit to erect a one-story brick garage, nineteen feet square, on the rear of his plot. The permit was refused on June 17th, 1924, upon the ground that the permit sought was for the erection of a building, which would be in violation of section 2, paragraph 7, of an ordinance regulating and restricting trades and industries, generally known as the "zoning ordinance” of Jersey City, said section and paragraph providing that no garage shall be erected within ten (10) feet of any private dwelling.
Relator’s proposed garage, if erected, would be distant five feet from an apartment-house on adjoining property.
The situation is not like unto that existing in Ignaciunas v. Risley, 1 N. J. Adv. R. 1023, or Hayes v. Blank, 2 N. J. Mis, R. 959.
On the contrary, we are of the opinion that the prohibition in question under the ordinance is quite within the police power of the city in conserving the health, safety and general welfare of the community.
The writ of mandamus is denied and the rule to show cause is dismissed, with costs.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- THE STATE, EX REL. HARRY MAX, RELATOR v. JOHN SAUL, BUILDING INSPECTOR OF THE CITY OF JERSEY CITY
- Status
- Published