Chancellor Development Corp. v. Board of Adjustment
Chancellor Development Corp. v. Board of Adjustment
Opinion of the Court
This case is before us on a writ of certiorari allowed for the purpose of reviewing the action of the board of adjustment of the city of Newark sustaining the action of the superintendent of buildings of Newark in refusing to issue to the prosecutor a building permit. The prosecutor, a corporation, owns a tract of land on the northwest corner of
On Eebruary 6th and March 8th the prosecutor applied to the superintendent of buildings for a permit to erect the said buildings and tendered the legal fees. The superintendent of buildings refused to issue the permit on the ground that the premises were located in a district which had been zoned as a residence in an ordinance of the city of Newark adopted on December 31st, 1919.
On March 19th, 1925, the prosecutor appealed to the board - of adjustment of Newark from the decision of the superintendent of buildings. The board sustained the action of the superintendent in refusing to issue the permit. Lyons avenue, on which the plot is located, is a main thoroughfare of Newark running west from Elizabeth avenue to the town of Irvington. Part of this avenue is in the business zone. There is a constant flow of heavy traffic through Lyons avenue at all times. A hospital organization, which proposes to erect a hospital near the prosecutor’s lands, objected to the granting of the permit.
Upon the refusal of the board of adjustment to grant the permit, a writ of certiorari was applied for and allowed to review the action of the board.
This case cannot be differentiated from the case of Stein-berg v. Bigelow, Superintendent of Buildings of the City of Newark, et al., in which an opinion will be filed at the same time as the opinion in this case. Eor the reasons set forth in that -opinion the action of the board of adjustment of the city of Newark is set aside, with costs. The statement made
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- THE CHANCELLOR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, PROSECUTOR v. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, FREDERIC BIGELOW, SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS OF THE CITY OF NEWARK
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