Day: September 24, 2013

NJ Appeals Court Rules OPRA Requests Subject to OPRA

NJ Appeals Court Invalidates Environmental Rezoning Ordinance

In Griepenburg v. Township of Ocean, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey ruled that environmental rezoning ordinances passed by the Township of Ocean were invalid as applied to the plaintiffs’ property because the downzoning was not reasonably required to serve the stated purposes of the ordinances.