New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies and Updates the Sica Balancing Test

Shareholder and Chair of the Land Use team, Donna M. Jennings, and Joshua E. Grun, Associate on the Land Use team at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., examine the New Jersey Supreme Court’s decision in Monarch Communities, LLC v. Township of Montville, which updates the longstanding Sica balancing test for inherently beneficial use variances. The article outlines the Court’s new requirement that applicants specifically demonstrate that a proposed use will not substantially impair a municipality’s zoning plan and ordinance, and discusses the decision’s implications for future land use applications.

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