On May 5, 2011, a huge hole in the Municipal Land Use Law was finally closed when the Time Of Submission Law went into effect. Previously, applications submitted for development approvals were subject to municipal ordinances in effect at the time the decision was rendered. Thus, an applicant could go through the time and expense […]
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Waiver Rule
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will start enforcing the “Waiver Rule” (N.J.A.C. 7:1B) as of August 1, 2012. The Waiver Rule will give the NJDEP the authority to waive certain standards where those standards produce “unreasonable, unfair, or unintended results” that undermine the intent of the subject legislation. There is no automatic right […]
Possible further extension of the Permit Extension Act
As of June 28, 2012 both the General Assembly and Senate passed bills (A1338 and S743, respectively) extending the Permit Extension Act through December 31, 2014. The clock will begin to run again on January 1, 2015, and no approvals will extend beyond June 30, 2015 unless the validity of the approval would have extended beyond June […]