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NIGRO v. PLANNING BD. OF SADDLE RIVER

122 N.J. 270 (1991)

584 A.2d 1350

JAMES NIGRO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. PLANNING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF SADDLE RIVER, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas K. Wolfson and Robert E. Martini argued the cause for appellant (Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Bergstein, and Robert E. Martini, attorneys; Douglas K. Wolfson, of counsel; Robert E. Martini and Eric F. Frizzell, on the briefs).

Stuart R. Koenig argued the cause for respondent (Stickel, Koenig & Sullivan, attorneys).

Stewart M. Hutt submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae, New Jersey Builders Association (Hutt & Berkow, attorneys; Stewart Hutt, Susan R. Kaplan, and Mark Williams, on the brief).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J.

In this case, we consider the binding nature of a municipality's official map on local planning board decisions regarding subdivision approvals.

The Demarest family owns a twenty-seven-acre farm in Saddle River. Plaintiff, James Nigro, entered into a contract with the Demarests to purchase ten acres of their property. The subject property was landlocked. In his subdivision application, Nigro proposed...

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