Divan Builders v. Planning Bd. Tp. of Wayne

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• noting the end result of a city requiring the developer to fund improvements in a subdivision is the same as though the city directly assessed the costs against the owners of the property within the subdivision
• N.J.S.A. 40:55-1.21, now repealed, sufficiently specific to empower municipalities to demand off-site improvements as condition to subdivision approval
• developer “could be compelled only to bear that portion of the cost [of off-site improvements] which bears a rational nexus to the needs created by and benefits conferred upon, the subdivision”
• municipality sought contribution toward improvement of drainage basin serving subdivision and adjacent area
• 6 Justices + 1 judge temporarily assigned
• 6 Justices + 1 judge temporarily assigned

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