Kaufmann v. Planning Bd. for Warren Tp.

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• noting that c(2) “purpose” requirement may be met by advancing “specific purposes of zoning set forth in the MLUL”
• zoning benefits arising from more harmonious lot sizes in a neighborhood can justify a (c)(2) variance for insufficient frontage and side yard setback
• explaining a grant of a (c)(2) variance \must be rooted in the purposes of zoning and planning itself and must advance the purposes of the MLUL.\
• \the board is not free to grant variances from existing requirements just because it disagrees with those requirements\
• MLUL designed to promote one-stop shopping by giving each board ancillary jurisdiction
• land-use decision trusted to sound discretion of municipal boards, which are to be guided by positive and negative criteria of enabling statutes; Legislature intended to vest larger amount of discretion with local boards in allowing them to grant “c” variances

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