Manalapan Holding Co. v. Planning Board of Hamilton

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• acknowledging that protracted determinations in the land development process result in undue harassment of applicants and substantial economic prejudice to legitimate plans and recognizing the consequent need for prompt disposition of applications
• noting that the “strict timetables” and “careful methodology” included in the MLUL’s automatic approval statute did not favor a construction that permitted relaxation or waiver of the terms
• \[W]e do not countenance a permissive interpretation or application\ of the statute, and no \waiver or relaxation of its terms\ may be implied

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