Township of Stafford v. Stafford Township Zoning Board of Adjustment

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that Court’s holding requiring applicants for non-conforming use certification to comply with notice to adjoining landowner provisions of Municipal Land Use Law constituted new rule of law
• concluding that Court's holding requiring applicants for non-conforming use certification to comply with notice to adjoining landowner provisions of Municipal Land Use Law constituted new rule of law
• noting purpose of notice provisions “that the public has a chance to be heard”
• noting purpose of notice provisions “that the public has a chance to be heard”
• “To determine the legislative intent, courts turn first to the language of the statute. If the language is plain and clearly reveals the meaning of the statute, the court’s sole function is to enforce the statute in accordance with those terms.”
• only the zoning board has authority to certify nonconforming uses

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).