Thomas Griepenburg and Carol Griepenburg, Plaintiffs-Respondents v. Township of Ocean, Defendant-Appellant, and…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division and reinstated the trial court, holding that the Township's downzoning ordinances creating an Environmental Conservation district were a valid exercise of zoning power, not arbitrary or capricious as applied to the plaintiffs, and that the plaintiffs must first exhaust administrative remedies by seeking a variance before pursuing an as‑applied challenge or inverse condemnation claim.