The New Jersey Estoppel Statute in Subdivision Control Administration

Authors

Leo M. Romero, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1968

Abstract

Subdivision control statutes allow a municipality to supervise the subdivision of land in the public interest. As part of the subdivision approval process, state enabling acts authorize municipalities to require the developer to install paved streets, drainage and sewage facilities, water supplies, and other improvements that are necessary to the development. While emphasizing the necessity of protecting the public by requiring these necessary improvements, courts and legislatures have neglected to give the developer the assurance of certainty that these requirements, once imposed, will not later be changed. This assurance is necessary, as the developer must be able to rely on the extent of his development costs when estimating his development expenses.

Publication Title

Urban Law Annual

Volume

1968

First Page

163

Recommended Citation

Leo M. Romero, The New Jersey Estoppel Statute in Subdivision Control Administration, 1968 Urban Law Annual 163 (1968).
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