The Land Use practice group represents landowners and developers before municipal planning and zoning boards as well as regulatory agencies throughout New Jersey. This practice group also represents numerous municipalities as board and special counsel for land development matters.

Specifically, this practice group handles matters involving:

• Investigation and property acquisition
• Residential subdivision applications and site plans
• Applications for local variance approval
• Municipal land development approvals and permitting
• Preparing of local and state development regulations
• Registration of planned development
• Major commercial development approval
• Defense of and challenges to governmental actions
• State agency compliance
• Council on Affordable Housing (COAH)
• Department of Environmental Protection
• Highlands Water Protection Planning Act
• Planning and Zoning board representation
• Drafting of special legislation
  Special Land Use Litigation Counsel
  Special Council On Affordable Housing Counsel

Practice Group Attorneys

Michael S. Garofalo, Esq.
Ursula H. Leo, Esq.
Richard T. Sweeney, Esq.
Richard A. Stein, Esq.

Helpful Links- Land Use and Zoning Law

New Jersey Legislature
Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act
New Jersey League of Municipalities
New Jersey Planning Officials
New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing
New Jersey State Agricultural Development Committee