{"id":2294,"date":"2016-08-30T16:14:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T20:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2019-12-26T19:28:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T00:28:55","slug":"inherently-beneficial-uses-get-favored-zoning-treatment-non-profits-community-organizations-need-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/inherently-beneficial-uses-get-favored-zoning-treatment-non-profits-community-organizations-need-know.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cInherently Beneficial Uses\u201d Get Favored Zoning Treatment &#8211; What Non-profits and Community Organizations Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a non-profit or other community oriented organization looking to expand or relocate your facilities? The law may give you a distinct advantage in obtaining the necessary zoning approvals. The dynamics of growth, evolving missions and changing communities can lead to a need for expansion to meet current demand for services; in some cases the organization may need to relocate facilities where there is insufficient room to expand, or when changes in communities make relocation appropriate to continue the mission of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Non-profit agencies and other community based organizations often have facilities which have existed for long periods of time, predating current zoning requirements. Existing locations often no longer permit the organization\u2019s use, rendering the organization a \u201cprior non-conforming use\u201d under the law. Even if the organization seeks to relocate its facilities, there are often few locations in any town where such uses are permitted, making the availability of such locations limited and expensive.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever a non-conforming use seeks to expand, or where an owner seeks to construct a use not permitted in a zone, a use variance is required under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(d). Such variances require a five vote super-majority of the Board of Adjustment to be approved. The applicant must affirmatively prove \u201cspecial reasons\u201d justifying grant of the variance, the so-called \u201cpositive\u00a0criteria\u201d under the statute.\u00a0 In addition, the applicant must also prove the \u201cnegative criteria\u201d under the statute by showing that the variance can be granted without substantial detriment to the zone plan, zoning ordinance or public good.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/inherently-beneficial-uses-get-favored-zoning-treatment-non-profits-community-organizations-need-know.html\"  title=\"Continue Reading \u201cInherently Beneficial Uses\u201d Get Favored Zoning Treatment &#8211; What Non-profits and Community Organizations Need To Know\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a non-profit or other community oriented organization looking to expand or relocate your facilities? The law may give you a distinct advantage in obtaining the necessary zoning approvals. The dynamics of growth, evolving missions and changing communities can lead to a need for expansion to meet current demand for services; in some cases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,404,249,95],"tags":[],"coauthors":[208],"class_list":["post-2294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","category-nonprofit-charitable-organizations-insights","category-real-estate-land-use-zoning-insights","category-mehner"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cInherently Beneficial Uses\u201d Get Favored Zoning Treatment - What Non-profits and Community Organizations Need To Know &#8212; August 30, 2016 &#8212; Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook &amp; Cooper, P.C. 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