N.J.S.A. 40:55D-72 — Appeals and applications to board of adjustment

40:55D-72. Appeals and applications to board of adjustment a. Appeals to the board of adjustment may be taken by any interested party affected by any decision of an administrative officer of the municipality based on or made in the enforcement of the zoning ordinance or official map. Such appeal shall be taken within 20 days by filing a notice of appeal with the officer from whom the appeal is taken specifying the grounds of such appeal. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall immediately transmit to the board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. b. A developer may file an application for development with the board of adjustment for action under any of its powers without prior application to an administrative officer. L.1975, c. 291, s. 59, eff. Aug. 1, 1976. Amended by L.1979, c. 216, s. 24. 40:55D-72.1. Continuation of application Any application for development submitted to the board of adjustment pursuant to lawful authority before the effective date of an ordinance pursuant to subsection c. of section 16 of P.L. 1975, c. 291 (C. 40:55D-25) may be continued at the option of the applicant, and the board of adjustment shall have every power which it possessed before the effective date of the ordinance in regard to the application. L. 1985, c. 516, s. 9.

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