Case Name: EDGAR O. HAYES, RELATOR, v. ALBERT S. BLANK, ENGINEER OF THE TOWN OF BELLEVILLE, RESPONDENT
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1924-09-29
Citations: 2 N.J. Misc. 959
Docket Number: 
Parties: EDGAR O. HAYES, RELATOR, v. ALBERT S. BLANK, ENGINEER OF THE TOWN OF BELLEVILLE, RESPONDENT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 959–960

Head Matter:
EDGAR O. HAYES, RELATOR, v. ALBERT S. BLANK, ENGINEER OF THE TOWN OF BELLEVILLE, RESPONDENT.
Submitted June 5, 1924
Decided September 29, 1924
Filed October 7, 1924.
Ordinances — Zoning—Case Falls Under the Ignaciunas Case.
On rule to show cause for mandamus.
Before Justices Kalisch, Black and Campbell.
For the relator, Winne & Banta.
For the respondent, Harold A. Miller.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This is upon a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not be issued directed to respondent, requiring him to issue to relator a building permit for the erection of a garage on the northerly side of John street, in Belleville. The only reason assigned for refusal to issue the permit is that a building to be used for such purposes at the proposed location is prohibited by the zoning ordinance of Belleville. An examination of the ease satisfies us that the proposed location and the uses to which the surrounding lands are devoted does not make such prohibition in the ordinance neeessa'rj fox the protection of the public health of public safety. It therefore is unreasonable and falls under the rule of Ignaciunas v. Risley, 1 N. J. Adv. R. 1023.
A peremptory writ of mandamus is therefore awarded, with, costs.