Court Opinion

ID: 7282517
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-25 20:17:45.114189+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:19:03.742554
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam.
This is a rule requiring the building inspector of the city of Elizabeth to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding him, to issue a permit to the relator for the erection of a two-and-a-half-story brick building for stores and dwelling at 1127, 1129 Bayway, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
The permit was refused by the building inspector on the ground that a zoning ordinance prohibits the construction of business buildings on the premises in question.
As we read the stipulation the relator complied with all requirements, including the building code, and the sole reason for the refusal was because of the zoning ordinance under which the premises of the relator are placed in a residence zone in which stores are not permitted.
We think this case falls’ squarely within Ignaciunas v. Risley, 98 N. J. L. 712; affirmed, 99 Id. 389, and a long line of eases which follow it.
*138In the circumstances of this case the board of adjustment is not a necessary party, and mandamus (not cetriorari) is the proper remédy. Lutz v. Kaltenbach, 4 N. J. Adv. R. 341.
A peremptory writ of mandamus will be awarded.