New Jersey Statutes 40:55D-85. Regional board of adjustment
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- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
A regional board of adjustment shall consist of at least seven members. Each member shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, except that of the first members to be appointed, the term of at least one member shall expire at the end of every year. A regional board of adjustment shall have all the powers of a municipal board of adjustment of each of the constituent municipalities and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be subject to the provisions of this act relating to municipal boards of adjustment. Except for determination of matters pending before them at the time of creation of a regional board of adjustment, the jurisdiction of all municipal boards of adjustment in the constituent municipalities shall be terminated by the regional board.
L.1975, c. 291, s. 72, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.