Montville: Lawsuit Postmortem – Insider NJ
By: Fred Snowflack | Published: 2025-07-01 17:56:00 | Source: www.insidernj.com
MONTVILLE – The town that sued itself lost.
The township committee in this Morris County town filed suit in Nov. 2023, to stop construction of a 266-unit, senior citizen complex near Route 287, Route 202 and River Road.
Normally, there is nothing unusual about a governing body opposing a development project. The “Not-In-My-Backyard,” or NIMBY, syndrome impacts officials as well as residents.
The difference here was that the municipal governing body was suing the township’s very own board of adjustment. It was the board that approved the project by Diversified Properties in the fall of 2023.
That’s right.
The township committee was suing a board whose members they appoint.
Besides the strangeness of all this, it is worth realizing that taxpayers likely are paying for both sides…
