In this appeal, the court set forth the applicable legal standards in applications for phased developments before a land use board requesting preliminary and final subdivision/site plan approval for property located in an area designated for redevelopment pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 to -22. The court held, in phased development applications, a land use board shall consider whether each phase of the application meets the subdivision and site plan requirements of the municipality's zoning ordinance, as well as the purposes and goals of the redevelopment plan when the property is located in a redevelopment area.
Plaintiff Route 440 Developers, LLC, appeals from an order of the Law Division upholding the denial by the Planning Board of the City of Jersey City of its multi-phase, mixed-use development application for property located within the Route 440-Culver Redevelopment Area in Jersey City. The court affirmed determining the trial court did not err in upholding the Board's denial of preliminary and final subdivision relief to plaintiff for Phase I of its application and dismissing the remaining portions of the application based on plaintiff's failure to satisfy a major purpose and goal of the Plan by providing a lot designation for the rail line right of way independently in Phase I, rather than reserving the lot designation for later phases of the development.