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September 25, 2018 I Volume 12 I Issue 18 Zoning Bulletin <br />§ 8-2, did not intend to "cast such a broad net" as proposed by the ZFO. <br />If the legislature had so intended, noted the court, the legislature would <br />have simply granted a municipality the authority to regulate "signs." <br />Accordingly, the court concluded that although signs like Arisian's <br />made a "public announcement" and "could be a distraction to drivers <br />and could raise safety concerns if . . . too big, too tall, or placed in <br />certain locations," the court was "hard pressed to characterize such <br />signs as advertising." Moreover, the court noted that, "[t]o the extent <br />that such signs may give rise to similar aesthetic and safety concerns as <br />advertising signs," it was not up to the court to give the statute a broader <br />meaning than the contemporaneous, common meaning intended by the <br />enacting legislature. <br />See also: Burns v. Barrett, 212 Conn. 176, 189, 561 A.2d 1378 <br />(1989). <br />Standing —Tax lienholder of <br />property challenges local planning <br />board approval of land use <br />application for neighboring <br />property <br />Land use applicant argues tax lienholder is not <br />an "interested party" and therefore Tacks standing <br />under state statute to bring the challenge <br />Citation: Cherokee LCP Land, LLC v. City of Linden Planning <br />Board, 2018 WL 3650226 (N.J. 2018) <br />NEW JERSEY (08/02/18)—This case addressed the issue of whether <br />a tax lienholder has standing to challenge a planning board's approval <br />of a land use application for a neighboring property. <br />The Background/Facts: A predecessor of GAF Corporation <br />("GAF") acquired and subsequently subdivided a property in the City <br />of Linden (the "City") into two parcels of land. GAF retained owner- <br />ship of one parcel (the "Property"), and sold the other parcel (the <br />"Neighboring Property") to Linden Chlorine Products, Inc. GAF then <br />transferred the Property to Linden Property Holding, LLC ("LPH"), <br />which entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Goodman North <br />American Partnership Holdings, LLC ("Goodman"). The purchase and <br />8 © 2018 Thomson Reuters <br />