Approval to Build Church Is Nullified ; Judge: Wrong Board Signed Off On Request

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › December 14, 2006

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HAWORTH A state judge has overturned a decision by the Planning Board to permit the construction of a Syrian Orthodox Church in the borough, saying the house of worship was approved by the wrong municipal body.

Superior Court Judge Jonathan Harris ruled that the church's application should have been voted on by the zoning board, because the Planning Board cannot legally issue the required building code variances.

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Approval to Build Church Is Nullified ; Judge: Wrong Board Signed Off On Request

In addition, Harris scolded the conduct of Mayor John Dean DeRienzo, who sits on the Planning Board, sa...

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