Ira Weiner is a Member in the Firm’s Land Use Department. His areas of emphasis include development applications and objections, appeals from zoning and planning boards, ordinance challenges, state agency appeals, and litigating land-use and municipal matters at all levels of the New Jersey courts. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey State Bar Association Land Use Section.
Ira covers a broad range of complex matters involving land use and real estate. He specializes in appearing before zoning and planning boards, both for developers and groups objecting to development. He has dealt with numerous appeals of board decisions in the Superior Court, Law Division, and Appellate Division. He has also appeared before the New Jersey Supreme Court. He also litigates zoning ordinance challenges and administrative appeals from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and other administrative agencies involved in land-development issues.
Ira also has experience in insurance matters. He previously was the general counsel for a large regional insurance broker, and was a member of the Professional Insurance Agents Legislative, Technical and Company Relations Committee.
Throughout his career, Ira has dedicated himself to public and community service, which has helped hone his expertise in the ins and outs of zoning and land use. Among his many accomplishments, he formerly served on the Township Council and as Mayor of Vernon Township. In addition, he served as a commissioner on the Two Bridges Sewer Authority and as president of the Hidden Valley Property Owners Association. He has been a member of many boards and commissions in Vernon, including the planning board, zoning board of adjustment, historic commission and board of health.
Representative Matters
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- Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., LLC v. Cty. of Bergen, 450 N.J. Super. 286 (App. Div. 2017)
- Inserra Supermarkets, Inc. v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., LLC, 240 F. Supp. 3d 299 (D.N.J. 2017)
- Mahwah Realty Associates, Inc. v. Township of Mahwah, 430 N.J. Super. 247 (App. Div. 2013)
- Northgate Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Borough of Hillsdale Planning Board, 214 N.J. 120 (2013)
- TSI East Brunswick, LLC v. East Brunswick Zoning Bd. of Adjustment, 215 N.J. 26 (2013)
- Kinderkamack Road Associates, LLC v. Mayor and Council of Borough of Oradell, 421 N.J. Super. 8 (App. Div. 2011)
- Mahwah Realty Associates, Inc. v. Township of Mahwah, 420 N.J. Super. 341 (App. Div. 2011)
- Nuckel v. Borough of Little Ferry Planning Bd., 208 N.J. 95 (2011)
- Reich v. Borough of Fort Lee Zoning Bd. of Adjustment, 414 N.J. Super. 483 (App. Div. 2010)
- I/M/O Riverview Development, LLC, 411 N.J. Super. 409 (App. Div. 2010)
- Hills of Troy Neighborhood Association, Inc. v. Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, Omnipoint Communications, Inc. and Sprint Spectrum, L.P., 392 N.J. Super. 593 (Law Div. 2005)
- Midlantic National Bank, a National Banking Association v. Thomas C. Coyne and Leonard Bornstein, 222 N.J. Super. 649 (Law Div. 1987)
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The 2020 Land Use Update
The New Jersey State Bar Association’s Land Use Section presents the 2020 Land Use Update was held at the Wilshire Grand in West Orange on February 26, 2020. Ira Weiner was a guest speaker at this informative event which isconsidered New Jersey’s premier Land Use update. For more information or to register, […]
- Zoning and Planning Board Applications and Objections
- Zoning Litigation and Appeals
- Municipal Litigation and Appeals
- Real Estate and Development
- Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D. (1976)
- University of Wisconsin, B.A. (1973)
- New Jersey, 1976
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1976
- Hon. Sonia Morgan, J.A.D., New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 1976-1977
- New Jersey Bar Association (Land Use Law Section)
- Bergen County Bar Association
