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I choose to highlight these things, not because it impacted me in any material way, but rather precisely because they did not and to demonstrate the level of micromanagement and power local zoning officials have and exercise.
My last story (that I will write about, there are many more) affected another property owner from whom I was willing to buy a property and which was not trivial in the slightest. The property is in western NJ and is 150 acres. The asking price was remarkably low (hint). It supposedly was zoned for 2 homes and also for building all necessary “outbuildings” to operate a horse farm/business. This property is located in an area of NJ that has many other such properties. At the time, we were considering going into business with a friend of ours, who currently operates a large stable. Without getting into all the Kafkaesque details of the situation the then owner faced, suffice it to say that 3 state bodies, each independent from the other, would have had to approve any plan. I hired a real estate lawyer, familiar with the inanities of NJ laws, to see what the situation really was. His conclusion was he doubted I could ever get pre-purchase approval for any construction—even being able to build just one house.
The woman who owned the property eventually filed bankruptcy as she bought it at a price that implied you could build on it. The bank still owns it, last I saw, and is offering it at 30% of what she paid for it.
So, while I am sure the Mosque builders can reference some set of constitutional precedents, I can assure you they were granted affirmative permission by the Bloomberg Administration to build it. So lets forget about their “right” to build anything, as real estate rights have been conditional in this country for a long time. It is obvious that building this Mosque is designed to mock the United States as well as perform a victory dance near the graves of the 9/11 victims. Those who defend it are a disgrace.
