A New Jersey appeals court has established an important precedent allowing reconstruction of Superstorm Sandy-damaged properties to flood-safety standards “as of right” without municipal approval.

The June 5 ruling in Gross v. Iannuzzi applied to a townhouse owned in fee simple as defined by Flood Hazard Area Control Act amendments, expanding the statute’s protections to residents who were excluded because they shared a wall with another homeowner.

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