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Council adopts ordinance replacing some appeal hearings with appointed administrative law judge
Summary
Linden City Council adopted Ordinance 2025-15-O to establish an administrative hearings process and enable the mayor to appoint an administrative law judge (ALJ) to hear appeals and some enforcement matters previously heard by the Board of Adjustment. The vote was unanimous.
The Linden City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt Ordinance 2025-15-O, which creates a formal administrative-hearings process and authorizes the mayor to appoint an executive or contract administrative law judge to hear land-use appeals, code-enforcement hearings and certain subdivision-related matters.
City Attorney Brian Hawes and staff told the council the change responds to evolving state law and the technical complexity of modern land-use appeals. "We re proposing to appoint an administrative law judge who…
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