Members of TOOM celebrating earlier this month. Montclair, NJ – The Township of Montclair announced Tuesday that Superior Court Judge Jeffrey B. Beacham stated he would sign an order dismissing the lawsuit brought against the Township of Montclair by the Montclair Property Owners Association. The ruling would end the Association’s challenge to the Township’s rent control ordinance. Judge Beacham agreed to stay the order until February 19 when the Montclair Property Owners Association will argue that the judge should reconsider his ruling. According to the Township, Montclair Property Owners Association attorney Charles Gormally stated the Association’s members wanted to hold off the effective date of the ordinance so that landlords could raise rents by more than 10 percent on vacant apartments before the ordinance could take effect.