The Asbury Park City Council will meet Wednesday in Council Chambers, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. The closed executive session begins at 4 p.m. and is followed consecutively by the 6 p.m. public workshop and 7 p.m. regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: Executive session discussions pertaining to redeveloper’s agreement with Sackman Enterprises for […]

City officials have announced free parking will be available at the Bangs Avenue garage on the first Saturday of every month. The 1 to 5 p.m. free parking runs in line with ‘First Saturday’ events administered by Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce and downtown venues. “Once the summer season concludes, we are planning on continuing […]

Asbury Park’s Director of Planning and Redevelopment has put forth changes that would eliminate the costly sound engineer’s report in lieu of sound mitigation. During her presentation to the City Council Monday night, Alonso said it is of no surprise to anyone that separate standards for sound exist in the downtown corridor than in the […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall at 1 Municipal Plaza. A public participation session is scheduled to take place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: • […]

City officials are expected to introduce recommendations Monday that will change sound mitigation laws requiring downtown businesses to provide acoustic engineer report or turn off the music. Eateries and bars in what is known as the Central Business District [CBD] were issued letters of violation on April 11, with another round of letters distributed Wednesday, […]

When The Complex [below right] readied to open last month, the audio sound system they had spent thousands to incorporate at the Italian Capitoline, Mexican fare La Loteria, and downstairs hangout The Basement, fell short of what the city’s code outlines. At the time Fasano said the costly sound mitigation requirements were not implemented at […]

The Planning Board Monday night approved an amendment that advances Lakehouse Music Academy and Recording Studio owner Jon Leidersdorff’s plan to expand west into a neighboring three-story property. The amendment, similar to one obtained in 2011 for the current structure, is needed because Leidersdorff’s planned recording studios and classrooms uses are not a permitted use […]

A local advertising agency that was forced to vacate a first floor Cookman Avenue office space due to the city’s zoning laws has announced their return to a new space on the block. Marshall Twinam, creative director, and Ian Jackson, managing partner, of Marshall Jackson & Partners advertising agency[MJP], have teamed up with Clark, NJ-based […]

The issue of first floor business uses along Cookman Avenue — in particular the ban on office space — was brought up at last week’s council meeting. Councilman John Moor requested Donald Sammet, the city’s redevelopment and planning director, make a presentation at a later date on what types of businesses can operate on Cookman […]

A rooftop beer garden may be coming to downtown Asbury Park. Restaurateur Andy Ivanov owns a beer garden in Hoboken, Pilsener Haus [pictured above]. He and his wife were principal owners of Radegast beer garden in Brooklyn, and now he’s set his sights on Lake Avenue for his next location. “We want to introduce the whole […]