Tropical storm Arthur has put a damper on the start of the weekend but by the time the sun starts to shine Saturday patrons of the Anchor’s Bend bar will be able to sit on the beach, drink in hand. The Asbury Park City Council unanimously voted Wednesday to include areas on the beach immediately […]

City Manager John “Jack” Kelly has a plan to create a new title that would allow him to appoint a long-time Asbury Park employee to a quasi-assistant city manager’s position. Anthony Nuccio, the city’s director of community relations and social services, may be named the city’s “deputy municipal manager.” The title must first be created […]

A city ordinance that allows property owners to apply for tax abatements for improvements made to existing structures and new construction throughout the city expires at the end of this year. Under the state’s five year abatement and exemption law, cities that qualify may adopt an ordinance to provide local property tax abatement or exemptions. […]

Rental properties in Ocean Grove and Neptune Township that contain three or four units are no longer subject to rent control. The Neptune Township Committee [pictured above] on Monday approved an amendment to increase the threshold for minimum exemptions under the township’s rent control ordinance and established a rent leveling board to oversee rent control regulations. […]

The Asbury Park City Council began an initial discussion Wednesday to amend a city ordinance that allows the sale of liquor to start at 7 a.m. on weekdays. The change would move the start time two hours later. The conversation was initiated by Councilwoman Amy Quinn. Quinn received “a number of emails” from residents who say […]

In an effort to repeal the rent control ordinance that went into effect last month in Ocean Grove and Neptune Township, a committee of property owners has submitted a petition to have a referendum added to the November ballot. Although other municipalities allow a binding referendum by petition under the state’s Faulkner Act, Neptune Township does […]

The Neptune Township Committee has plans to change a rent control ordinance that was approved just two weeks ago. Members of the committee [shown above] introduced an amendment to the measure at their Monday meeting that exempts any dwelling with four or less rental units from the ordinance. The original language of the ordinance exempted […]

Emotions ran high during last night’s two hour public hearing on a rent control ordinance the Neptune Township Committee passed 5-0, with one committee member using an expletive on the record. Under the ordinance, rent increases in Ocean Grove and Neptune will be capped by the regional consumer price index. A rent leveling board will […]

In front of a packed meeting room, the Neptune Township Committee last night approved a rent control ordinance by a 5-0 vote. Under the ordinance, rent increases are linked to the regional consumer price index. Rental properties throughout Neptune and Ocean Grove are subject to the ordinance. The ordinance establishes a five-member rent leveling board […]