The Asbury Park City Council addressed a number of regulatory parking matters during its Nov. 8 meetings. Below is a snapshot: Holiday Free Metered Parking With an incentive to encourage business in the downtown and waterfront, the Asbury Park City Council approved free Saturday metered parking. Free parking will extend from noon to 6 p.m. […]

A group of residents have formed what will be an association focused on quality of life issues in the downtown neighborhood, officially known as the Central Business District [CBD] Redevelopment Area. The new Downtown Neighbors Association of Asbury Park [DNA] had its first meeting last week, member Gary Maffei said. On the agenda was the […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. There will be a 4:30 p.m. closed executive session. The public meetings begin at 6 p.m. with a  workshop session and is followed by the 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting. Public participation takes […]

A residential project approved back in 2007 by the Planning Board, now ready to go online, was further delayed after public comments raised questions on the use of public rights of way to accommodate on-site parking. The project transformed the former Holy Spirit School building [located at 1003 Bond Street] into a 16 unit residential […]

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

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, Regarding your recent articles about the parking challenges in the city, a small group of concerned citizens has been working behind the scene for the past year — on their own time — to plan for the management of parking growth in all three main sections of Asbury Park. Monthly meetings […]

Representatives from Desman Associates, the firm hired to study parking in the city, presented their findings to the public before they opened the floor to comments and questions Tuesday night. Splitting the city into three main zones, the waterfront, Central Business District [CBD] and Main Street, Greg Shumate, a senior associate at Desman, outlined the conclusions […]

If you have an opionion you’d like to voice about the status of parking in the City by the Sea, the Asbury Park Parking Advisory Committee would like to hear it. On Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. the advisory committee will host an open public session in City Council Chambers where they will gather […]

[UPDATE: A previous version of this article listed the hours of operation as 5 p.m. to 2:30 am. The hours have since been changed. They are now 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. This article has been updated to reflect that change.]   Free parking on Wednesdays has come to an end, but weekend visitors to […]

Free parking in any of Asbury Park’s metered spots has been extended through February. Councilman John Loffredo announced plans for the extension during last week’s city council meeting. Loffredo is the chairman of the city’s parking committee. At the committee’s monthly meeting, business owners said the Wednesday free parking initiative was helpful to them, according […]