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Zoning board: Main Street redevelopment language allows like‑for‑like commercial tenant swaps without planning‑board site plan
Summary
The Asbury Park Zoning Board of Adjustment found the Main Street redevelopment plan’s language exempts permitted nonresidential uses moving into existing nonresidential spaces from site plan review, rejecting the city zoning officer’s reading that parking triggers planning‑board review.
At its April 22, 2025 meeting, the City of Asbury Park Zoning Board of Adjustment ruled that the Main Street redevelopment plan’s plain language exempts a permitted nonresidential use occupying an existing nonresidential space from site plan review, meaning the applicant for 807 Summerfield Avenue need not go to the Planning Board.
The board’s decision resolves a disagreement between the property’s representative and the zoning office over whether a change of commercial tenant requires planning‑board site plan approval when the new use increases parking demand. The board voted 6–1 to adopt an interpretation that the redevelopment plan provides an “either/or” exception: a permitted nonresidential use placed in an…
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