Asbury Park planning board approves 1-year interim parking lot at 512–514 Summerfield Ave with conditions

The Asbury Park Planning Board on Feb. 24, 2025 approved a one-year interim parking lot at 512–514 Summerfield Avenue, allowing Sacrament Asset Management LLC to operate a 19-space lot while pursuing redevelopment of the site.

The board attached conditions including required landscaping on the northwest corner, removal of on-site trash containers, maintenance of existing lighting by the property owner for the duration of the interim agreement, and a requirement that the applicant file a development application within 60 days. The board added that if the city council considers any extension, it should confirm the applicant has made a good-faith effort to advance the redevelopment or send the matter back to the planning board for further review. The vote to approve the application with those conditions was 8–1.

The application covered two contiguous parcels identified in testimony as Block 3101, Lots 2 and 3 (referred to in the hearing as 512 and 514 Summerfield Ave). Counsel for the applicant said the proposal is an interim parking lot permitted under the city’s CBD redevelopment plan and that the interim parking agreement allows an initial one-year term with the option for two additional one-year extensions that require city-council approval.

Andrew Carriage, representing Sacrament…