Long Branch’s City Council on the second and final reading adopted Ordinance 13-25, the 2025 update to the Oceanfront Broadway redevelopment plan, the council president announced at the November meeting. The ordinance amends chapters 269 (redevelopment) and 345 (zoning) of the city code and incorporates updated design handbooks for the Broadway Gateway and Lower Broadway sectors.

Council opened a public hearing on the ordinance and offered five minutes for comment but recorded no public speakers on this item; after closing the hearing the council voted to adopt the ordinance. The ordinance’s stated purpose is to revise prior redevelopment plans and make the new plan’s addenda and handbooks the prevailing guidance for development in the affected local sectors.

The council’s action codifies design and land‑use changes intended to shape future private development along the Oceanfront Broadway corridor. The ordinance was the second reading and was adopted and advertised according to law. The council set no additional conditions at the meeting.