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Somers Point moves to executive session after developer says tax‑abatement approval was issued in error
Summary
Attorney for LBH LLC told council the tax assessor stamped a five‑year abatement approval for 101 E. Maryland Ave. but the city later said the approval was an error; the applicant says it relied on the notice and reinvested funds. Council adopted a resolution to enter executive session on potential litigation.
Somers Point council members on Nov. 20 heard from LBH LLC’s attorney and the restaurant operator after the applicant said a five‑year tax abatement for 101 East Maryland Ave. (the Mexiquila site) was mistakenly marked approved by the tax assessor.
Michael Lario, who identified himself as an attorney at Nemat, Davis and Goldstein, told the council the assessor’s office stamped and mailed an approval in January 2024 but the city later notified the applicant that “that approval was actually issued in error” and that counsel had not formally granted the assessor authority to do so. Lario said the applicant relied…
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