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Architect and planner defend Building 3 design and ask waivers from Asbury Park waterfront plan
Summary
At the continued 320 Asbury Avenue hearing the project's architect described Building 3’s triangular site response, raised retail promenade and a decorative flood‑vent concept; the planner requested multiple design waivers from the Waterfront Redevelopment Plan citing site constraints and flood‑elevation requirements. The board carried the matter to June 1.
Asbury Park’s Planning Board spent much of its April 6 session reviewing Building 3 of the proposed 320 Asbury Avenue project, focusing on design, flood openings and the list of redevelopment‑plan waivers the applicant seeks.
Frank Minervini, the project architect, described an eight‑unit, three‑story mixed‑use building with roughly 5,000 square feet of raised retail at the Asbury/Cookman corner, 16 garage parking spaces, two EV stalls and the remainder made EV‑ready. He said the retail promenade is elevated three feet to meet DEP flood‑hazard requirements, which informed the decision to put primary retail access off Cookman and to provide ADA access along Asbury Avenue.
Minervini proposed an architectural treatment for flood openings — a decorative "weave" of…
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