Beach Haven board delays vote on Queen City Marina subdivision after fire‑access and boat‑storage disputes

Tom Coleman, representing MIH Coastal Holdings, told the Beach Haven Planning Board the application before the board is for “the continued development of the Queen City Marina” at 2nd and Pennsylvania Avenue, including an amended site plan to recognize a previously approved restaurant and a subdivision carving roughly 27,000 square feet into five residential lots.

The application, Coleman said, reduces impervious coverage on the marina site from 100% to about 95.6% and would leave the complex with 138 parking spaces compared with the 86 required by the borough code for marina uses, the ship store and the approved restaurant. Robert Stout, the applicant’s design engineer, told the board the amended site plan otherwise “does not change” the previously approved layout and described additions such as EV make‑ready spaces and reconfigured dry‑boat storage intended to meet CAFRA and DEP permit requirements.

Why it matters: residents, the Marlin & Tuna Club and the fire department said the application presents unresolved public‑safety and operational questions. The board voted to carry the application to its May meeting to let the applicant and outside agencies (including the fire department and DEP/CAFRA) work…