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Land use board adopts municipal public‑access plan to speed coastal permits
Summary
The board unanimously adopted a municipal public access plan memorialized in Resolution 2025‑09 to document existing street ends and public easements and simplify future beach maintenance permitting.
The Beach Haven Land Use Board voted to adopt a municipal public access plan that documents existing street ends and public access easements along bayfront and oceanfront streets. The plan, developed over several years with state reviewers, aims to streamline future beach maintenance permitting and preserve public access to street ends.
A board presenter said the state had encouraged towns to adopt public‑access plans so municipalities could secure general permits and avoid the need for larger individual coastal permitting for routine maintenance work. The plan does not create new public access; it formalizes existing access points and easements so the borough can pursue streamlined permitting and coordinate beach maintenance more efficiently.
After a brief public hearing with no speakers, the board adopted the memorializing resolution (2025‑09) by roll call. The resolution acknowledges existing street ends as public access and is intended to help the borough obtain general permits for beach maintenance in the future.
What happens next: with the resolution adopted, borough staff may submit the plan as part of the municipality's master plan and pursue the general permits described at the hearing.
