Point Pleasant Beach zoning board carries two Bulldog Beach applications to April 2 and moves to memorialize partial denial on separate application

The Point Pleasant Beach zoning board carried two Bulldog Beach applications to an April 2, 2026 hearing date and moved to memorialize resolution 2026-05 as a denial in part during a largely procedural meeting that included technical testimony and public comment.

The board voted to carry applications 2025-30 and 2025-31 (Bulldog Beach) to the April 2 meeting. "Motion by Mr. McGee, second by [recorded second], to carry application 2025-30 and 2025-31 to April 2, 2026," a board member stated during the roll call on the motion; several members answered "yes" and the chair confirmed the items were carried. The transcript records the board confirming the carry but does not list a full roll-call tally in one consolidated vote record.

Separately, the board discussed resolution 2026-05 and a motion to memorialize a partial denial: "It's a denial. We approve the kitchen and not the cabana," a board member said when the motion was proposed; a second was recorded. The motion language as read in the meeting memorializes that split outcome. The transcript does not include a subsequent separate roll-call vote result for that memorialization in a single, consolidated tally, though the motion was put on the record.

Why it matters: carrying the Bulldog Beach applications delays final action and preserves notice requirements for the applicants; memorializing the partial denial formalizes the board’s decision on that specific application so it can be issued in writing. Both moves affect property owners and neighbors who may return to the April 2 meeting or who will receive the formal memorialized resolution.

What happened in the meeting: the board opened, took roll call and discussed scheduling and notice. A clerk stated that adequate notice of the meeting had been given under the open public meeting law. Board members confirmed that three members who had been absent from an earlier meeting had reviewed recordings and signed certifications, establishing seven members eligible to participate in deliberations. Public speakers and neighbors were present and offered both objections and support on separate applications.

Next steps: the Bulldog Beach applications will return to the board on April 2, 2026. The partial denial memorialization on resolution 2026-05 will be issued in writing as part of the board’s record; the transcript records the motion language but not a separate consolidated published vote tally. Other items (including a separate variance for William and Nikki Tun Place) continued to deliberation and a motion for approval was made later in the meeting; the transcript ends before a complete vote tally on that motion is recorded.