Developer says each 320 Asbury Avenue home will receive at least one deeded parking space; board presses for condition

The Asbury Park Planning Board on April 6 heard testimony explaining how parking will be allocated at 320 Asbury Avenue, a multi-building waterfront redevelopment the board is still reviewing. Applicant witness James P. Mullen, director of land planning and entitlements for PY Homes, told the board that every for-sale unit in the multifamily building will be allocated at least one designated parking space that will be part of the unit’s deed.

Mullen said the garage contains 38 spaces (including some tandem spaces) and that an additional 12 exterior spaces will be deeded to units and assigned on a first-come, first-served basis at time of sale. He said 14 more spaces along the property line will remain common elements owned and managed by the homeowners association for guest and overflow parking. “Every unit will be allocated their own at least one of their own parking spaces,” Mullen testified.

The applicant also described electric-vehicle provisions. Counsel and Mullen said the team revised earlier plans so five of the exterior spaces will be equipped with EV chargers and that all interior garage spaces will be made EV-ready so unit owners may install chargers. Mullen added that tandem spaces can be purchased with a unit as an extra but will be deeded to the unit and cannot be separately sold: “They go with that unit.”

Board members pressed for stronger commitments after hearing public questions about resale, on-street permits and accessibility. Mullen and applicant counsel confirmed the subsequent developer agreement with the city will bar unit owners from receiving on-street parking permits. When a commissioner asked whether the board should require, as a condition of approval, that “every unit will have at least one space,” counsel and the witness answered yes and confirmed the applicant would include the assignment in deed documents.

Members of the public raised ADA concerns. One commenter who identified himself as disabled asked why only one ADA space was shown. The project team said civil-engineering plans and earlier testimony show ADA compliance for the required number of accessible stalls and that the building’s single required ADA space is shown on the plans. The engineer’s prior testimony — submitted at an earlier hearing — was cited to confirm compliance with ADA parking regulations.

The board did not make a final decision on the application at this hearing; the hearing was carried to June 1, 2026. Commissioners signaled they expect the deed restriction committing at least one space per unit to be part of any approving resolution and asked the applicant to make that legal condition explicit in materials filed before the next hearing.