Category Archives: Land Use & Zoning
Tiffany Betts, left, and Gail Doherty preparing meals for customers who showed up minutes after Wednesday’s opening. (Click to enlarge)
The much-anticipated return to Red Bank of vegan restaurateurs Gail Doherty and Tiffany Betts is complete.
Months later than they’d hoped, the pair quietly opened the doors to their new eatery, Good Karma Café, at 4p Wednesday, [...]
By redbankgreenman
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Also posted in Business, Food and Drink, Green Living, Real Estate, Restaurants
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Tagged down to earth, gail doherty, good karma, red bank nj, Restaurants, tiffany betts, vegan
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The lot, at the corner of East Front and Washington Streets, has been vacant since a Victorian home was demolished in 2005. (Click to enlarge)
Last week, redbankgreen reported that a Monmouth County architect had met recently with historic preservation advocates in Red Bank about building a four-unit condo project on a vacant lot at the [...]
By redbankgreenman
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Also posted in Architecture, Government, History, Housing, Real Estate
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Tagged 80 east front, brendan mchugh, historic, homes, mistake, ordinance, red bank nj, washington street
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An architect has drawn up plans for townouses for a vacant lot in Red Bank’s historic district, but nothing has been filed with the borough. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
A vacant lot in Red Bank’s historic district could become the site of townhouse-style condos if informal plans now in the works [...]
Rejecting the advice of the borough planning board, the Red Bank Council last night said merchants may put sandwich-board advertising on sidewalks outside their establishments through the end of this year.
Overruling concerns that the signs would pose a safety hazard to pedestrians and violate the intent of the borough’s master plan, the council voted 5-1 [...]
By redbankgreenman
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Also posted in Business, Economy, Government, Public Facilities, Real Estate, Restaurants, Retailing
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Tagged advertising, council, Economy, merchants, pedestrian, planning board, red bank nj, sandwich board, sidewalk
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12-year-old Zoe Gallagher made her case to the borough council Monday night to amend Fair Haven’s tree ordinance. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Fair Haven is looking at revising its tree ordinance, and is doing so after a push from an unlikely source: a 12-year-old borough girl.
Zoe Gallagher, who made waves last [...]
The property will be sold as two building lots, officials say. (Click to enlarge)
By EVAN SOLTAS
With its new municipal complex completed, Rumson plans to demolish its historic Center Street police station and sell the land as two residential lots, borough officials say.
The borough intends to raze the now-vacant station, which has long stood out among [...]
By redbankgreenman
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Also posted in Economy, Government, History, Housing, Public Facilities, Real Estate, Rumson
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Tagged bond, borough hall, center street, demolish, municipal building, police, raze, Rumson nj, station
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The club was the last holdout defendant in a lawsuit dating back four years, and lost. (Click to enlarge)
A state Superior Court in Freehold has ordered the oceanfront Seabright Beach Club to give nonmembers access to more than 15 feet of beach above the tide line.
The state Department of Environmental Protection, which filed suit against [...]
By redbankgreenman
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Also posted in Atlantic Ocean, Business, Coastal, Government, Law & Justice, Public Facilities, Sea Bright
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Tagged access, beach, beach clubs, dep, environmental protection, high-water, lawsuit, nj, sea bright, tide
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The specialty food store has filed plans to take over more than 12,000 square feet in Treasure Island Plaza, according to a report.
After a brief dalliance with Red Bank three years ago, Trader Joe’s, a foodstore chain with a reverential following, appears to have settled on Shrewsbury instead.
So reports the Asbury Park Press, which says [...]
By redbankgreenman
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Also posted in Business, Food and Drink, Government, Green Living, Parking, Real Estate, Retailing, Shrewsbury
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Tagged cooperhouse, red bank nj, route 35, shrewsbury nj, staples, trader joe's, treasure island
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As Ray Mass (background) and Deborah Marks listened, zoning board member Vincent Light details his objection to granting variances for the proposed Courtyards at Monmouth housing project, below. (Click to enlarge)
Less than a year after a new zone was created at Red Bank’s train station to encourage a mix of high-density housing and retail [...]
By redbankgreenman
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Also posted in Economy, Government, Housing, Parking, Real Estate, Streets & Roads, Transportation
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Tagged amboy bank, courtyards, GS realty, Housing, monmouth, overlay, Parking, red bank nj, retail, Traffic, transit village, zoning board
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More than 50 residents filled the borough council chambers Monday night for a chance to be heard on two separate hot-button issues in town. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Fair Haven officials got a double helping of discontent Monday night when a riled crowd pushed back on two issues residents say threaten [...]
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