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RED BANK: SPARKS FLY BEFORE OVERRIDE VOTE

Area NAACP president William Poku addressing Councilmembers John Jackson, Michael Ballard and Ed Zippich during the special session. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topicControversy over an ordinance restricting short-term residential rentals such as Airbnbs in Red Bank continued at a special hearing Friday morning on whether to override Mayor Billy Portman‘s veto of the law.

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RED BANK: ‘AIRBNB’ LAW TABLED

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topicA proposed Red Bank ordinance that would limit Airbnbs and other short-term rentals was tabled before it could be formally introduced Wednesday night.

The send-back followed an hour of public debate over impacts on owner-occupant operators and on the broader rental market. More →