Tag: Ordinance

The council chambers were packed with residents concerned over the borough’s plan to purchase a derelict lot abutting the municipal dock to create a small waterfront park.

The borough council is drafting a law that would limit crabbing and fishing hours on the public waterfront to confront persistent issues the council believes stem from late-night visitors.

Thinking about expressing your creativity on the streets of Red Bank? The borough council says don’t do it.

Capt. Michael Frazee will succeed Chief Darren McConnell as the borough’s new police chief, Mayor Billy Portman announced at the latest council meeting. The July 27 meeting started with a detailed background on the new council-manager form of government; the agenda also included a discussion to revise the graffiti ordinance, among other borough business.

The door on short-term rentals in Fair Haven has now been closed and locked; the borough council banned rental terms shorter than 95 days in all residential districts at its July 24 meeting.

During its June 12 meeting, the Fair Haven Borough Council introduced an ordinance that would prohibit short-term rentals within residential districts. The ordinance targets temporary stays for periods under 95 days, slapping offenders with hefty fines.

Citing “inconsistencies” with the borough Master Plan, the planning board unanimously rejected a draft zoning ordinance establishing where in the borough cannabis businesses would be permitted.

Short-term rentals in a town that is neither popular for skiing nor going to the beach have become a contentious issue between the public and borough council. Amidst much pushback at a Feb. 8 meeting, the borough council passed a controversial ordinance to regulate short-term rentals in the borough.

A new chapter opens for the borough’s governing council with the end of Mayor Pasquale “Pat” Menna’s term this year.