RED BANK: MODERN HOME PLAN APPROVED

Oct 6, 2023

The house at 211 River Street, above, is to be demolished and replaced with the structure below. (Photo by John T. Ward; rendering by Catherine Franco. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A Red Bank bungalow would be replaced by a modern three-story home overlooking the Swimming River under a plan approved by the zoning board Thursday night.

Meanwhile, the owner of a postage-stamp-sized lot will have to wait to find out if a neighbor makes a purchase offer before he can proceed with his plans for a new house.

October 6, 2023 - 8:00 am |

RED BANK: TWO HOMES ON AGENDA

Oct 4, 2023

See CORRECTION below

Plans for two single-family homes, both needing variances, are scheduled for review by the Red Bank zoning board Thursday night.

October 4, 2023 - 12:40 pm |

RED BANK: NEW HOUSE LOT APPROVED

Aug 22, 2023

Red Bank’s planning board approved a subdivision at 27 Locust Avenue Monday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

August 22, 2023 - 8:40 am |

RED BANK: POT SHOP BUYS TIME

Jul 18, 2023

The Plug Naturals shop would replace a single-family house at 156 West Front Street if approved. (Google Maps photo. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Facing possible rejection over parking issues, representatives of a proposed Red Bank cannabis shop asked for time to revise their plans Monday night.

July 18, 2023 - 8:35 am |

RED BANK: POT SHOP, BAR PLANS ON AGENDA

Jul 17, 2023

Plug Naturals hopes to create a retail cannabis shop in an existing house on West Front Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Plans for yet another cannabis shop and an expansion of a popular bar are on the agenda when Red Bank’s newly reconstituted planning board meets for the first time Monday night.

July 17, 2023 - 8:21 am |

RED BANK: CANNABIS SHOP OK MAKES THREE

Jun 7, 2023

Monteverde NJ, at 45 North Bridge Avenue, hopes to strike a deal for 11 borough-owned spaces at the bend in Morford Place (marked in red at right). (Google Map. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Though none have yet opened, Red Bank now has three approved cannabis shops, following action by the planning board Monday night.

With an OK for Monteverde NJ to convert a former dry-cleaning shop, two pot retailers could open just steps apart on North Bridge Avenue.

June 7, 2023 - 4:00 pm |

RED BANK: ANOTHER CANNABIS SHOP ON DECK

Jun 5, 2023

Monteverde NJ hopes to open a marijuana store in a former dry cleaning shop on North Bridge Avenue. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Another would-be cannabis retailer goes before the Red Bank planning board Monday night.

The applicant, Monteverde NJ, seeks an OK to convert a former dry-cleaning shop on North Bridge Avenue to a pot shop.

June 5, 2023 - 7:00 am |

RED BANK: BILLBOARD HEARING DELAYED AGAIN

May 17, 2023

A 40-foot-tall digital billboard would replace the existing display at 187 Riverside Avenue if approved. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

A hearing on a plan to erect a giant digital billboard at Red Bank’s northern gateway has been put off until late summer.

UPDATE: The May 18 zoning board meeting has been cancelled, according to a May 17 notice on the borough website.

May 17, 2023 - 9:15 am |

RED BANK: CANNABIS SHOP OK’D

May 16, 2023

Canopy Crossroad plans to lease 9 West Street, a portion of a building that also houses Red Bank Liquors. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A proposed Red Bank marijuana shop that’s been a focal point in a running debate over cannabis zoning won approval from the borough planning board Monday night.

With a more welcoming council set to take office July 1, Canopy Crossroad now appears to have a clearer path to opening next door to Red Bank Liquors, though hurdles remain.

May 16, 2023 - 8:00 am |

RED BANK: TWO POT SHOPS UP FOR REVIEW

May 15, 2023

Plug Naturals LLC seeks board approval to create a cannabis store in a house on West Front Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

An effort to tighten Red Bank’s controversial cannabis business zoning law faces a double-barreled challenge Monday night.

That’s when the owners of two proposed pot shops that would be less than 350 feet apart go to the planning board. Both are expected to argue they comply with the 2021 law.

May 15, 2023 - 7:00 am |

RED BANK: NO DECISION ON CANNABIS SHOP

May 2, 2023

A rendering of the proposed home of Canopy Crossroad at 9 West Street, next door to Red Bank Liquors. (Rendering by Stephen Raciti Architect. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A plan for a retail cannabis shop in Red Bank ran into some of the same objections fueling an effort to rewrite where such businesses can operate in town Monday night.

Among them: that it’s too close to a school.

May 2, 2023 - 6:25 am |

RED BANK: CANNABIS SHOP ON AGENDA

May 1, 2023

An application to open a retail cannabis dispensary on West Street in Red Bank goes to the planning board Monday night – in the midst of a council effort to block it.

May 1, 2023 - 7:15 am |

RED BANK: BOARD REJECTS CANNABIS LAW

Apr 18, 2023

A proposed cannabis dispensary next door to Red Bank Liquors on West Street would be barred because it is within 1,000 feet of the Red Bank Charter School. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s pending cannabis zoning law does not comply with the borough’s Master Plan, the planning board found Monday night.

On a unanimous vote, the board rejected the controversial law, finding that it violates the plan’s goal of furthering economic development.

April 18, 2023 - 8:40 am |

RED BANK: AZALEA GARDENS PLAN ON AGENDA

Apr 17, 2023

Azalea Gardens would be built on Harding Road, between Clay Street and Hudson Avenue. (Google Maps photo. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank may get an update on a long-pending downtown housing project this week.

Also on planning and zoning agendas: an EV charger law, and proposed zoning for cannabis businesses.

April 17, 2023 - 7:15 am |

RED BANK: BILLBOARD QUESTIONS LOOM

Feb 3, 2023

A 40-foot tall digital billboard would replace the existing 22-foot billboard at 187 Riverside Avenue. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

The company seeking to erect a giant digital billboard at Red Bank’s northern gateway already has a state permit to light one up at the southern gateway, a representative acknowledged Thursday night.

But Outfront Media LLC may use the permit simply to block competitors, a company official testified to the zoning board.

February 3, 2023 - 7:58 am |

RED BANK: OK FOR GIANT BILLBOARD SOUGHT

Jan 30, 2023

A plan for a giant digital billboard at the northern gateway to Red Bank is the subject of a proposal before the zoning board Thursday night.

January 30, 2023 - 7:15 am |

RED BANK: LOCUST SUBDIVISION IN LIMBO

Jan 22, 2021

The proposal calls for a new house in the front yard of 70 Locust Avenue. A portion of Bellhaven Commons is seen at left. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

After hearing nearly three hours of testimony and comments about a request to subdivide a riverfront lot, Red Bank’s zoning board was locked in indecision Thursday night.

For a while, none of the board’s members stepped forward with a motion to approve the request concerning 70 Locust Avenue. And when a motion to instead deny eventually emerged, it failed, leaving the plan in limbo.

January 22, 2021 - 7:25 am |

RED BANK: FRONT YARD EYED FOR NEW HOUSE

Jan 20, 2021

The lot at 60 Locust Avenue, outlined in red at right above, was subdivided into three in 2018, allowing the creation of the two new homes seen below. The latest plan would subdivide the lot outlined at left above. (Image from Google Maps; photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Three years after winning approval to build a two houses in their front yard, a Red Bank couple returns to the zoning board this week with a similar plan just a few doors away.

January 20, 2021 - 4:00 pm |

RED BANK: DUBLIN HOUSE TO ADD BANDSHELL

Dec 4, 2018

A proposal by the Dublin House Pub to erect a bandshell made for one of the quickest Red Bank planning board meetings in recent memory Monday night.

December 4, 2018 - 8:30 am |

RED BANK: NEWS TICKER FLICKERS TO LIFE

Aug 6, 2018

Without fanfare, what may be Red Bank’s first outdoor news ticker flickered to life at the corner of West Front Street and Maple Avenue.

But wait: don’t borough ordinances prohibit internally illuminated and animated signs? They do. So What’s Going On Here?

August 6, 2018 - 9:00 am |

RED BANK: ROUND THREE FOR MEGA WAWA

Apr 5, 2018

[UPDATE: The zoning board hearing on the Wawa proposal was postponed Thursday at the applicant’s request, and is now scheduled to be held May 3, according to the borough planning office.]

A controversial plan to build a supersized Wawa convenience store and gas station at one of Red Bank’s busiest intersections returns for its third hearing by the borough zoning board Thursday night.

April 5, 2018 - 5:15 am |

RED BANK: TWO NEW HOME LOTS APPROVED

Mar 19, 2018

The attorney for the property owners said they could theoretically build nine homes, though they were only seeking approval for two. (Image from Google Maps. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

The infilling of Red Bank, where buildable lots are hard to find, continued with the approval by the zoning board Thursday night of a plan for two new homes on a West Side riverfront estate.

March 19, 2018 - 8:00 am |

RED BANK: VACANT SHOP TO GET FACELIFT

Mar 16, 2018

The long-vacant building, last home to a seafood shop, is about to get a makeover, as shown in the rendering below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Rendering by S.O.M.E. Architects. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A Red Bank retail space that’s been vacant for decades may be on track to revival, starting with a facelift.

The borough zoning board gave unanimous approval Thursday night to a makeover plan for 203 Shrewsbury Avenue, the long-ago home of Bayshore Charlie’s seafood shop.
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March 16, 2018 - 8:00 am |

RED BANK: SECOND FIREHOUSE REDO PLANNED

Feb 9, 2018

The former Independent Engine House on Mechanic Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank could see two nearly identical former firehouses getting makeovers in coming months.

The new owner of the former Independent Engine Company firehouse, at 32 Mechanic Street, is planning to create commercial space in the bay where firetrucks were once parked.

February 9, 2018 - 11:45 am |

RED BANK: SUPERSIZED WAWA ON AGENDA

Jan 29, 2018

The Auto Exotica site on Newman Springs Road would be redeveloped as a combination WaWa convenience store and gas station if approved by the zoning board. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A supersized convenience store and gas station proposed at one of Red Bank’s busiest intersections is scheduled to go before the borough zoning board Thursday night.

With no residential neighbors directly impacted, the board’s consideration of variances may turn on matters related to traffic impact at a crossing where motorists typically sit for three minutes or more waiting for a green light.

January 29, 2018 - 8:30 am |

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