Monmouth County Town Hall: Week of Oct. 19, 2026

Good morning, Monmouth County. Meetings ahead, decisions behind. This week Wall's planning board takes up a splash pad and an airnasium for the YMCA's Camp Zehnder, Wall's zoning board hears a self-storage plan and a bid to turn a repair garage into a convenience store, and Marlboro's planning board is set to memorialize approval of a 175-unit development with 53 affordable homes. Behind us, Asbury Park took up its 2025 audit, Aberdeen introduced an affordable housing set-aside rule and Marlboro started work on a pedestrian safety easement. Times below come from posted agendas; check your town's page before heading out.

Meetings ahead

Wall Planning Board, Monday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m.: a splash pad at Camp Zehnder

The YMCA of the Jersey Shore (PB#7-2026) seeks preliminary and final major site plan approval, with bulk variances, to build an airnasium, a splash pad and signage at Camp Zehnder, 3911 Herbertsville Road. PS Barry LLC (PB#8-2026) wants to expand childcare capacity at its existing day care center at 3300 Route 138. Under other business, the board again has Ordinance No. 24-2026, the Route 34 Northwest Redevelopment Plan for Block 922, Lot 5, plus extension requests from Wall Herald Corp. at 1717 Route 34 and Pittenger Builders at 1414 Rogers Road. The workshop session starts at 7 p.m., and the regular meeting follows. Agenda

Wall Zoning Board, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m.: self-storage and a convenience store

PSI Atlantic Acquisition IX, LLC (BOA#36-2025) seeks a use variance and site plan approval for a self-storage facility at 2650 East Hurley Pond Road. Serkan Talas (BOA#16-2023) wants to replace a repair garage at 1324 Sea Girt Avenue with a convenience store, and Property B&B, LLC (BOA#3-2024) seeks a use variance to store work vehicles at 2675 Route 70. Michael Gager (BOA#42-2024) proposes two sheds and a garage at 2112 Baileys Corner Road. The Pool and Spa Doctor's mezzanine application (BOA#21-2026) has been carried to Feb. 17, 2027. Agenda

Marlboro Planning Board, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.: 175 homes on County Road 520

The board has a resolution memorializing preliminary and final site plan approval for P.B. 1239-26, American Properties at Marlboro II Urban Renewal: 22 residential buildings with 175 units, 53 of them non-age-restricted affordable units, plus a clubhouse, EV stations, 460 parking spaces and cleanup of contamination on the site at 77 County Road 520, part of the Scattered Site Redevelopment Plan. Also on the agenda: a continued hearing on P.B. 1288-26 (Sushi Gandhi), a minor subdivision creating lots of 7.22 and 5.07 acres on Falson Lane, and P.B. 1280-25 (Muhammad Hug), a minor subdivision with a bulk variance at 68 Station Road. Agenda

More this week and next

Roosevelt, Monday, Oct. 19: The Borough Council's packet includes an Oct. 5 letter from the State Historic Preservation Office finding that the plinth base repair does not encroach on the Jersey Homesteads Historic District. Agenda
Howell Zoning Board, Monday, Oct. 26: Howell Medical Investors, LLC seeks sign approval (BA24-01A), Countryside Developers, LLC wants a bulk variance to build a house on an unimproved street (BA26-12), and Christ Church of Howell has a resolution for a one-year extension (BA23-11). Agenda
Marlboro Zoning Board, Tuesday, Oct. 27: The agenda is posted; details will follow. Agenda

Decisions behind

Asbury Park: the 2025 audit and a housing authority sale

The City Council's Oct. 14 agenda included a presentation of the 2025 municipal audit, with Resolution 2026-408 accepting it and 2026-407 adopting a corrective action plan responding to its findings. The council also had a public hearing on selling certain city properties to the Asbury Park Housing Authority, and Resolution 2026-403 accepted a 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grant from FEMA. Oct. 14 meeting

Aberdeen: an affordable housing set-aside rule

Ordinance 22-2026, introduced Oct. 14, would set a uniform mandatory affordable set-aside in the township's affordable housing overlay districts, and Ordinance 23-2026 would authorize buying a conservation easement. Ordinance 21-2026, the $362,500 open space grant for the Noble Place Recreation Building, was up for a hearing and final adoption, and the consent agenda included a Fourth Round spending plan. Oct. 14 meeting

Marlboro: a pedestrian safety easement

At its Oct. 15 meeting the Township Council had the first reading of Ordinance 2026-011, which authorizes buying an easement for pedestrian safety improvements, and recognized Jason Zelevansky as winner of the Marlboro 250 Photo Contest. The consent agenda included a fireworks display permit, renewals of shared services agreements and public works bids. Oct. 15 meeting

Elsewhere

Belmar: On Oct. 13 the council took bids on a paddleboard lease at L Street Beach, discussed draft ordinances on surf fishing and dog license fees, and backed Assembly Bill A2273, a municipal water infrastructure grant program. It also approved a shared services agreement for Wall Township to provide tax collector services. Oct. 13 meeting
Long Branch: The Oct. 14 meeting included an update on the Health and Technology Center from Parallel Architectural Group and a resolution for architectural services to convert a building into a municipal court and police station. Oct. 14 meeting
Manalapan Zoning Board: PRC Development Co.'s car wash at 258 Monmouth Road (ZBE2505) faced an Oct. 15 deadline for a decision; the posted documents don't show the outcome yet. Oct. 15 meeting
Howell Planning Board: The Oct. 15 agenda included a one-year extension for D.R. Horton's The Enclave and an amended site plan for Kmetz, Inc., along with the Par Golf and A-Life Residential applications. Oct. 15 meeting

Minutes for last week's Brielle police headquarters bond and Wall's Peddlers Village redevelopment agreement aren't posted yet; we'll report the outcomes when they are. Not every Monmouth County town posts its agendas where we can read them yet. New agendas and recaps appear on the Monmouth County government page as towns post them.