Brick Council to Discuss Abandoned Properties, Liquor License

The Brick Township council will discuss a new ordinance to address abandoned properties in the township as well as the potential sale of a liquor license at a meeting scheduled for Tuesday night.

The council is poised to vote on a resolution authorizing the sale of an additional liquor consumption license in town. The township has the ability to sell two additional consumption licenses, though a resolution calls for only one to be sold. A consumption license is the type held by a restaurant in order to serve liquor; liquor stores use a different type of license, known as a distribution license. 

In 2012, the township scuttled a plan to sell a distribution license, citing a soft market.

The council will also consider the introduction of an ordinance to define what determines whether a property in Brick can be considered abandoned, and procedures that should be followed once an abandoned property is identified.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the township municipal complex.