Brick Neighborhood Gets Relief from Fee Woes

Camp Osborne residents had to jump through hoops under previous zoning laws

Camp Osborne is a unique neighborhood in town – and not just because of its quiet, skinny streets that run from the ocean to the bay. The neighborhood, just south of Bayview Park and Brick Beach III, is a cooperative, meaning residents own their homes, but not necessarily the land on which they are built. The arrangement works out just fine – until, however, a homeowner wants to make repairs or renovations to their home. Under long-standing township zoning laws, residents often had to endure an arduous regulatory process to make the simplest of upgrades, such as replacing windows, Councilman Michael Thulen said recently. "To get a permit, you had to jump through so many hoops, it wasn't funny," said Thulen. Even worse, when a site survey …

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