Prior to its regular meeting on March 12, the Barnegat Light Borough Council spent the half-hour caucus meeting discussing a new proposed requirement to raise residential and commercial structures 5 additional feet above base flood elevation.

Mayor Kirk Larson recapped a conference call he and Councilman James Gutowski had with DEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette, a floodplain official and municipal leaders regarding the proposed 14-foot BFE for newly constructed, reconstructed (or renovated more…