The approval of Resolution 2019-49 awarding a hotel liquor license to Baldwin Residence LLC, trading as Hotel LBI, by the Ship Bottom Borough Council at its March meeting was a formality. By state statute, a municipality may issue a hotel/motel liquor license to any hotel/motel that qualifies, Kathleen Wells, borough clerk, said during the March 26 meeting.

“It’s an exception to the population cap,” she said prior to the public hearing on the liquor license application being opened to the…