Following four hours of testimony from the applicant, project professionals and the public, the Ship Bottom Land Use Board carried an application that would transform the Hochstrasser’s Marina site into a dining and entertainment venue along the bayfront in Ship Bottom while keeping 72 existing boat slips.

“The fact is that once the board sees everything before (them), I am going to require the board to open this back up to the public to have more public comment,” Joseph Coronato, board…