Long Beach Township’s board of commissioners has approved, on first reading, an ordinance that would add a zoning permit requirement to install landscaping that exceeds 12 inches in height in any “setback area or right-of-way adjacent to an improved roadway, private easement roadway and/or an unimproved roadway at street ends relating to oceanfront properties.” Ordinance 24-05C adds a permit fee of $50 and amends Chapters 107 and 205 of the township code.

Mayor Joseph Mancini said during the municipal meeting on Monday, Feb.