Insistent concerns about a proposed zoning ordinance on new setbacks for multifamily dwellings left the matter tabled during the March borough council meeting in Barnegat Light. Not introduced was a proposal to require 10 more feet of front setback in the general business and marine commercial zone for new multifamily properties or when the buildings are replaced.

Criticism came from the audience that the proposal amounted to taking land and “devaluing” properties.