After roughly six hours of testimony over two meetings weeks apart and concessions by the applicant, the Ship Bottom Land Use Board unanimously approved revised plans to bring bayside dining and entertainment to the borough.

“Our intention is this is not going to be another Boatyard. You can’t have two Boatyards. It doesn’t work in a business plan,” applicant Chris Vernon said June 3. “Our intention here is to have a totally different experience.”