More than two years after first appearing on the Ship Bottom Municipal Court docket, borough officials approved a settlement agreement in the case of dune clear-cutting at a new oceanfront construction site on 17th Street in December 2019.

Ship Bottom officials had issued three complaints against homeowner Hasim Sujak, MMC Construction Management Co. of Linden and Greenwood Tree Service Inc. of West Creek regarding alleged cutting of trees and vegetation on the borough dune on or about Dec.