LIDO Asbury Park
1201 Ocean Ave (115 Fourth / 150 Fifth), between 4th & 5th, ocean side
WRP allocation vs. current evidence
- 2019 WRP chart line
- Old 177 tentative
- Mapping confidence
- B (recorded bridge: No)
- WRP units
- 130
- Current proposed/approved units
- 112
- WRP height
- 3-8 story streetwalls; maximum 130 ft
- Built / proposed height
- Under construction: 3-8 story streetwalls; maximum 130 ft
- WRP parking
- 2 levels
- Built / proposed parking
- Under construction: 237
Key documents & why they matter
- 01January 11, 2023
Resolution 2022-492 — Authorizing the LIDO Subsequent Developer Agreement
City Council authorizes Asbury Partners to enter a Subsequent Developer Agreement with Somerset Asbury Park Urban Renewal, LLC. This is the municipal act that unlocks the LIDO SDA and everything downstream.
Open document - 02January 25, 2023
Original LIDO Subsequent Developer Agreement
The controlling contract for the block: parties, parcel, project scope, permitted density, height, uses, and public-facing obligations (including the Wonder Bar parking plan). Every later amendment is scored against this baseline.
Open document - 03August 21, 2023
Planning Board Resolution PB-2023-02 (signed executed copy)
The signed executed Planning Board approval of the original preliminary and final major site plan and minor subdivision: 155 apartments, 9,390 sf of commercial space, 270 parking spaces, 130'-0" building height. This is the land-use approval Somerset held before the amendment.
Open document - 04November 20, 2024
Clarke Caton Hintz — Planning Board Memo on the LIDO Amendment
The Planning Board's own planners walk through every change from the 2023 approval — unit count, unit mix, parking, commercial area, stoop-access units, façade, mezzanines, bike room. This memo is the neutral scoresheet for the amendment.
Open document - 05November 15, 2024
Leon S. Avakian — Engineering Review Letter on the LIDO Amendment
Board engineer's technical review (site engineering, drainage, utilities, circulation) filed for the December 2, 2024 hearing. Read alongside the CCH memo for the full pre-hearing record.
Open document - 06January 27, 2025
Amended Planning Board Resolution — LIDO (signed executed copy)
The memorialized amended site plan approval: 112 apartments, ~8,450 sf of commercial space, 237 parking spaces, same 130'-0" height. This is the currently-approved land-use envelope for the project.
Open document - 07April 22, 2026
Resolution 2026-190 and Fifth Amendment to the LIDO SDA
The most recent Council action on the SDA — the Fifth Amendment package, touching Wonder Bar parking, construction crane, and related construction logistics. Latest word from the City on this block.
Open document - 082023–2026
Index of Public Meeting Recordings
Direct YouTube links to every recorded LIDO Planning Board and City Council hearing (May 2023, July 2023, August 2023, January 2025, April 2026), plus the official APTV playlists. Includes a note on the December 2, 2024 recording gap.
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What changed: 2023 approval → 2025 amendment
Source: CCH memo, Nov 20, 2024Every row below is drawn directly from the Planning Board's own planning consultant's memo comparing the memorialized 2023 approval to the amended application.
| Metric | 2023 approval | 2025 amendment | Source note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwelling units | 155 apartments | 112 apartments | CCH memo, item a. |
| Unit mix | Predominantly 1- and 2-bedroom | Adds 15 four-bedroom units; reduces 1- and 2-bedroom count | CCH memo, item b. |
| Commercial floor area | 9,390 sf | ~8,450 sf, combined into one contiguous space | CCH memo, item g. |
| Parking spaces | 270 spaces (internal parking structure) | 237 spaces | CCH memo, Application Summary + item h. |
| Building height | 130'-0" | 130'-0" (unchanged) | CCH memo, item k. |
| Stoop-access units — Kingsley Street | 5 | 2 | Two ground-floor units removed to accommodate electric transformer/electrical rooms. CCH memo, item d. |
| Stoop-access units — Fourth Avenue | 5 | 4 | Easternmost unit modified from 3-BR with porch to 2-BR with internal access only. CCH memo, item e. |
| Stoop-access units — Fifth Avenue | 4 | 3 | CCH memo, item f. |
| Ocean Avenue residential entrance | Present | Eliminated | CCH memo, item g. |
| Four-story addition adjoining Wonder Bar | None | Added (12' × 50' ground floor, 12' × 22' floors 2–4; top forms 5th-floor roof terrace) | CCH memo, item i. |
| Penthouse mezzanine floor area | 17,802 sf | 16,754 sf | CCH memo, item l. |
| Bike room | Adjacent to resident storage near Ocean Ave entrance | Original room eliminated; location/capacity flagged for applicant to confirm | CCH memo, item n. |
Public meeting recordings
- May 15, 2023
- July 17, 2023
- August 21, 2023
- January 27, 2025
- April 22, 2026
Recording gap · A direct recording URL for the December 2, 2024 amended-application hearing was not located through the indexed search. It should be checked against the official APTV Planning Board playlist by date; if absent, it belongs in an OPRA request.