Several Point Pleasant Residents Object To Clark's Landing Plans For New Banquet Hall

POINT PLEASANT — Residents who live near a proposed new banquet facility for Clark's Landing told Planning Board members recently said the plans would bring more noise, parking and traffic, according to the Ocean Star.

Peter Gapp, who lives in a nearby condominium complex, said the expansion he and his wife were attracted to area because of the water views.

“The attractive part of this unit is ... it faces the Manasquan River, so pretty much anywhere on that side we have a perfect view of the water and a perfect view of the marina,” he told board members at a recent meeting.

The current footprint is a two-story building with a first-floor restaurant and a banquet facility upstairs. Also on the site is a split-level building with a marine sales office and a garage/story area.

The plans call for the removal of the secondary building and the construction of a two-story banquet hall and reception/cocktail area, which would house the marine sales office.

The proposed application would exacerbate existing noise and traffic problems and could lower the value of nearby homes, Gapp said.

“It would be doubling the amount of cars coming in and out of there ... double the buses [and] people coming in and out of there," he said. "Trash [would] be overflowing, we actually have the odor of trash receptacles all day ... so ... that is exactly why we are opposing this,”

Sylvia Ferrie, who also lives in the condominium complex, said the units were marketed and sold for their "vista view."

“Being at the unit I am, I see the activities and ... more people coming through would totally destroy the quality of life."

George Truesdale, president of Clark’s Landing, said after the meeting he questions some of Gapp's testimony.

“I think [Mr. Gapp] led the board astray and I think what’s going to happen at the next meeting is our attorney is going to ask Mr. Gapp questions about all the statements he made and all these things are going to come out as untrue,” Mr. Truesdale said.
The hearing on the Clark’s Landing application will continue at the board’s Dec. 22 meeting at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall.

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Image: Clark's Landing