In part, a ruling by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, affirmed, reversed and remanded a prior court’s decision ratifying the Ship Bottom Land Use Board’s approval of a use variance to the owners of the former CVS Pharmacy at the Causeway Circle, where a family-style entertainment center is planned.

The initial legal proceeding stems from the April 2019 actions of a majority of the land use board, which agreed Wainwright Amusement LLC met the criteria for a use variance at…