It will take another Ship Bottom Land Use Board meeting before a final decision is rendered on a new application by the ownership of Hotel LBI. That was the determination after a two-hour-plus special meeting June 6 that saw more testimony on behalf of the hotal, including comments from Ship Bottom business owners and the chief executive officer of the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce.

“Tourism for us is very competitive. It takes a lot of work to get people to come, to spend money.