After an investigation into the code enforcement performed on Hotel LBI prior to its May 2019 opening, the New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs’ Office of Regulatory Affairs has determined the hotel’s temporary certificate of occupancy was improperly awarded and issued a letter of reprimand to the former construction official in Ship Bottom. 

Susan Kilcheski was made aware of the investigation’s findings and her reprimand in a June 14 letter from Terence Luckie, supervisor for the Office of…