The Ship Bottom Borough Council recently authorized the borough land use board to begin a preliminary investigation into whether the Long Beach Island Grade School property qualifies as an area for condemnation redevelopment.

Citing a New Jersey statute, the council adopted Resolution 2024-33 at its Jan. 3 reorganization meeting, reading, in part, “the mayor and council sees that in the best interest of the borough and residents to authorize the preliminary investigation of the property as a…