[Amended 11-11-1980 by Ord. No. 1406; 6-27-1983 by Ord. No. 1594]
A. The Township has heretofore acquired by deed the following beach
along the shore front at Leonardo in the Township, particularly described
as follows:
(1) All that tract of land bounded on the north by Raritan Bay, also
known as Sandy Hook Bay; on the east by Benton Avenue; on the west
by the street leading to the beach; and on the south by the northerly
side of Burlington Avenue, being the same premises described on the
deed from Mardean Realty Company to the Township, dated April 16,
1938, and recorded in the Monmouth County Clerk's office in Book 1766,
page 85, etc., as well as all riparian rights found in Book 1766,
page 95, etc.
[Amended 8-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-2479]
(2) Also all that beach known as the Dempsey Beach located on the easterly
side of Leonardo Harbor as described and contained in the deed from
Michael J. Dempsey and Mary Dempsey, his wife, dated April 25, 1939,
and recorded in the Monmouth County Clerk's office in Book 1792, page
216, as shown on the Official Tax Map of the Township of Middletown
as Block 2003, Lot 1.
(3) Also all that beach located on the Raritan Bay as shown on a subdivision
map of Mardean, north of Florence Avenue, made by Frank Osborn, Surveyor,
Middletown, New Jersey, February 20, 1912, and more specifically described
in the deed recorded in Book 1766, on page 89, etc., as shown on the
Official Tax Map of the Township of Middletown as Block 2002, Lot
1.
B. The Township has expended large sums of money in maintaining and
protecting said beach.