Members

Meeting Info

2024 Board of Trustees Meetings

The Semi-Annual and Annual Meetings will take place at 9:00 am at the Ocean Beach Volunteer Firehouse located at 40 Kittiwake Avenue, Lavallette, NJ.
2024 Semi-Annual Meeting – Saturday, June 1, 2024
2024 Annual Membership Meeting – Saturday, October 26, 2024

From January to May 2024, and then again from October to December, Board of Trustee Meetings will be held on Thursday’s at 8:00 PM via Zoom. Members are also invited to attend in-person at the Club Office.

From June to September, meetings will take place on Friday’s at 8:00 PM via Zoom. Members are also invited to attend in person at the Club Office.

Emails with dial-in information will be sent out to members a few days prior to the monthly meetings. Dates are subject to change, so check back often.

  • Thursday, January 11, 2024 – Meeting Minutes
  • Thursday, February 8, 2024 – Meeting Minutes
  • Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Emergency Meeting, Sale of OB3 Office Building – Meeting Minutes
  • Monday, March 4, 2024 Special Membership Meeting and Vote to Sell OB3 Office Building – Meeting Minutes
  • Thursday, March 14, 20424 – Meeting Minutes
  • Thursday, April 11, 2024
  • Thursday, May 9, 2024
  • Saturday, June 1, 2024 Annual Spring Membership Meeting
  • Friday, June 14, 2024
  • Friday, July 12, 2024
  • Friday, August 9, 2024
  • Friday, September 13, 2024
  • Thursday, October 10, 2024
  • Saturday, October 26, 2024 Annual Fall Membership Meeting
  • Thursday, November 14, 2024
  • Thursday, December 12, 2024


Meeting Minutes Archive Prior Year Meetings

2024 Spring Membership Meeting – June 1, 2024

The Board of Trustees of the Ocean Beach and Bay Club will hold the 2024 Spring Membership Meeting at the Ocean Beach Firehouse, 40 Kittiwake Avenue, Lavallette, NJ on Saturday, June 1 at 9:00 AM. Members attended this meeting in person or by Zoom. A Zoom invitation was sent via e-mail to prior to the June 1 meeting.

Voting Info & Results

How to Vote by Mail/Email

Sufficient information and explanations will be available on the website prior to any election for Ocean Beach & Bay Club. Voting will be held using the software program, “Simply Voting.”   For the 2024 Spring Meeting, members will receive their ballot via the email on file at the OB3 Office unless they have indicated that they prefer to receive US Mail.

Voting results from the March 4, 2024 Special Membership Meeting on the sale of the OB3 Clubhouse, click here.

2023 Fall Membership Meeting Voting Ballots, Budget and Voting Results

Voting Results from Prior Meetings

  • 2022 End of Season Social Survey Results: Thank you to those who participated in the End of Season Social Survey for 2022. You can view all members input, and responses from our Board Members by clicking on the link above.

Click Here for Previous Voting results

The Blue Book

This Ocean Beach & Bay Club Blue Book should need no introduction as it has been our trustworthy guidebook since 1951.

Our Certificate of Incorporation is dated September 22, 1951, and soon thereafter the first edition of our documents was printed with a blue cover. There are a few copies still in existence with several resolutions stapled and pasted to the back cover.

There was a reprint in June 2005, with our whale logo on a blue cover. When the supply ran out, copies were printed in black and white; but it was still called the Blue Book. On October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey shores causing devastation in Ocean Beach III and resulting in many updates to our documents.

Through the history of Ocean Beach & Bay Club, scores of Trustees and members have contributed to the Blue Book, the book with no ending, as it is forever changing. Know the contents, refer to it often, and let the Blue Book continue to serve our wonderful community with changes, revisions and amendments for many years to come.

Any Member in good standing may make a motion to propose a change to our existing bylaws, or propose new bylaws. The motion must be seconded by another member in good standing. Proposed changes will be voted on by the community at the Semi-Annual Meeting in the spring, and at the Annual Meeting in the fall. If you would like to propose a new bylaw, or a change to an existing bylaw, complete the Bylaw Change Request Form and email it to info@oceanbeach3.org. Proposed changes must be received no later than 3 weeks before the date of the next Semi-Annual or Annual meeting.

Click Here for the Online Blue Book

Budgets & Audits

Budget and Audit details can be requested by members in good standing. Our office staff will email the information in the form of a PDF document. Please use our Contact Form to request the information.

Pay 2024 Annual Membership Dues

To pay your 2024 annual membership dues, click here.

 

Beach Badges

Each cottage receives 8 beach badges. Additional season badges can be purchased for $175 per badge. Badges are only distributed to members in good standing who have no violations or payments outstanding. Member badges will be distributed on June 8 and 9, 2024 at the Barn, located at the north end of the bay beach. The Beach opens on June 15. When you pick up your badge, please plan to provide personal identification.

Contact the office for Renters badges. Never give Member badges to renters.

Each cottage will receive ONE (1) parking hang tag to display on your rear-view mirror when parking in OB3 parking areas with the distribution of badges. Due to limited parking, no additional parking hang tags can be purchased.

Trash & Recycling

  • From Memorial Day to Labor Day: Trash pickup is every Monday and Thursday. After a holiday, pickup will be the following day.
  • Recycling is every Friday. All recycling materials must be separated from the trash. 
  • After Labor Day: Trash pickup is every Monday. Recycling is every other Monday. Click here to access the Toms River Public Works website for additional information.
  • Please make sure garbage is placed within trash bags, and placed inside a garbage can with a sealed lid. Cans must be rolled out to the end of your driveway by 7:00 AM on pick-up days. On Mondays, the OB3 Street Grader is scheduled for 12:00 PM, so please make sure to bring your trash cans in off the street before noon.
  • You can also download the Recycle Coach App
    Android
    Apple

Construction Information

Please complete and send these forms to the Club Office.

Minor Construction – Use this application for all exterior alterations such as new windows, siding, doors, bulkheads, fences, demolition etc.

Major Construction – Use this application for Construction that requires review by our Professional Planner, including but not limited to House Raising & New Construction. Includes a description of the process.

Road Opening Permit Application – Ocean Beach & Bay Club (OBBC) requires a permit for any work involving vehicles over 26,000 Gross Pounds traveling on its paved roads, or work involving excavating any road within OBBC. Complete and return with your major construction application.

Holds Harmless – complete and return with your major construction application

JCP&L Guidelines –  on New Construction or Rebuilding in a Designated Flood Zone.

Hardship Exemption –  A Hardship is not an extension.  A Hardship is a Hardship. Please complete and return the Hardship Application.

Your submission is complete when the Club receives the following:

  • Completed Application
  • 4 point pictures of your house and lot
  • $200 Escrow fee

Applications & Forms

Member Application
Beach Badge Application
Boat Basin Application
Kayak Application
Kayak FAQs
Kayak Liability Release
Employment Application
Lifeguard Physical Requirements
Guest Parking Application
Confidentiality Agreement
Fees Due Upon Transfer of Cottage Ownership/Lease

How to Request Club Documents

  • Members in good standing may request club documents.
  • Please send a written request (or Email) to the club office and describe the requested documents.
  • The club will respond in 10 days or less to your request.
  • The fee for documents is $1.00 per page. If you would like to know the total fee prior to the club preparing the document, please include that in your initial written request.
  • Requests for personnel matters, litigation matters, or topics considered advisory, consultative, or deliberative require authorization from the Board of Trustees and therefore may require more time to obtain necessary approvals