The public trust doctrine refers to the common-law principle that a state holds, in trust for the people, ownership, dominion and sovereignty over tidally flowed lands extending to the mean high water mark

Law Lessons from Susko v. Borough of Belmar, __ N.J. Super. __ (App. Div. 2019), Docket No. A-3059-16T2, April 22, 2019: The public trust doctrine refers to the common-law principle that a state holds, “`in trust for the people,'” “`ownership, dominion and sovereignty’ over tidally flowed lands” extending to the mean high water mark. City of Long Branch v. Liu, 203 N.J. 464, 474-76 (2010) (quoting Matthews v. Bay Head Improvement Ass’n, 95 N.J. 306, 316-17 (1984)). Accord Borough of Neptune City v. Borough of Avon-By-The-Sea, 61 N.J. 296, 303-04 (1972) (stating that “land covered by tidal waters belonged to the sovereign, but for the common use of all the people”). The public trust doctrine guarantees the public’s right to reasonable access to the trust lands. Raleigh Ave. Beach Ass’n v. Atlantis Beach Club, Inc., 185 N.J. 40, 51-55 (2005). “[W]ithout access the doctrine has no meaning.” Id. at 53…

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