The future of the shuttered Gillian's Wonderland Pier in Ocean City is up in the air after City Council voted against a plan to develop the area into a high-rise hotel resort.

Eustace Mita, owner of Wonderland Pier in Ocean City, New Jersey, told NBC10 that he will sell the property after the city council voted "no" to designate it as an "area in need of rehabilitation."

Several beaches in the Northeast have closed to swimmers for the week as Hurricane Eric begins to travel closer to the U.S.

Standing on the music pier Thursday morning listening to the percussive sounds of white caps stirred by Hurricane Erin crashing on pilings and storm drain pipes, they watched in wonder and hoped that any flooding would kindly avoid the house on 27th Street they bought 30 years ago.

City council members in Ocean City, New Jersey, are set to vote this week on the future of the former Gillian's Wonderland Pier.

A NEXT Weather Alert is in effect at the Jersey Shore due to high winds and waves, flooding risks and other factors associated with the passing Hurricane Erin. Meteorologist Kate Bilo breaks down all the impacts as the hurricane tracks hundreds of miles off the East Coast.