Belmar Among Highest At Shore For Parking Tickets

The worst thing that can happen during a visit at the Jersey Shore is rain.

But there's one thing that's pretty darn close: Getting a parking ticket.

And, man, when you get a parking ticket at the Jersey Shore, don't think it will disappear – like the rain eventually does – if you don't pay. It will haunt you forever.

First you'll get a letter. Then another letter. And another. Next thing you know, if you don't pay, there's a summons.

Now there's a place to go where you can find out where you'll most likely get a ticket at the Jersey Shore, provided by nj.com (see list below).

Asbury Park leads the way. Point Pleasant Beach and Belmar were in the top 10. Manasquan was 29th.

For the second straight year, nj.com said, Asbury Park finished at the top of the list of Jersey Shore towns most likely to give you a parking ticket. The city issued more than 30,000 parking tickets over a one-year period, eclipsing last year's total by 1,100.

City Manager Michael Capabianco sought to allay people's fears when he talked to the publication. "We try to make this as easy as possible. There's a parking app on phone," he told nj.com. "We don't want to give tickets. The goal is to get people in and out because it increases retail. It's the cost of doing business these days."

Here is a ranked list of the top 10 towns that give out the most parking tickets, according to nj.com:

1. Asbury Park
2. Seaside Heights
3. Seaside Park
4. Bradley Beach
5. Wildwood
6. Cape May
7. North Wildwood
8. Point Pleasant Beach
9. Belmar
10. Allenhurst

Click here to see a complete list of Jersey Shore towns, and how they're all ranked in terms of issuing parking tickets.

Point Pleasant Patch photo