Ocean City Council Makes Final Decision On Overnight Parking Changes

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Ocean City Council unanimously approved a proposed ordinance that relaxes its restrictions on overnight parking. The ordinance reduces the amount of time overnight parking is prohibited by two hours in an effort to help some downtown businesses that open early in the morning.

Overnight parking will now be prohibited from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m., instead of 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. This helps some businesses that open before 7 a.m. Customers are forced to park elsewhere before 7 a.m., and those businesses may lose clients altogether due to the ban.

Location changes include:

• Asbury Avenue, from 6th Street to 14th Street, instead of 6th to 12th;
• Eighth Street, from West Avenue to the boardwalk. Currently, parking is prohibited in the early morning along the entire length of Eighth Street;
• Parking on Asbury Avenue from North Street to 17th Street will no longer be prohibited; and
• The prohibition on parking of commercial vehicles between 6th and 10th streets from June 1-Oct. 1 of each year would no longer be in effect.

Parking will still be prohibited for the entire length of 9th Street. There is no change to this part of the ordinance, outside the time change. Council approved the proposal with a 7-0 vote. It had passed by the same tally when passed on June 8.

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