Ocean City Council Moves Forward On Municipal Fees, Atlantic City Electric Poles

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Ocean City Council approved a pair of ordinances on introduction Thursday night, including one for a utility easement at 500 Boardwalk and one to make multiple changes to existing municipal fees.

The city is looking to do some reconstruction work, including paving, on the property it owns at 500 Boardwalk. During this work, Atlantic City Electric will be on hand to move some of its poles around as necessary.

During preliminary project discussions, the city and the electric company discovered there are currently existing poles on the property that aren’t currently subject to an easement agreement, but should be. Those poles are included in these plans, a diagram of which is posted in the Agenda Packet.

As far as the proposal concerning municipal fees is concerned, Ocean City Solicitor Dorothy McCrosson said the fees ordinance hadn’t been updated for several years. The proposal presented Thursday night was the second proposal brought before city council in the last few months, and the first one this calendar year.

Changes include increasing the dog license fee from $4 to $5.80, and charging $200 for the use of the Music Pier for a wedding or civil service ceremony by a small group for up to 90 minutes. Any event over 90 minutes would come with an overtime charge of $60 an hour.

For the full list of changes, view the Agenda Packet.

The public hearing and final vote on both proposals will take place at the city council meeting on Thursday, March 9, 7 p.m. at City Hall.

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