OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials this week advanced an ordinance requiring registered participants in vehicle-related special events to purchase a permit for parking oversized trailers on certain city streets, but not before a spirited debate about where and on whom the new law should be enforced.
As part of the ongoing effort to rein in some of the behavior associated with the vehicle-related special events in the resort, including but not limited to the spring and fall Cruisin’ events and Bike Week, for example, the Mayor and Council last fall proposed an ordinance allowing only those officially registered for the events to purchase a permit and sticker to park oversized trailers on certain city streets. The sticker would have to be prominently displayed on the trailer and those “hangers on” not registered for the event would not be allowed to purchase them.
The intent of the ordinance change is to curb some of the parking of oversized trailers all over the resort during the special event weekends, some of which cause traffic obstructions and other public safety concerns, and others that take up several public parking spots. In the months since, the Police Commission has tweaked and reworked the ordinance several times and a near finished product was presented to the Mayor and Council by OCPD Chief Ross Buzzuro and Captain Kevin Kirstein on Tuesday.
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now you will see a big drop in cruise in cars and people coming to the resort. this is a money making tax on behalf of the town console, put no parking signs on Baltimore ave. and in enforce it. after 13 yrs. of attending the cruise ins I check I will not see all of the fellow cars friends I have met over the yrs, because of the power of towns people . springfest and fallfest vendors will also need to buy the $50.00 trailer permit to park in city limits right?????
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