OCEAN CITY — With Worcester considering relaxing design standards for new commercial development along the Route 50 corridor, resort officials this week urged striking a balance between maintaining the Lower Eastern Shore architectural style while encouraging new businesses.
During his quarterly report to the Mayor and Council on Tuesday, County Commissioner Joe Mitrecic said the county was on the verge of holding a public hearing on proposed changes in the design standards on new development along the gateway to Ocean City. In 1997, in advance of an anticipated development boom along the Route 50 corridor, the County Commissioners approved strict guidelines to ensure new commercial projects fit into the Eastern Shore vernacular and the guidelines were updated in 2004.
On Monday, Mitrecic told the Mayor and Council the county commissioners were prepared to hold a public hearing on the proposed revised guidelines and indeed on Tuesday the commissioner voted to approve the public sessions. Mitrecic said the proposed changes were designed to maintain a balance between sensible design standards for new projects while encouraging future development.
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If the plan doesn't include widening Rte50 and sufficient free parking for the expected customer base, it should be denied! Let's do it right once!
Too late 6:53pm...the boom started years ago with the new Hotels staking claim as well as Big chain restaurants. It will be interesting to watch the next several years any additional "boom" from the route 90 (route 50) intermix into OC how that builds out. Rent is "mucho" cheaper outside the island than in - hence the HUGE boom of real estate and commercial over the last 7 years.
City Hall must be beside itself with several "tenants" moving into West OC than stay on the island. I mean how many Sunsations can one have. This ISN'T Myrtle Beach...yet.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
They want to make it easier to over develop Rt 50. Who are they doing this for, the people or the developers? Make it easier to turn Rt 50 into a cluttered cookie-cutter landscape of lame corporate businesses. Thanks Mitrecic you fat cow, whose pocket is your hand in?
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