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August 2, 2013
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Sea Shell City stands.
"My concern is that the vehicles
that come down West Atlantic, there
is nowhere to turn unless it is in
someone's driveway, and there is
nowhere to park unless you have a
tag," she said.
Serio stated it is people like
Widdowson who need to approach
Town Hall and the new parking com-
mittee to share their concerns.
"It is the same problem, it is noth-
ing new, it is always something
here, it has always been an argu-
ment, and it will never stop. We just
have to make it better and do the
best we can do," she said.
McFaul pointed out Ropewalk is
in the process of working with the
town to have a shuttle service run-
ning between the Dagsboro St. lot
and the restaurant to transport
Ropewalk patrons.
"There are not sidewalks every-
where so we are working with the
town to have a shuttle that is agree-
able with the town," he said. "There
are different rules in the book, so they
[Town of Fenwick Island] are looking
into it and in the meantime we are do-
ing valet to help with concerns."
According to McFaul, the restau-
rant valets an average of 50 cars
per night. McFaul and his business
partners have four other restaurants
in both Baltimore City and Bel Air.
"For 18 years I have been going to
meetings over parking ... we are will-
ing to work and team up to come up
with anything we can do," he said.
... Fenwick Parking Concerns Grow
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"Ropewalk Parking" that had to be
removed. Next they posted smaller
metal signs, "No Beach Parking,
Ropewalk Parking Only" and those
had to be removed as well due to
Fenwick code that doesn't allow
business signage to be posted at
any other location besides the loca-
tion of the business.
Ropewalk has considered con-
structing a Ropewalk T-shirt shop at
the lot on Dagsboro Street, where
merchandise can be sold and park-
ing signage could be installed.
In the meantime, the code allows
for signage to permanently be post-
ed on a vehicle to deem the lot as
Ropewalk parking but some neigh-
bors have found a problem with that
as well.
"Everyone wants us to have it
where it is, just Ropewalk parking,
but if it doesn't say that then it is
hard to do," McFaul said.
Fenwick property owner Lynn
Widdowson voiced her concern ov-
er vehicle congestion on West At-
lantic Avenue.
"I like the Ropewalk, and I go all
the time with my family, but traffic on
West Atlantic is unsafe. It is danger-
ous for people who walk with their
children or walking their dogs. It is a
dead end street," she said.
Widdowson suggested having
West Atlantic Avenue become a res-
ident-only street, and instead have
Ropewalk traffic enter on the north
side of West Bayard Street where