were bagged Tuesday after the
Mayor and Council decided to re-
peal the ordinance, leading Mayor
Rick Meehan to promise to op-
pose paid parking on city streets
in the future.
dinance 2013-10 that enacted
new areas of paid parking to bring
in additional revenue and help
close a budget gap. Councilmem-
bers Dennis Dare, Doug Cymek,
Lloyd Martin, Mary Knight and Joe
Mitrecic voted in favor of the park-
ing ordinance and Brent Ashley
and Margaret Pillas were oppos-
ed.
of the east side of the Public
Safety Parking Lot between 65th
and 66th streets, City Hall Parking
Lot, on the west side of Philadel-
phia Avenue between North Divi-
sion Street and South 1st Street,
49th Street ocean block, 131st
Street from Coastal Highway to
Sinepuxent Avenue, and 146th
Street ocean block.
dominium owners on 146th Street
as well as from Nolen Graves, the
owner of the Crab Bag on 131st
together with the recently organ-
ized group of Ocean City Taxpay-
ers for Social Justice (OCTSJ),
along with former Councilman
Vince Gisriel, and began petition
efforts to place a referendum on a
ballet on the new areas of paid
parking.
Bradford presented the results of
the petition for referendum of
Ordinance 2013-10.
signature petition for referendum
of Ordinance 2013-10. The Board
of Elections convened Wednes-
day, Aug. 21, and Thursday, Aug.
22, to review the petition signa-
tures.
registered voters, five rejected sig-
natures and 32 duplicate signa-
tures. There were 1,648 valid sig-
natures.
2012 Municipal Election. The
charter of the Town of Ocean City
requires a petition acquire 40 per-
cent, or 1,226 signatures, of the
number of voters in the most re-
cent general election for the peti-
tion to be valid.