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Meehan clears up R-1A role
Fourth another big bang
Says it will have no affect on other zones
By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (July 10, 2015) Only time will tell if keeping a hot topic on ice will make it any hotter. Despite a significant, organized turnout from local Realtors at Monday’s meeting, the City Council did not formally discuss the R-1A zoning proposal that they have steadfastly opposed and which was forwarded to the council almost a month ago by the city’s Planning And Zoning Commission. Citing the fact that a full transcript of the commission’s public hearing had not yet been prepared, Mayor Rick Meehan told the assembled public – both supporters and detractors of proposed measure – that the measure is under consideration, but not yet up for council debate. “We’re not prepared to deliberate on that this evening, but we will be,” Meehan said. The legislation, as supported by the planning commission, would create a new zoning classification to be dubbed R-1A that would further limit the existing R-1 single-family residential land See MAYOR page 8
Resort has program down for this holiday
PHOTO COURTESY DANIELE HALEY
JULY 4 DOWNTOWN The view from the Belmont Towers on Dorchester Street and the Boardwalk shows the crowds getting ready to settle in to view Ocean City’s Fourth of July fireworks display. The fuse was lit a little early because of approaching rain.
Raze and rebuild plan for Bdwk’s Royalton Hotel Major structural issues to be addressed with help of grant
By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (July 10, 2015) Although actual work will not start until the fall, the Ocean City Development Corporation is planning to help finance a tear-down and reconstruction of the Royalton Hotel, a landmark Boardwalk property at 11th Street that dates back to the 1920s. This week, the City Council signed on to an application from the OCDC to the State of Maryland for See OCDC page 5
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By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (July 10, 2015) There isn’t much – even the constant threat of rain – that can hold up the mighty combination of the Fourth of July and a summer Saturday happening at the same time. With a strong June leading to high ex- ‘Ocean City pectais getting the tions, the whole Fourth Fourth of July was of July thing reported down pat to be a fiwith the nancial traffic and success for the the parking.’ city, de– Danny s p i t e Robinson m a n y businesses missing the midweek boost that comes with the holiday falling elsewhere. “We had a solid weekend, no records broken, but a good, solid weekend,” said Shenanigan’s owner Greg Shockley. “The Fourth on a Saturday is okay, but it’s usually better on a weekday. At this point in the summer, our See HOLIDAY page 6
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