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Signs to warn crowds about rowdy behavior Council backtracks from restrictive law for car event partiers
PHOTO COURTESY DAVID COLEMAN
DOWNTOWN FIRE A fire on St. Louis Avenue, across from De Lazy Lizard, broke out last Friday, Sept. 18, around 1 a.m. The fire originated on the second floor, and displaced two ground-floor tenants. The city fire marshal’s office continues to investigate the blaze, one of several in the downtown bayside area over the past year.
By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Sept. 25, 2015) The City Council passed final versions this week of ordinances intended to control the resort’s automotive-related events through restricted trailer parking and mandatory posting of signs. Both ordinances are significantly less restrictive than what city officials had originally proposed several weeks ago – new laws that would have outright banned on-street trailer parking, as well as any sort of congregation by spectators in private parking lots and landscaping areas required under the city’s zoning and business li-
censing codes. However, objections from the business community resulted in the resort’s elected officials backing off from the idea of giving the Ocean City Police Department new powers over private property. “The public asked us to look for ways to do this that were already on the books and we found a way to do that,” said Councilman Wayne Hartman. Despite the apparent perception in City Hall that police were not allowed to address rowdy behavior on private property, word from City Solicitor Guy Ayres two weeks ago clarified that state law already prohibits creating a disturbance in a “public place,” which includes publicly accessible areas of private property, under the See CITY Page 3
Bike Week mostly tame, highly profitable course, the Ocean City Police Department indicated that service demand during this year’s motorcycle rally was up only slightly over last year, and actually down compared to 2013. “With the exception of a few motor vehicle collisions early in the weekend, we saw yet another successful and safe Bike Week with no significant criminal events,” said OCPD Public Information Specialist Lindsay Richard. The most significant incident was motorcycle-vs.-
Police report fewer violations, citations than in earlier years
By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Sept. 25, 2015) Ocean City seems to have chalked up another successful Delmarva Bike Week and OC BikeFest, both in terms of participant turnout and workload on local emergency responders. Despite a few significant traffic collisions, which have almost become par for the
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pedestrian collision last Friday night at 28th Street and Coastal Highway, Richard said. One person was evacuated by helicopter, but is expected to survive. “There were a few serious injuries over the weekend, but none that have been reported as life-threatening,” Richard said. Businesses reported a brisk weekend, with OC BikeFest organizers estimating that the event brought roughly 180,000 attendees to the reSee MULTIPLE Page 4
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