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THE OCEAN CITY SENTINEL-LEDGER
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"Bill" and all his associates, exemplify
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SPRING EDITION -1977
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97th year No. 1 Telephone 399-5411 OCEAN GITV. NEW JERSEY. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1977
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Sign or awning?
When is
awning a sign
When is an awning an awning
and when does it become a
sign? That's a question the City
Commissioners will have to
answer in the near future or
face the possibility of becoming
involved in another legal
hassle.
The whole issue came to light
recently when two realtors
located next door to each other
in the 1200 block of Bay av. got
involved in a dispute over the
erection of a new awning in
front of D'Arcy Real Estate.
The awning contains D'Arcy's
name and next door neighbor
realtor Franklin- Williams
Court case averted
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contends that the new awning is
really a sign.
Building Inspector William
Whiting said he has had other
problems with the City's new
sign ordinance which ' was
adopted in 1971 to control the
spread of large and unattractive
signs throughout the
City. The new law stipulates
that a sign cannot be located
more than 10. inches from the
side of a building.
This has caused all sorts of
problems for the building inspector
since store fronts with
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Master plan needed
By Chuck Thompson
A new detour has arisen in
Ocean City's three-year journey
down the road to a
comprehensive revision of all
zoning and planning
regulations.
As it now stands, the spectre
of the City adopting the new set
of planning and ' zoning
ordinances by the end of this
year is, according to City
Solicitor Michael R. Connor,
"possible but not likely ''
The twisting and often
controversial journey began
here better than three.years ago
when the City contracted Hugh
Zimmers Associates of
Philadelphia to conduct an
indepth study of growth
patterns here and to
recommend restrictions for
future expansion.
After a year of study and
several public forums on the
topic, Zimmers in March of 1975
unveiled his report on which
future ordinances were to be
shaped.
Thus began the two-year
marathon of negotiations
among city officials, interested
citizens, members of Zimmers'
group and Connor, to hammer
out a complete new set of zoning
andplannig ordinances.
Unfortunately, in 1976 the
State Legislature passed the
new and comprehensive
Municipal Land Use Act which
required every municipality In
. the State to adopt a master plan
for future development.
Alter a 30-day delay, the Act
went into effect on Feburary 1
this year, but contained
provisions allowing a
municipality to adopt interim
measures for up to a two-year
Spring edition on its way
Today's issue of the 44th
Annual Edition of the Sentinel-
Ledger affords residents and
visitors an opportunity to once
again tell the story of Ocean
City to their out-of-town
friends, neighbors and
relatives. ' '
Since early January, the staff
at the Sentinel has been
working towards today's
completion of the annual effort
to bring a taste of Ocean City to
thousands of prospective
visitors both in the United
States and around the world.
This year's nine-section
edition contains page upon page
of interesting facts, informative
news stories and
pictorial essays about
"America's Favorite Family
Resort."
Everything a visitor needs to
know about where to go and
what to do this summer is
contained in this year's story of
Ocean City.
Inaugurated in 1934, the
Annual Spring Edition is a
tribute to the myriad of at-
City to buy beach lot
The City reached an out of
court agreement with local
builder Warren North this week
and will purchase a beach lot
that North had begun to develop
at 4th st. and the beach.
The agreement was reached
at a meeting Tuesday morning
at City Hall after a number of
negotiating sessions. The City
will pay $40,000 for the lot, but
(5,000 of that total will come
from the Ocean City Beach and
Bay Preservation Association,
a local civic group concerned
with saving beach and bayfront
open space.
Tuesday's agreement
avoided what could have been a
lengthy court battle over the
property, and preserved one of
the few remaining beach areas
behind the boardwalk There is
Weather
Mostly sunny today with
a high temperature around
70. Partly tunny, warmer
and bumld Friday through
Sunday with poss hiUty of
afternoon or evening
thunderihowers. Highs for
the period In the upper 60s
to low 70s. Lows in the low
to • mid 50». U.S.
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virtually no beach in front of or
underneath the boardwalk in
the 4th st. area.
The mood of the final
negotiating session was
amiable and agreement was
reached within an hour. North
said he did not want to sell the
lot because he intended to live
at that location himself. He said
he had been willing in the past,
and was still willing, to swap
his property for a city-owned lot
of similar size directly behind
his beachfront property.
Mayor B. Thomas Waldman
New concept
countered by asking North
what he would accept for his
land and he replied that $40.0000
was a fair price. Earlier North
had submitted two appraisals
of the property, one for $47,500
and the other for $40,000. A
professional appraisal obtained
by the City placed the value at
$34,000. The land was
reassessed last year by City
Tax Assessor James Andreu at
$24,000.
Waldman said the City would
pay North $35,000. and then
called Mrs. Gertrude James for
tractions of shore living and
vacationing on this seven mile
island.
The City's residents and
Visitors are proud of the town
and the staff here at the Sentinel-Ledger
each year tries to
define qualities that have
continued to make Ocean City
unique among South Jersey's
many seashore communities.
Owners of hotels, motels,
restaurants and guest houses,
along with the City's 45 real
estate offices will be
distributing copies of this issue
to their out-of-town friends and
prospective customers. In
addition, copies will be supplied
to the Ocean City Information
Center for distribution to people
making inquiries there and the
Cape May County Information
Center on the Garden State
Parkway in Cape May Court
House will receive copies also.
Anyone interested in getting
the Ocean City story out may do
so by*callingat the office of the
Sentinel-Ledger located at 8th
the $5,300 committment -from
her organization. Mrs. James
said $5,000 was the maximum
amount her group would pay.
In exchange for the
agreement. North said he
would remove the pilings that
had recently been driven on the
lot in preparation for construction
of the duplex apartment
building. North also
agreed to repair a section of
bulkheading facing on 4th st.
that was removed by North to
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st. and Haven av. to have
copies mailed to friends and
relatives to inform the many
many thousands of new visitors
this resort's special family
attractions.
With the publication of
today's Spring Edition, the
Sentinel has put into circulation
more copies of a city-wide
promotion than any other
publication.
It is estimated that more than
60,000 readers will enjoy this
year's Spring Edition. Make
sure someone you know gets the
word about the City you have
made "America's Greatest
Family Resort." A Tiandy
coupon is located on page IS of
section 6 in this issue for your
convenience.
period while it worked on its
master plan.
. Ocean City reenacted its old
set of planning regulations.
Ordinance 1104, and continued
working on the new set based on
the Zi mmers Report.
What just came to light was a
stipulation in the Municipal
Land Use Act requiring new
planning and zoning ordinances
to be based on a comprehensive •
master plan.
In other words, enacting a set
of ordinances based on the
Zimmers Report 'before
adopting a master plan would
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FAA has not thoroughly investigated
the present
situation. He said he would
contact the FAA within the next
week.
The City Commissioners
discussed the problem this
week and nave worked wt ft
plan with Don Young, oamtor
of the airport, to erect «|M
warning prospective tauym in
the Stoeco tract that '
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Welcome night set for May 17
All new residents moving to
Ocean City for their permanent
homes during the past year are
invited to the Chamber of
Commerce's annual Welcome
Night May 17 at the high school.
Invitations have been sent a
number of new residents but all
those who have not received
them are urged to attend
anyway.
Entertainment will be
provided by the Ocean City
Male Chorus. A number of local
businessmen will have displays
FUTURE
showing their service sod
representative! from clubs,
organizations and church* wiD
be on hand to welcome the mm
residents. Refreshment* will ba
served.
Forms have been mallad la
all organizations taking for tna
names of the officers and if
someone will be i nimawitilH
the group at Welcome NJgbl.
The organizations are aakad to
return these forma as
possible.