Deal officials introduced a new seasonal parking permit ordinance for streets bordering its waterfront on Wednesday that has many calling it a move against the Public Trust Doctrine, which grants public access and use to the waterfront. The local statute will require all parked cars to have a permit between the hours of 10 a.m. and […]

Permit parking has landed back on the discussion table in Deal, according to a public notice ahead of the 7:30 p.m. Board of Commissioners meeting at the Borough Hall meeting room, located at 190 Norwood Avenue. An ordinance will be introduced outlining permit parking hours for Monmouth Terrace, Monmouth Drive, Hathaway, Sydney and Neptune avenues. […]

A public group is again picking up the fight to stop residential permit parking along the waterfront in Deal. Citizens in Opposition to Beach Restrictive Access [COBRA] has launched an attendance campaign for the 5 p.m. Wednesday Board of Commissioners meeting in the Borough Hall Courtroom at 190 Norwood Avenue. On the agenda is the […]

Deal officials have officially scrapped a vote to allow permit-only parking along its waterfront streets. “As of this morning the mayor reset the agenda to table the vote without a future date,” said Borough Clerk/Administrator Stephen Carasia. “There will be no public hearing or comment.” Mayor Morris Ades could not be reached for comment. The […]

Deal officials say scrapping a vote to allow permit only parking along its waterfront streets will be determined late Thursday morning. “We will find out from our attorney tomorrow morning how to go about doing this,” said Borough Clerk/Administrator Stephen Carasia of the legal action needed to possibly reverse the ordinance, introduced September 21. The […]

The Deal Mayor and Board of Commissioners have opted to table a permit only parking along its waterfront streets, according to The Associated Press [AP]. The Department of Environmental Protection told the AP Tuesday, borough officials said they were tabling the ordinance that would have restricted public parking on six streets east of Ocean Avenue. […]

A parking by permit only proposal along Deal’s oceanfront has maddened area residents who, for decades, have enjoyed the mile-long beach. “Generations have surfed and fished there,” said Oceanport resident Mark Nietzel. “It’s been like that forever and now that they have the new federal and state-funded beaches, they want to limit access to make […]