City Council on Monday (Dec. 29) approved the hiring of Jim Mallon as Ocean City’s new business administrator and agreed to a new four-year contract with police. But here are a few other agenda items that might be of interest:
- Attics in Ocean City Homes Neighborhood: City Council approved the second reading of an ordinance that provides relief for the only single-family neighborhood in Ocean City with a six-foot attic height limit. The measure allows attic heights of nine feet and eliminates a requirement for a pull-down stair (without changing overall building height requirements). Councilman Pete Guinosso cast the lone dissenting vote in a 6-1 decision. He said the decision would allow people to turn attics into living areas.
- Historic Grants: City Council voted to accept three Sandy Disaster Relief Grants for Historic Properties from the New Jersey Historic Trust. The grants are for historic buildings that were damaged in the October 2012 Superstorm Sandy, including $501,000 for the Ocean City Transportation Center (10th and Haven), $143,031 for the U.S. Life Saving Station (Fourth and Atlantic) and $230,000 for City Hall (Ninth and Asbury).
- Appointments: City Council reappointed Jeffrey Frost to the Zoning Board, Edmond Speitel to the Ocean City Housing Authority, and Patricia Watts, Victor Plumbo and Martin Schlembach (first term) to the Aviation Advisory Board.
See complete documentation for all agenda items below.
