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AUGUST 10, 2018
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County rejects major rezoning along Rt. 611 Proposal called for change in developmental density
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HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU This diamondback terrapin, presented by the Maryland Coastal Bays Program, and other creatures are introduced to visitors attending the Children’s Day on the Bay event, hosted by the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum, at Sunset Park, Sunday, Aug. 5.
Jeeps get beach obstacle course Council surprised by Jeep Week request, but city depts. worked it out in advance
By Greg Ellison Staff Writer (Aug. 10, 2018) Despite some confusion concerning OC Jeep Week organizers’ request for a beach obstacle course at this year’s rally, the City Council on Monday unanimously approved Live Wire Media’s bid to give Jeep enthusiasts something new to do later this month. Lisa Mitchell, special events coordinator, presented to the council a request to offer a new component for the annual OC Jeep Week, which this year is scheduled for Aug. 23-26. “The producers would like to add an obstacle course, from Thursday to Saturday, north of the pier to Dorchester Street,” she said. The course would host two shifts of 150 jeeps starting at 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with an hour-and-a-half break for course maintenance, and a second round of participants competing from 2-5 p.m., Mitchell said. See BEACH Page 68
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Brian Shane, with Live Wire Media, provides additional details about a beach obstacle course for this year’s Jeep Week, while Special Events Coordinator Lisa Mitchell presents the proposal to City Council on Monday.
By Morgan Pilz Staff Writer (Aug. 10, 2018) A public hearing for a reclassification of E-1 Estate zoned properties along Route 611 and South Point Road, a proposal that drew wails of protest, ended decisively Tuesday, with the Worcester County Commissioners rejecting it with a 6-0 vote and one abstention. On Nov. 7, 2017, the county commissioners directed the Department of Development Review and Permitting to ‘It is not a consider a sectional rezoning of propersectional ties currently zoned rezoning of all E-1 Estate District of South located along Route Point.’ 611 to South Point Road to a R-1 Rural Development Residential DisDirector trict. The planning Edward Tudor commission had given a favorable recommendation of the proposed comprehensive reclassification. Development Director Edward Tudor stood before the county commissioners during the hearing to advocate the redistricting. Tudor cited some concerns and miscommunications audience members might have about the reclassification. “It is not a sectional rezoning of all of South Point,” Tudor said. “This really arose from four rezoning cases which occurred last year, [four] separate properties wanting rezoning from E-1 to R-1.” In 1978, the majority of zoning districts from Route 376 to South Point See NO Page 7