Jolly Roger Motel Wildwood Crest
By TRUDI GILFILLIAN Press of A.C. Staff Writer | Wed., Sept. 1, 2010
WILDWOOD CREST — New hotel construction or existing hotels and motels that undergo renovations will have to meet new parking requirements under a new borough ordinance.
The regulations, approved this week by Borough Commission, require onsite parking at hotels and motels of 1.2 spaces for units as large as 650 square feet.
Deborah Rogers, land-use administrator, said Wednesday that the town’s old guidelines allowed for one space per unit of that size.
“We’re slightly increasing parking requirements because most people come down with more than one car,” Rogers said. “It’s basically one more space for every five units.”
The new ordinance, created at the recommendation of the borough’s Planning Board, also specifies that tandem space, meaning parking one behind the other, is not allowed for units as large as 650 square feet.
Motel units of between 651 to 799 square feet must have two spaces, but tandem parking is permitted for those units, Rogers said.
“Parking is at a premium at the shore,” Rogers said.
The ordinance also requires additional parking for restaurants with more than 60 seats of one space for every six additional seats. Gift shops do not add to the parking requirement.
Rogers said the new ordinance applies to construction or renovations, not existing buildings.
Also this week, Borough Commission approved the purchase of a school district property near the Public Works building near Washington and Newark avenues.
Borough Clerk Kevin Yecco said the school district said it no longer needed the land, which hosted tennis courts and soccer fields.
The borough will pay $195,000 for the parcel, and Yecco said the borough could sell off the front lots along Newark Avenue.
The borough is buying three parcels all together.