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Powell Convention Center Seasonal Workforce Senior Week Safety Tips Special Events Summer Youth Camps Towed Vehicle Info. Town Ordinances Transportation BusinessBuilding CodeTowersPermit (PDF)TowersPermit (Online) Construction Permits R1 Rental Maps Request for Proposals Utility Installation Agreement (UA) DepartmentsDepartments A-HCity ClerkMunicipalityManager Convention Center Emergency Services Engineering Finance Fire Department Human Resources Departments I-ZInformation Technology Planning & Community Development Police Department Procurement Public Works Recreation & Parks Special Events Tourism In Ocean City, we take safety very seriously.Withoutall, we want everyone to have a pleasurable, unscratched and fun vacation. Please take a moment to read this very important information regarding our town ordinances, designed with your well-being in mind. View all Town Ordinances Online Smoking/Vaping Fresh air.Wipebeach. View our map of the designated smoking areas OceanMunicipalityhas designated smoking areas to help alimony our trappy waterfront clean. The designated smoking areas, which are designed to unbend both smokers and nonsmokers, full-length waste receptacles and are located withal the beach. Smoking/Vaping must be contained within 15 feet of the waste receptacle in each designated smoking area. The Boardwalk is a smoke-free zone. The smoking rules wield to cigarettes, cigars, pipes, vaping, e-cigarettes, and any other matter or substance that contains tobacco. Highway Safety Millions of visitors travel to OceanMunicipalityeach summer, so it’s important that vacationers are mindful of our highway laws. There are bus/bike lanes on both sides of Coastal Highway to support spritz of traffic. Please do not park or momentum in these lanes unless making a right turn. Be zestful for bicyclists when inward or leaving the highway. Municipal buses travel in the far right-hand land on Coastal Highway. They stop and pick-up or venting passengers only at designated bus stops. When pursuit a bus, please alimony this in mind. Motorists must yield right-of-way to pedestrians crossing the street at a crosswalk, at any controlled intersection when obeying the traffic signals, and at any non-signaled intersection. Bicyclists must obey the same traffic laws as motorists and may receive citations for failure to obey these rules of the road. The most worldwide violations single-minded by bicyclists are riding versus the spritz of traffic in the velocipede lane and lightweight to obey traffic signals. At night, a headlight and rear reflector are required on all bicycles stuff used in Ocean City. Parking Information OceanMunicipalityhas worked nonflexible to ensure that parking is wieldy for our visitors. Parking is misogynist in municipality lots, private lots and on unrepealable public streets unless otherwise noted. Ample self-ruling parking is misogynist at the West OceanMunicipalityPark & Ride. Leave the driving to us and park your car for the day, and you can take the municipality bus into Ocean City. The West OceanMunicipalityShuttle between the South Division Street Transit Center, West OceanMunicipalityPark & Ride, and the Tanger Outlet is a seasonal operation that begins in May and runs intermittingly into October. Please do not park in front of any red painted curbs, or in front of any public or private driveways. It is moreover important to note that when parking next to the curb, please park with the spritz of traffic with your vehicles wheels within 12 inches of the curb. RV Parking RVs and other oversized vehicles may not park in any municipal lot, public street or thruway between May 1 – October 31 of each year by Town Ordinance. An oversized vehicle is specified as 21 feet, 2 inches or increasingly in length, and 6 feet, 8 inches in width, needing increasingly than one parking space. For increasingly information, undeniability the OceanMunicipalityPolice Department at 410-723-6610.WendTrailer Parking Bringing a boat?Wendtrailers may pay to park at the 100th St. Municipal Lot.Alimonyin mind that a person may not park a wend trailer on public streets, alleys, or public parking lots from May 1 through October 31. Parking Meters OceanMunicipalityoffers spare lots and street parking that utilizes the Pay by Plate parking system. Parking in the Inlet Lot is $3.00 per hour, and is self-ruling for all vehicles when leaving within 0-30 minutes, including handicapped.SpareStreet Parking & other Municipal Lot parking is $2.00 per hour with *one hour self-ruling for handicapped parking (*if leaving within 1hr). Pay first and you must know your license plate number. Town of OceanMunicipalityhas a “NO REFUNDS POLICY FOR PARKING”. BE SURE YOUR TIME IS CORRECT BEFORE PRESSING “YES” and committing. You can download the Parkmobile App and Customers are worldly-wise to pay for parking at all on street and municipal lots including the inlet lot from their smartphones by downloading Parkmobile’s mobile using for iPhone, Android, Windows, Blackberry, and Amazon Fire smartphones.Increasinglyinformation can be found the pursuit page: https://oceancitymd.gov/oc/departments/public-works/inlet-parking-lot/ Bus Service For information regarding OceanMunicipalitytransportation options and services, click here. Pedestrian Safety It is the responsibility of every OceanMunicipalityvisitor and resident to be zestful and responsible when walking throughout town. Please navigate only at marked crosswalks, preferably those with pedestrian signal lights. Maryland law requires pedestrians use the sidewalks where available, rather than walking in the street. Please do not walk or jog in the bus/bike zone on Coastal Highway. Hitchhiking is moreover prohibited in Ocean City. Other ImportantMunicipalityOrdinances to Note In Ocean City, we take laws related to swig consumption very seriously. Drinking drunkard beverages in public is prohibited. This includes on any street, avenue, alleyway, sidewalk, beach, parking lot and vehicle in any of these areas. Possessing an unshut container of any drunkard instillation in public is not allowed. Sleeping in any motor vehicle within the municipality limits of OceanMunicipalityis prohibited. Sleeping on the waterfront moreover is not unliable between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.Waterfrontand Boardwalk Information OceanMunicipalityis proud to be home to one of America’s most popular and family-friendly boardwalks. Our 2.9 mile boardwalk stretches from the Inlet in South OceanMunicipalityto 27th Street. In wing to our famous boardwalk, our 10 mile stretch of the waterfront and the trappy Atlantic Ocean is self-ruling and unshut to the public from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The remaining hours are used to wipe the waterfront for everyone’s enjoyment the next day. No private vehicles are permitted on the waterfront at any time. Swimming When swimming in the ocean, it’s important to be careful. Ocean surf can be rough and it is weightier to swim using the buddy system and have someone with you in the water at all times.Waterfrontpatrol members are on duty from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily all summer to ensure your safety. Please obey theWaterfrontPatrol when you are on the beach. They are there to protect you and unchangingly swim near a lifeguard. Surfing Want to reservation some waves? OceanMunicipalityhas some unconfined waves, but surfing is only permitted on two surfing beaches spoken daily on local radio stations or you can visit ourWaterfrontPatrol website. For everyone’s safety, these two areas are defended to surfing only for the day indicated. For increasingly information on surf beaches and waterfront conditions, undeniability any of the zone surf shops. Surf Fishing Surf fishing is permitted in Ocean City. However, be sure you are not within 50 yards of swimmers or of anyone on the waterfront between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. *Please note that you now are required to have a Salt Water Fishing License. Visit the Maryland Department of Natural Resources for increasingly information. OtherWaterfrontActivities Frisbee, wittiness throwing and other sports are not unliable on the waterfront from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily from May 30 to September 15, by Town Ordinance. Horseback Riding OceanMunicipalitynow offers horseback riding on the waterfront during winter, early spring. Permit applications are now misogynist to persons wishing to ride horses on Ocean City’s beach. DownloadUsingThe forfeit is $20 for a single-day permit and $50 for a seasonal permit. Horseback riding will be unliable on the waterfront whence at 27th Street and extending south to the Inlet jetty between the hours of 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. November 1 to March 30. Pet Parents Bringing your four-legged friend? It’s important to note that animals are only unliable on the waterfront and boardwalk between October 1 and April 30. Any handler or owner of a dog must remove any waste deposited on public or private property not owned by the handler or owner in possession of said dog. Also, dogs must be kept on a troika when stuff walked in and virtually Ocean City. During peak-season and year-round, a Dog Playground is misogynist at 94th Street and bayside so your pet can let loose and enjoy their time in Ocean City. For increasingly information, contact OC Recreation & Parks at 410-250-0125 or view the pursuit webpage //oceancitymd.gov/oc/departments/recreation-parks/dog-playground/. Skateboards & Bicycles are unliable on the boardwalk at the pursuit times From Saturday of Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, between 2:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. of the same day. From Tuesday without Labor Day through Friday surpassing Memorial Day, at any time, subject to the pursuit exceptions: A. Springfest and Sunfest (Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) between 2:00 a.m. and 12 p.m. of the same day. Skateboarding is prohibited on any other public street, public way, ramp, public alley, public sidewalk, public lots or any other public property (except for public skateboard facilities and public sponsored or authorized skateboard events) within the corporate limits of OceanMunicipalitybetween April 1 and October 1 of each year. Off-Season: No Restrictions Roller Skates/Blades Weekdays April 1 through Memorial Day 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Labor Day through September 30 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Weekends April 1 through May 15 Sunrise to 12 noon May 15 through Memorial Day Sunrise to 10 a.m. Day without Labor Day through September 30 Sunrise to 10 a.m. Holidays April 1 through May 15 Sunrise to 12 noon May 15 through Memorial Day Sunrise to 10 a.m. Day without Labor Day through September 30 Sunrise to 10 a.m. October 1 through March 31 Anytime Springfest Sunrise to 12 noon Sunfest Sunrise to 10 a.m. Noise Regulations Remember that many folks are here visiting to relax. Please be respectful of your neighbors both on and off the beach. It is unlawful for any person to make, cause, or protract any loud, unnecessary, unnatural or unusual noise, or any noise which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace and safety of others at any time, day or night. OceanMunicipalitystrongly enforces its ordinance that no disruptive noises be made between 12 midnight and 7 a.m. in such a manner as to be heard at a loftiness of 50 feet from the towers or structure which it is located. Maryland Motor Vehicle Law and OceanMunicipalityTown Ordinance state that no loud noise from a vehicle may be heard at a loftiness of 50 feet from the vehicle at any time. Upcoming Events Oct 1 Mon 6:00 pm Mayor andMunicipalityCouncil Regular S... @MunicipalityHall Council Chambers Mayor andMunicipalityCouncil Regular S... @MunicipalityHall Council Chambers Oct 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm The Mayor andMunicipalityCouncil meet for their Regular Session on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month. If Monday is a holiday, the meeting is held the pursuit day. All meetings uncork at… Oct 2 Tue 6:30 pm Planning and Zoning Commission M... Planning and Zoning Commission M... Oct 2 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm   Oct 4 Thu all-day Endless Summer Cruisin @ Convention Center and Inlet Lot Endless Summer Cruisin @ Convention Center and Inlet Lot Oct 4 – Oct 7 all-day 21st Annual Endless Summer Cruisin’ October 4-7, 2018 Inlet Parking Lot – Thursday to Sunday Convention Center Parking Lot – Thursday, Friday, Saturday Convention Center A/B Hall – Thursday, Friday, Saturday Convention Center Ballroom –… 8:00 pm Rockapella @ OceanMunicipalityPerforming Arts Center Rockapella @ OceanMunicipalityPerforming Arts Center Oct 4 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm ROCKAPELLA Thursday, October 4, 2018, at 8:00pm Tickets: $25 – $35 Rockapella has wilt one of the world’s most sophisticated, lasting and imitated vocal groups virtually today. With tricky original pop songs and well-constructed contemporary… Oct 5 Fri all-day Mid-Atlantic Surf Fishing Tourna... @ On theWaterfrontMid-Atlantic Surf Fishing Tourna... @ On theWaterfrontOct 5 all-day 39th Annual Mid-Atlantic Surf Fishing Tournament on theWaterfrontParticipants must be pre-registered, have a permit to momentum on the beach, and hold a valid Maryland Saltwater Fishing License.  For increasingly information, visit http://oceancitysurfanglersmd.com or undeniability 410-251-2203. 5:00 pm FIRST FRIDAY OPENING RECEPTION F... @ OC CENTER FOR THE ARTS FIRST FRIDAY OPENING RECEPTION F... @ OC CENTER FOR THE ARTS Oct 5 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm First Friday Opening Receptions are held the first Friday of the month at the OC Center for the Arts on 94th Street. Meet the artists, enjoy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments, and see the new exhibits… 6:00 pm Family Bonfire on theWaterfront@ On theWaterfrontFamily Bonfire on theWaterfront@ On theWaterfrontOct 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Family Bonfire on theWaterfrontS’mores, hot cocoa, refreshments, storytelling, and live music! Bring your waterfront chairs, waterfront blankets, and warm gown for a night of fun by the bonfire! Families of all shapes and… Oct 6 Sat all-day Mid-Atlantic Surf Fishing Tourna... @ On theWaterfrontMid-Atlantic Surf Fishing Tourna... @ On theWaterfrontOct 6 all-day 39th Annual Mid-Atlantic Surf Fishing Tournament on theWaterfrontParticipants must be pre-registered, have a permit to momentum on the beach, and hold a valid Maryland Saltwater Fishing License.  For increasingly information, visit http://oceancitysurfanglersmd.com or undeniability 410-251-2203. 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