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Atlantic City Council adopts multiple ordinances and resolutions; key votes at a glance
Summary
Atlantic City Council approved a package of ordinances and resolutions on March 19, including redevelopment plan adoption, a green purchasing policy, measures supporting solar energy, a boardwalk shopping-cart ban, and numerous handicap parking designations.
Atlantic City Council on March 19 took final action on a large slate of ordinances and resolutions covering redevelopment, transportation, purchasing policy and public-space rules. The council grouped many consent items and then held separate votes on several ordinances and pulled resolutions.
Votes at a glance (selected items):
- Bond ordinance No. 1 (postponed from Feb. 19): Passed (roll call: 9 affirmative votes). The ordinance had been held previously for advertising issues and received final approval at the meeting.
- Ordinance No. 8 — Establish handicap-restricted parking at 288 North Chelsea Ave.: Passed (9-0).
- Ordinance No. 9 — Adopt the Southeast Inlet Redevelopment Plan (blocks 71, 703, 704, 706 and 778): Passed (9-0).
- Ordinance No. 10 — Transfer city-owned property to adjacent owner: Passed (9-0).
- Ordinance No. 11 — Adopt green purchasing policy: Passed (9-0).
- Ordinance No. 12 — Support for solar energy systems in the city: Passed (9-0).
- Ordinance No. 13 — Restrict shopping carts and prohibit unattended luggage, backpacks and containers on the boardwalk and public parks: Passed (recorded as eight affirmative votes with one additional recorded vote noted by the clerk; item summary: prohibition on unattended carts and containers on city boardwalk and parks).
- A series of ordinances establishing handicap parking spaces at specific addresses (examples: 904 Keener Ave., 36 N. California, 314 N. Connecticut, 16 N. Montpelier, 32 N. Montgomery, 4016 Ventnor Ave.) were brought forward and approved by roll call in the meetings listed sequence; the clerk recorded affirmative votes for each and council discussed due-diligence and removal procedures when appropriate.
- Ordinance 3f required the city to create a public online database of health inspection certificates for food establishments; the measure passed unanimously and was advanced as an all-council item.
- Ordinance 3h (amendments to rental property code, chapter 209a) drew some dissent; the roll call recorded six affirmative and three negative votes.
- Redevelopment and project-specific resolutions: the council approved an award to Remington & Vernick for professional engineering work on intersection signal work (resolution 171) and extinguished a reverter for property at 1510 Pacific Ave. (resolution 174). Both measures passed by roll call.
Consent agenda and grouped resolutions: Council approved a long list of consent resolutions covering grants, professional services awards, transfers, and intergovernmental agreements. The city clerk and administration listed numerous items moved together; councilmembers registered specific exceptions or “no” votes where noted before the grouped vote.
What the votes mean: The package advances several city priorities — infrastructure/traffic engineering, redevelopment planning, city procurement policy, renewable energy encouragement, and public safety rules on the boardwalk. Several items (notably the Southeast Inlet Redevelopment Plan and the extinguishment of a reverter) clear legal and planning steps needed for future development projects.
Council members asked the administration to follow up on implementation details for several items: how handicap spaces are validated and removed if misused, timeline and scope for intersection signal engineering, and public access to health inspection certificates once the database is established.
The complete roll-call votes, ordinance and resolution numbers and backups are part of the meeting record posted by the city clerk.
