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Council gives first reading to ban on gates over public streets, adopts scoring matrix to review existing obstructions
Summary
At its June 9 meeting the Wildwood City Council gave first reading to an ordinance that would bar gates and similar obstructions over public rights-of-way and adopted a resolution creating a scoring matrix to evaluate existing obstructions and emergency-access features.
At its June 9 meeting the Wildwood City Council gave first reading to Bill 29‑94, an ordinance that would prohibit obstructions — including gates — on public rights-of-way, and approved Resolution 2025‑18 directing staff to score and report on existing obstructions across the city.
The proposal would make clear that gates are not allowed on public streets; exemptions in the draft are focused on emergency-access ways and criteria for private-street gates. City Attorney John Young summarized the draft exceptions as a narrow set of limited circumstances and said the exception language preserves a set of private‑street criteria while…
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