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Hotel managers and residents press Absecon to consider waivers to 14-day stay limit; council cites safety and enforceability concerns
Summary
Hotel manager Ava Florence asked the council for an exception process to allow workers and stable guests to remain beyond a new 14-day limit. Council members and staff said the ordinance aims to prevent long-term occupancy that can create safety and code problems; they directed continued discussion through the code enforcement committee.
Ava Florence, who identified herself as manager of the Days Inn on Absecon Boulevard, urged the council to consider case-by-case waivers to the city's 14-day transient-occupancy limit so that working guests and local contractors could stay longer without being displaced repeatedly.
Florence said many guests are employed locally and seek stability; she estimated "between 20…
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