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Ocean Grove boards. Paul Goldfinger photograph. 2021. ©  Click to enlarge.

From Oceangrove.org    (CMA website)

“RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE OCEAN GROVE CAMP MEETING ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

1. Dogs Prohibited
   During the Summer Dogs shall not be permitted on the beaches or boardwalk at any time of the day from the first day of May through the fifteenth day of September.  (or is it October 1?)

2. Pedal Bicycles
   Riding of pedal bicycles on the boardwalk is prohibited at all times except between the hours of 3:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.

3. Motorized Vehicles Prohibited
   Automobiles, motorcycles, motorbikes and any other type of motorized vehicle (except equipment for handicapped persons) are prohibited from riding or parking on the boardwalk or beach. Maintenance or work type vehicles while engaged in such maintenance or work will be permitted with the written consent of the Association subject to such restrictions as the Association may wish to impose for the prevention of damage to property or safety of persons.”

Blogfinger:  I think that these rules are incorporated into Neptune’s ordinances.  As you all may have seen, we now have a rash of motorized bicycles, scooters   (like Vespas)  and skateboards around town.  They are becoming very hip here and in A. Park, and, in theory, will be good in getting around a small town like ours.

But keep off the boardwalk at any hour or any time year round.

Some scooter owners are already using them to save parking spaces.  I guess that’s legal. It’s another “games people play” during the parking wars in the Grove.

I spoke to the Neptune PD’s officer in charge of traffic related issues.  His name is Sgt. James Macconchie. Neptune PD will be “proactive” in enforcing all sorts of traffic and parking rules in the Grove.  As you all know, during the busy season here, people become crazed while looking for parking. We wrote about the “Parking Derangement Syndrome” as first described by the Blogfinger Off-shore School of Medicine, Paul Goldfinger MD, Dean.

Sgrt. Macconchie said that there are “specials”  (special police) who will be patrolling in town along with the regular NTPD.  If you want to speak to him yourself, he invites you to call him at the NTPD special number   732 988 8000 ext. 433.

If you spot any parking or traffic violations, call the police number 988 8000 and hit “zero.”

As for parking, it’s every man/woman for himherself  (from the pronoun wars.)

We have suggested a resistance protest  movement on behalf of the residents of OG. Let’s all get orange cones  (they are not illegal) and use them to save our spaces.

The Better Parking Alliance has come up with a plan:  We all should contact the Fabulous Five at Town Hall and complain.  The BPA must be desperate if this is the best result of all their efforts.

Paul  Goldfinger Editor.  Blogfinger.net