Ocean City’s election board will now begin the task of validating more than 1,300 signatures after a group of property owners opposing new short-term rental regulations submitted their petition for referendum Monday.
In March, days after the Ocean City Council passed an ordinance to restrict the length of stay for short-term rentals in the R-1 residential and MH mobile home zoning districts, a group of property owners launched a petition effort to bring the legislation before voters.
And on Monday, the city clerk accepted the 331 pages of signatures that had been collected over the last 40 days.
While no timeline has been set, the Ocean City Board of Supervisors of Elections will now start its review of 1,327 names.
“We really had an uphill battle, but our team came together and did the impossible,” organizer Terry Miller said this week. “There were over 1,300 signatures and overwhelming support from the community.”
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