Stormwater Management
The City of Ocean City has a Stormwater Management Plan. Article13 of the Municipal Land Use Law requires municipalities to prepare and implement stormwater management plans and ordinances. The City of Ocean City adopted an amendment to its master plan incorporating the required stormwater management plan on July 13, 2005. This plan is applicable to all major development (projects that disturb one acre or more). The statute also requires municipalities to adopt a stormwater control ordinance to address major developments by April 2006.
Clean Ocean Zone
The Mayor, City Council, and Clean Ocean Action have been working together in support a Bill in the House of Representatives for establishing a Clean Ocean Zone off the coast of New Jersey. On September 28, 2006 City Council passed a resolution presented by the Department of Administration that supported the Clean Ocean Zone Bill. Many of those who lived in Ocean City can remember those tragic days when back in 1980’s there were large amounts of trash and debris washing up on our beaches because of the eight different ocean dumpsites that were located off of the New Jersey coast line. Back then New Jersey was known as the “Ocean Dumping Capital of the World”. Presently, with many years of hard work these ocean dumpsites are closed. Hopefully, we don’t have to worry about sewage sludge, and industrial waste washing up on our pristine beaches. The Clean Ocean Zone would permanently protect our coastline from opening new dumpsites, capping old ones and prohibiting strip mining of natural non-renewable resources. We encourage you to learn more what you can do personally buy checking the Clean Ocean Action website at www.cleanoceanaction.org