The entrance to Brick Beach III, noting parking fees required during the beach season. (Photo: Shorebeat)
The Brick Township council on Tuesday night introduced an ordinance that would lower the cost of a daily parking pass at the township’s two ocean beach parking lots while eliminating discounts for seasonal parking passes.
Under the ordinance, introduced in a unanimous vote, senior citizens ages 65 and over would be eligible – with proper identification – to park $1 per day at the township’s lots at Brick Beach I and Brick Beach III. The same measure would strike the language in the current ordinance that allows senior citizens to receive a seasonal parking pass for $15 per year.
Daily parking passes normally cost $10 and seasonal parking passes cost $30 before May 15 and $45 thereafter.
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The ordinance does not change the township’s policy of offering free daily beach badges to senior citizens who turn age 65 by Sept. 1 of the same year. Nor does it change the policy offering free daily badges to any veteran of the U.S. armed forces.
The ordinance is subject to a public hearing and second vote before adoption. The hearing and vote are scheduled for the Dec. 29 council meeting, which will be held at 10 a.m. at the township’s municipal complex.
