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Marine Village Harbor zone
By MICHAEL MILLER Staff Writer, (609) 463-6712
Published: Sep 14, 2007

OCEAN CITY - The Marine Village Harbor zone occupies a sliver of the city's real estate - just 21 of the city's 17,300 properties by one estimate.

But on Tuesday, the city directed its full attention to this north-end hodgepodge of homes, kayak rentals, charter boats and boat slips. City Council and the mayor's office want to use zoning laws to safeguard public access to the bay.

The areas include a marina south of Ninth Street known as Dan's Docks and a strip of Bay Avenue between First and Fourth streets.

The crux of the discussion was whether to allow mixed uses in these properties, particularly residential condos above ground-floor retail. Councilman Michael Allegretto said this was the only way to make the properties economically viable. More 

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