Stone Harbor Seeks Middle Ground On Parking Tickets

The Stone Harbor chamber of commerce is asking the borough to do whatever is necessary to make the paid parking situation in town a “more positive and user-friendly experience.” According to the Cape May County Herald, the request, made to the Borough Council at its Tuesday, Dec. 19, meeting, came in the aftermath of the borough’s switch from parking meters and kiosks to the ParkMobile smartphone app as the way to pay for parking in and around the business district during the summer. The initial implementation did not go as planned; by the end of August 3,409 parking tickets had been issued, compared to 748 the year before. According to the chamber, the organization’s welcome center on 96th Street received a constant flow of complaints from visitors who were angry and frustrated at their parking experience.