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Margate Planning Board Questioned About Masterplan.

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Some thoughts on the recent, Margate Planning Board meeting of Sept 27, 2018: Residents just want better and clearer communication from Commissioners, Planning & School boards. The legal notifications process. Applicants/developers must notify property owners within 200 ft of project. This process may be legal…but many believe that additional, broader notifications should be considered. Especially …

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Margate High-Rise Stopped For Now. Residents Demand Greater Transparency.

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The proposed plan to create a Margate hotel overlay zone, adjacent to Lucy the Elephant, has been killed for now. Over 250 packed the Margate Commissioners Chamber. Overflow crowds poured onto corner of Washington and Ventnor Ave. Residents mostly angered by the lack of municipal transparency. Poor public notification process. Still, the Margate Mayor and Commissioners …

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Ventura’s Potential High-Rise Development Plans in Margate

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Plans for a potential, new high-rise on the beaches of Margate, look to have begun in earnest on March 1, 2018. A meeting was held between the NJ DEP, Lou DiVentura (Ventura’s Greenhouse owner), engineer Arthur Ponzio and a Historic Preservation org. This could be why Margate Commissioners, and the Margate Planning Board, were so …

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Margate Commissioners Blink. Will Delay Vote on Hotel / Condo Overlay Zoning Ordinance

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Sensing an all-out taxpayer revolt, Margate Commissioners have decided to delay a vote on the proposed and very controversial, Hotel / Condo Overlay Zoning Ordinance. According to the Margate City website, Ordinance #17-2018 will be tabled indefinitely by the Mayor and City Commissioners and referred back to the Planning Board for further review. The ordinance would …

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Ventnor Movie Demolition Part 2. Taxes, Parking & Liquor License Questions.

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The building that once housed Best Bites on Ventnor Ave. is no more. The property is down, helping make way for a driveway / parking area for the new Ventnor movie theater. The much anticipated Ventnor theater could be open by Spring 2019. Flicks downstairs, food & drink upstairs. Still to be announced by Ventnor …

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PODCAST: Margate Commissioners Endure Public Comments Over Hotel Zoning Plans

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PODCAST: Margate Commissioners Endure Heated Public Comments Over Hotel Zoning Plans. Sept 6, 2018: By 1981, Margate decided to ban all hotels and motels. The short-term room rentals were considered detrimental to community. Sounded like a good idea at the time. New construction on relatively tight lots. Tax-ratables soared. Margate quickly turned into a first …

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Margate Planning Board Claims FAKE NEWS About Amherst Water Park

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Talk about a 50,000 sq ft, floating waterpark along the bay on Amherst Ave in Margate. Just fake news? Or will an inflatable aqua-park soon occupy the water surrounding Sunset Bay Marina? Margate Planning Board chairman Rich Paterson wants to clear the air. He posed the following questions at the recent AUGUST 23 Planning Board …

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Cafe Lamberti Must Replace Portion of Amherst Bulkhead in Margate

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Most Margatians know that back bay storm surge causes the most damage to Margate properties. Failing and too low bulkheads were the real reason that Hurricane Sandy caused so much damage, not the front beaches. But finally, Downbeach homeowners are finally getting some real storm protection, in the form of a new, Amherst Ave bulkhead. …

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Margate Resident Questions Use of $30 Million in New Tax Ratables

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LISTEN TO PODCAST > No tax increase?  Hmmm. Doesn’t sound kosher to Margate resident, John Sewell, as he spoke on Thursday night at the Margate Commissioners meeting. What’s going on with all those new monies pouring into Margate City coffers? What about that grant money for back-bay dredging? What’s happening to $30-$35 million of new …

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PODCAST: Margate Beach Access and Parking Discussed at Commissioners Meeting

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Listen to clips from July 5, 2018 Margate Commissioners Meeting. Parking. A problem that only gets worse as Margate development grows. As of late, the Margate Planning Board has been more likely to waive the once stringent, parking requirements. LISTEN > Margate’s Growing Parking Problem This is not just a Margate and Ventnor problem. All …

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Amherst Ave Angst. Margate’s Last Remaining Water Vistas

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Amherst Ave. residents not happy with what’s happening to their beloved, Margate bay views. Pain made worse on June 7, when the Margate Commissioners approved another controversial ordinance; handing over a chunk of Amherst Ave. 3-foot by 100-foot chunk of prime, Margate waterfront. ‘Vacated’ in order to assist a local developer in building a 150 …

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Margate Mini-Golf Makes Nice With Neighbors. Lawsuit Dropped.

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Great news. The soon to launch miniature golf course in Margate has overcome it’s [hopefully] final speed bump. A lawsuit that threatened the golf course has been dropped. The recent complaint filed by resident Ed Blumenthal, an Adams Ave neighbor across from ‘Congo Falls’, threatened to disrupt or cloud an otherwise exciting development in Margate. LISTEN TO …

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Margate Mini-Golf Attraction Still Facing Neighbor Push-Back

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Doesn’t sound right calling this attraction ‘mini-golf’. There’s nothing miniature about it. From what we could see as of Sat, April 14, the soon-to-be ‘Congo Falls’ golf is gonna be one hell of a business. Multi-levels, tunnels of some sort, a visual fun-fest that can’t be missed if you drive down Ventnor Ave. in Margate. …

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Build of Margate Miniature Golf Course Moving Full Speed Ahead

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Construction of the new, much anticipated, miniature golf course in Margate is moving along….fast. The family attraction named ‘Congo Falls’, at the corner of Adams & Ventnor Ave. should be up and running for the Summer 2018 season. Most families applaud a much needed attraction like mini-golf. But, there are those still pushing back. Not …

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