Your parking spot in downtown Egg Harbor could cost some businesses a lot more in the future. The Village of Egg Harbor Board of Trustees voted earlier this week in favor of raising the current $50 fee in lieu of parking (FILOP) five-fold to $250. It also capped the number of parking spaces a business could claim through FILOP to 30. Egg Harbor businesses could opt to go this route if it is too difficult or expensive to build their own on-site parking lot. The new ordinance, which also includes rescinded old rules claiming spaces within 500 feet of a business, is designed to help address the parking concerns in the village. Deputy Administrator Tom Strong says parking is a big topic of discussion when the village’s plan commission looks at new projects.

Parking is one of the subjects of contention with the expansion plan of Shipwrecked Brew Pub, which saw its discussion get tabled to the plan commission’s meeting on September 28th.

Picture from an agenda packet from a May Egg Harbor Village Plan Commission meeting. Image provided to the village from Baudhuin Surveying and Engineering.