Did City OK Year-Round Park Model Residency?
The Woodbine, N.J., City Council narrowly voted Thursday (Dec. 3) to allow year-round occupancy at the borough’s campgrounds. Or did it? The council voted 2-1 with two abstentions to remove a stipulation from the borough’s rules that required campers to leave nine days of the month between November and April, according to The Press of Atlantic City. The issue of campground residency initially came up last year when the state sought to enforce electric-code rules governing “park model” trailers. The state imposed harsher residency rules on campgrounds such as Carol Lynn Resorts than had been enforced locally. State lawmakers stepped in last summer and exempted existing residents from the residency restrictions. But residents wanted the borough to change its ordinance as well to permit year-round residency at the campgrounds. A tenants group at Carol Lynn Resorts is suing Woodbine and the campground’s owners, Councilman Anthony Saduk and his wife, Carol, over the issue. During a contenti
