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Beachgoers jumped chains to get on the beach in Ocean Grove during a protest over Sunday morning beach access at the end of the summer.restricting beach access in Ocean Grove on Sunday morningsis the latest development in a fight between the group, which oversees the community’s boardwalk, and critics over the influence of
The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association asked the judge to rule that preventing public access on Sunday mornings from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend is “a valid and lawful practice that satisfies the public interest of reasonable access to the sea and a lawful accommodation of the interests” of the camp meeting association.
“The slight limitation on physical presence on the beachfront on the Lord’s Day is consistent with the Plaintiff’s Mission to build and maintain a beautiful seaside community to serve as a place for meditation, reflection and renewal during the Summer months,” the lawsuit said.
The state Department of Environmental Protection did not specify any penalties in its Sept. 14 violation notice letter to the camp meeting association. The letter cited the state’s Coastal Area Facility Review Act in demanding the association take corrective action within 10 days, including agreeing to no longer use chain and pad lock barriers to block beach access from the boardwalk.
The lawsuit seeks a judgment “declaring that the public’s right of access to its beachfront is not unlimited and that as a private property owner, has complied with its legal obligation to provide reasonable access to the public.”
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