Cape May County Town Hall: Week of Oct. 19 — Stone Harbor's $550,000 Capital Plan, West Cape May Patio Seating Rules and Wildwood's Flood Ordinance

It is a quieter week on the meeting calendar. Stone Harbor's council is the main governing-body meeting on the schedule, with a $550,000 capital ordinance and a new contract with its public works union. Planning boards in Cape May Point and West Cape May also meet Tuesday. Behind us, Wildwood introduced three ordinances, including a rewrite of its flood damage prevention rules, and West Cape May moved to ban parking on part of First Avenue. Here is what is ahead, and what towns took up last week.

Meetings ahead

Stone Harbor Borough Council — Tuesday, Oct. 20

Borough Hall, 9508 Second Avenue. The regular meeting begins immediately after the work session. Agenda and packet

• Ordinance 1715 is up for introduction: $550,000 for various improvements, paid from the borough's capital reserve rather than new borrowing.
• Ordinance 1714 would amend the zoning ordinance's multifamily residential set-aside requirements, the rules on affordable units in multifamily projects.
• Ordinance 1713 would change escrow requirements in the land development fee schedule (Chapter 345-24).
• Resolution 2026-S-276 approves a contract with AFSCME Local 3779D covering Jan. 1, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2028.
• Also on the consent agenda: a final change order that trims $3,633.60 from the cost of resurfacing the 82nd Street pickleball courts (2026-S-275), and a 2027 beach tag design contest for Stone Harbor Elementary School students (2026-S-278).

West Cape May Planning/Zoning Board — Tuesday, Oct. 20

Agenda

• The board reviews Ordinance 671-26, which amends Chapter 27 to update outdoor seating standards and create new standards for patio seating.
• Members will also look at a tentative 2027 meeting schedule.

Cape May Point Planning Board — Tuesday, Oct. 20, 6:30 PM

Cape May Point Volunteer Fire Company, 412 Yale Avenue (second floor), and on Zoom. Agenda and Zoom details

• A memorializing resolution for application PB 2026-02, Steven and Caroline Miller, 203 Lighthouse Avenue.
• Updates from the board's completeness and lot coverage committees, and on master plan work.

Decisions behind

Minutes for last week's meetings have not been posted yet, so the items below are what was on each agenda. Check the meeting pages for final votes.

Wildwood Board of Commissioners — Oct. 14

Meeting page

• Three ordinances were up for introduction: 1365-26 (Uniform Construction Code), 1366-26 (flood damage prevention) and 1367-26 (nuisance properties).
• A $1,150,000 NJDEP technical assistance grant was to be added to the budget.
• Triad Associates would administer the federal EDA grant for the boardwalk reconstruction, for up to $97,500. DeBlasio & Associates would handle a $60,000 accessibility project at the municipal building entrance.
• The Core & Main water utility parts contract would grow by $234,356.94, to $524,356.94.
• Trick-or-treat in Wildwood is set for Saturday, Oct. 31, 5:00 to 7:00 PM.

West Cape May Board of Commissioners — Oct. 14

Meeting page

• Ordinance 669-26 would ban parking at all times on the west side of First Avenue between Sunset Boulevard and West Grant Street. It was listed for a public hearing.
• Ordinance 670-26 was up for introduction. It updates the borough's general licensing chapter and adds lead-based paint inspection requirements for rental units.
• The board also took up a proposal from RVE for Phase 2 of the borough's state-required stormwater watershed improvement plan.

Cape May County Board of County Commissioners — Oct. 13

Meeting page

We previewed this agenda last week. Since then, news reports say the commissioners approved the purchase of a Wildwood property for parking and asked the governor to seek federal help repairing September's nor'easter damage (see county news). The $11.5 million bridge bond, Ordinance 5-2026, is scheduled for a public hearing Oct. 27.

Also last week

• Avalon (Oct. 14): The agenda included the emergency Townsends Inlet dredging contract with Norfolk Dredging, capped at $1.6 million, plus change orders on street reconstruction and lead service line replacement work. Meeting page
• Sea Isle City (Oct. 13): A $312,145 Type III ambulance and a $75,320.32 EMS Tahoe, plus Sea Isle's side of the Townsends Inlet dredging agreement. Meeting page
• Upper Township (Oct. 13): A slower Tyler Road during the Route 50 bridge job, a Safe Routes to School application and bids for Klains Lane. Meeting page
• Cape May Point (Oct. 13): The tree removal and replacement ordinance was introduced, with a hearing set for Oct. 27. Meeting page

Not every town posts its meeting records online in a form we can track yet. For the full list, see Cape May County Government.