Is parking free in Jersey Shore?
Is parking free in Jersey Shore? Where to park. On-street parking is metered at Pier Village and along Ocean Avenue. Rates are $2 per hour on weekdays, $3 per hour Fridays through Sundays and holidays. All-day metered parking costs $10 for weekdays, $20 on weekends and holidays.
Is parking free at Ocean Isle Beach?
Public Beach Access: Ocean Isle Beach offers Public Beach Access points up and down the island FREE PARKING at just about all locations. Click here to download a pdf map of all beach access points with handicap accessible access points noted.
Why are Jersey beaches not free?
Municipalities charged the equivalent of $16 to $20 per person, in today's dollars, as a way to keep local taxes low and the riffraff out. Because most New Jersey's beach towns are tiny, without a lot of revenue other than property taxes, the economic boon became a cottage industry for the Shore.