Town of Ocean City City Hall Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 301 Baltimore Ave. Ocean City, MD 21842 Phone: 410-289-8221
Americans with Disabilities Act
Mayor's Advisory Committee for the American With Disabilities Act
Welcome to the Town of Ocean City's Americans With Disabilities Website. Under the guidance of the Mayor and Council, the Ocean City Disabilities Advisory Committee is tasked with reporting and making recommendations relating to the implementation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
MISSION STATEMENT:
To promote quality of life, accessibility, and equity on behalf of all citizens and visitors to the Town of Ocean City, Maryland who experience disabilities.
www.purpletextrelay.us(Free calls for people with hearing loss or speech disabilities.) Free government regulated service.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Inlet Parking Lot
In order to accommodate our physically challenged patrons, a 90-minute grace period is in place. This allows those person(s) to view the ocean or pick-up an item from the boardwalk. In addition, there are handicap parking spaces located near the beach as well as the boardwalk just for these purposes. However, if the length of time spent in the parking lot is 91-minutes or more, the person will have to pay for the entire time spent in the parking lot, in accordance with the parking fees listed here.
ADA Playground
ADA Playground at North Side Park at 125th St.
ADA accessible playground consists of both ground level and above ground level play elements with a bonded rubber safety surface. Park is open dawn to dusk.
For Our Physically Challenged Visitors
Ocean City is pleased to provide the following programs:
ADA Paratransit Service
Origin to designation bus service for those meeting ADA eligibility requirements.
To schedule one business day ahead, call the Department of Transportation at 410-723-1606.
Beach Access
Access to the beach for the physically challenged is provided at certain locations along the beach & is designated by a blue sign on street entrances along Coastal Highway. The following is a list of beach access locations.
Inlet Lot
Somerset St.
Talbot St.
N. Division St.
12th St.
25th St.
27th St.
35th St.
37th St.
40th St.
48th St.
59th St.
70th St.
81st St.
89th St.
94th St.
107th St.
120th St.
130th St.
139th St.
145th St.
Beach Wheelchairs
The Town of Ocean City is pleased to offer this benefit to its visitors in need of assistance traveling across the sand. Use of a city owned chair is a privilege, and we ask that you view it as such by abiding by a few simple guidelines established below. This free service is monitored by the Town's Beach Patrol staff. Please remember that our Beach Patrol is here primarily to provide safety services to our beach-goers, therefore other beach-related responsibilities may cause a slight delay in staff attending to the distribution and collection of beach wheelchairs. Your patience is appreciated.
For access to chair, to get a wheelchair box unlocked or to report damage or problems with a chair see a lifeguard or call 410-520-5231 10am - 4pm
Available for use 10am - 5pm
Complete wheelchair permit and waiver - Be prepared to show your driver's license
Use at your own risk - Do not put chair in water... Use on land only
Return beach wheelchair to lifeguard after transferring to another chair so that it may be available to others
Inlet Lot
1st St.
7th St.
27th St.
30th St.
40th St.
48th St.
59th St.
70th St.
81st St.
89th St.
94th St.
107th St.
120th St.
130th St.
139th St.
145th St.
Wheelchairs are first-come, first-served. Please share with others. A limited number of chairs may be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. These special chairs are available for pick up at: Ocean City Visitor's Center 410-723-8610 and Ocean City Public Safety Building 410-723-6610.
The Town of Ocean City is pleased to help provide access to our beach for disabled visitors through the beach chair program. Donations to help purchase more chairs are gratefully accepted. For more information, call 410-723-8610.
Chairman Harry How III: 410-251-3344 
