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Beachgoers in Dewey Beach Get Warning About Inflatables

Don Rush

The Dewey Beach Patrol is asking beachgoers next year to leave their inflatable novelty items at home.

During an October 11 town meeting the town council considered a proposed amendment to the zoning code on what constitutes adult novelty items.

The measure was not sent to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission because the resort’s current code would bar the display of indecent items under its disorderly conduct provision.

There were two incidents earlier this summer where some inappropriate items were brought to the beach,

Dewey Beach Patrol Captain Todd Fritchman told the Salisbury Daily Times that one was a 10-foot long phallic raft.

Fritchman said that the Beach Patrol has options ranging from a warning to a citation and that he believes the zoning code did not need to be amended.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.