Beautiful Holden Beach has long been an oasis of family fun with a strong sense of community pride. We, as a group of homeowners hope to band together to both preserve the continuity of a simple family beach experience while allowing for respectful town growth. Here are the Tennent’s of the petition we wish to recognize.

We respectfully ask the town board of Commissioners to take a step-back in your process and hire an independent third-party consultant NOT related to the parking vendor selected (Otto Connect) to construct a plan for paid parking that will drive revenue, but with the following filters in mind:

1. Ecological impact to the dunes, marsh, brush, birds, woodland creatures, other marine-life and other potential issues.
2. ROW impact on neighborhood streets relative to individual yard/property lines including a clearly defined definition of "driveway" so that owners can either adhere or modify their current drives to your definition to meet new parking criteria.
3. ROW impact on parking/person density and therefore project-able beach density created per street, per public access point.
4. Demonstrable plan for beach trash and maintenance related to new parking/person density at public beach access points.
5. Demonstrable plan for adequate restrooms per new parking/person density at public access points
6. Impact on unique street challenges related one-way streets such as but not limited to Ocean Blvd East running parallel to dunes.
7. Impact and plan for paid parking in areas with no public beach access points to avoid trespassing on private property.
8. Clearly defined communication streams for homeowners noting parking violation in their immediate areas and response expectations
9. The addition of the final plan to the ballot for a public vote