Town Hall Wireless Internet Park

I paid for parking in Bethany Beach via ParkMobile, followed the rules, and the Town received the payment. My only mistake was selecting the wrong saved license plate in the app, an honest input error. I provided clear proof of payment and asked for administrative review.

Instead of resolving it reasonably, the Town/Police Department denied my appeal and escalated it all the way to collections. I’m a law-abiding citizen, and in nearly 40 years of life (and 20+ years as an adult), I’ve never had anything sent to collections, especially not over a situation where payment was clearly made.

Fines are meant to punish people who don’t comply. I complied. This feels less like enforcement and more like a system designed to extract money even when the Town has already been paid. It’s left me seriously questioning the fairness, and the ethical culture, of how this is handled.

Parking fees are over the top. You have to pay for a full hour even if you want to make a quick stop in town and one of the very limited number of 15 minute spots is not available. Overall the outrageous fees are a deterrent for me wanting to come into town and spend $ with local merchants. They are the ones that are going to lose out in order to fill the coffers of the town of Bethany to pay for their orange shirt parking enforcement crew.