OC business making their voices heard through petition

OCEAN CITY, Md.- A small business is trying to make their voices heard with a petition that will hopefully allow them to start their operation of setting up beach gear and cleaning it up.

Sand Taxi said because of an ordinance in place they are unable to do their work.

Which they believe is also a huge disservice to some people who are disabled or even elderly, where setting up gear could be a hassle.

But this small business called Sand Taxi, wants to change that.

Last summer they said they saw a business offering beach gear transportation- set up- and clean up in Ocean City.

The owner told us they started to feel things out, by creating social media pages, and seeing if it was something that people were interested in.

And she told us the demand is there.

However, when the owner went to go apply for their license in May, they found out there was an ordinance created during the off-season that prohibited beach gear set up and clean ups.

So, now with this ordinance standing in their way to help those who need it most, they created a petition to change that.

“We have visitors and locals and residents and non-residents who are handicapped and disabled and elderly who want to enjoy the beautiful beaches of Ocean City, and cannot do so otherwise if this business is not in service,” one of the owners said.

“It’s not like oh you know I don’t feel like taking my beach equipment to the beach, there are people that literally need this service in order to go to the beach, I mean who am I going to get to help me,” Julie Tepper, someone would their service, said.

We did reach out to officials in Ocean City for comment, but they did not get back to us in air time.

We’re told the petition has around 200 signatures in just a short couple of days.

If you would like to sign this petition, you can click here.

And you can click here for a link to their Facebook.