Point Pleasant Beach may soon decide whether to force bars to pay an extra fee if they want to remain open until 2 a.m.
The extra money would help pay for additional police patrols to address quality-of-life issues in residential neighborhoods near the boardwalk in the Jersey Shore community.
Some residents say unruly patrons leaving the bars scream, fight, urinate and damage property on the way back to their cars.
The boardwalk bars are offering the borough $800,000 over five years. But they also want to scrap a law that takes effect in July prohibiting non-resident parking between midnight and 6 a.m. on some streets nearest the boardwalk bars.
Town officials are expected to consider the issue during a meeting Tuesday night.
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