One Havertown family is enjoying a decision by the Ocean City, New Jersey City Council to allow larger cabanas on its beaches, writes Maddy Vitale for ocnjdaily.com.

In the interest of social distancing, Council revised a set of regulations June 11 for size and locations of beach cabanas, canopies and tents.

Previously, canopies and cabanas had to be at the back of the beach, no bigger than 8 feet wide by 6 feet deep by 6 feet tall.

Now canopies can be up to 10 feet by 10 feet and don’t have to stay in the back.

That means Dan and Sue Dotsey and their two daughters can spread out in their seven-foot-tall canopy.

“We love it. Especially now,” Dan said. “It gives you more space for social distancing. It is like having a room on the beach.”

The Dotseys typically spend summers in Ocean City and usually set up close to the entrance of the 34^th Street beach for convenience.

Ocean City Public Information Officer Doug Bergen emphasized that those who erect canopies are expected to sit underneath them and set up in less crowded areas so all beachgoers can have room.

Read more about this change in Ocean City regulations here.

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