City of North Myrtle Beach Mayor Marilyn Hatley read a statement from the North Myrtle Beach City Council at a regularly-scheduled City Council meeting Monday night regarding the debate surrounding the May bike events.
The statement in its entirety is as follows:
“The City of North Myrtle Beach has addressed the bike rallies each year by enforcing our laws. Specifically in the past decade, the City has aggressively enforced the noise ordinance and enlisted the assistance and support of numerous outside police agencies to assist with other issues, such as traffic control and enforcement.
North Myrtle Beach City Council feels we have been successful in controlling the May bike events in our city. With the large number of people and motorcycles involved in the bike rallies, we realize there are negative effects. However, we also recognize that many people coming to North Myrtle Beach during that time obey our laws, respect our city and enjoy their experience here.
With that said, the City Council of the City of North Myrtle Beach would like to go on record as supporting local efforts to control activities during annual bike rallies, specifically the activities that not only violate our laws, but also disturb the health, safety and welfare of our community’s citizens and visitors. We have always welcomed people to North Myrtle Beach and will continue to welcome visitors, yet we are mindful of the negative effects that may occur during bike rallies and other events in our city. We also pledge to work with other cities and Horry County to ensure that we work together in resolving the negative aspects of these bike rallies.
Keeping these negative effects in mind, City Council and North Myrtle Beach staff have begun the process of studying our ordinances to determine if there are additional actions we should take to improve upon what we have done in the past.
We have always listened to our citizens and value their opinions. We understand their continued concern about the bike events. We want to assure everyone that we will continue our efforts to make the City of North Myrtle Beach a safe and attractive tourist destination in May and throughout the entire year.”
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