Chilmark selectmen this week approved new shellfish regulations to include stricter penalties for violations and clearly-stated restrictions on family permits.

It was the first time in 20 years the regulations were revised, and the selectmen were happy with the changes.

“It looks good,” selectman Jonathan Mayhew said.

“We gave this a lot of time, the shellfish committee went over it, we told people this is what we’re doing, we posted the regulations down in Menemsha so people have had 30 days to comment on it,” said selectman Warren Doty.

First and second-time offenders who violate shellfish rules are subject to license suspension and up to a $50 fine, and a third offense results in revocation of the shellfish license for one year.

Selectmen were also concerned about family-permit holders using their catch for commercial purposes; regulations now expressly forbid family-permit holders from selling their catch.

A scuba diving regulation that prohibits commercial diving for shellfish in Menemsha and Nashaquitsa Ponds was changed to include a provision allowing the selectmen to give special permission.

In other business at their meeting Tuesday, selectmen approved a beach committee request to give inn guests parking privileges at Lucy Vincent beach between 9 and 11 a.m. and after 3 p.m. during July and August.

The request came after a joint meeting between the committee and inn holders agreed the inns could purchase a parking placard at the cost of $85 for each room, the regular price for a beach sticker, in addition to a walk-on pass. Placards for Squibnocket Beach are limited to one per establishment.

“It’s going to be under constant supervision,” beach superintendent Martina Mastromonaco said. “It will get busier in the parking lot but I think that things are quieter now and it’s a smaller number than years ago when we looked at it. It’s a manageable situation for everybody involved.”

A total of 48 parking passes will be available.

“I just want to say how grateful we are for the [one-year] trial period because not having the passes has really hurt our business, and I’m very hopeful that it will help boost business this season,” Beach Plum Inn owner Sara Nixon said. Other inns include the Captain Flanders House, the Menemsha Inn and the Picket House.

The Vineyard Transit Authority has provided a shuttle service between Menemsha and Lucy Vincent for the inns, and will continue to do so this summer. Town executive secretary Tim Carroll suggested the selectmen talk with the VTA about a more regular schedule. The shuttle costs the town $24,000.

The selectmen then discussed opening up parking at the town landfill to ease parking constraints in Menemsha for employees and visitors, and authorized Mr. Carroll to investigate the legalities of leaving the landfill open at night.

Selectmen also voted to allow the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission to lease the fields at Tea Lane Farm to an Island farmer for the coming summer. The land bank will issue a request for proposals for farmers interested in using the land for grazing; the lease will terminate at the end of the summer.

The land bank and the town jointly bought the property in 2001 and for the past year have been working on a plan to restore the property to a working farm.

A spending article to restore the farmhouse was postponed at the annual town meeting last month pending the completion of a plan.

The land bank has created two public walking paths along the ridge of the property, one from Middle Road to Middle Line Road and a second from the Tiasquam River to Tea Lane.

The selectmen will meet on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the town hall to discuss the status of the project.