A divided Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted 8-7 Thursday to approve plans for the Ocean View Hotel, a 26-room seasonal hotel in East Chop with an additional apartment for the manager and two dormitory rooms for up to eight employees.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission heard nearly two hours of testimony on the proposed Ocean View Hotel in Oak Bluffs Thursday night, before closing the public hearing that began in September.
Plans for a three-story, 26-room hotel on the old Ocean View restaurant site in Oak Bluffs have spurred a unified resistance campaign among East Chop residents.
In a packed meeting room last week, property owner Charles Hajjar and his attorney laid out detailed plans for a three-story seasonal hotel that could accommodate up to 72 guests.
A new hotel is proposed for Oak Bluffs in the spot where the Ocean View restaurant welcomed generations of Islanders for dinner. And a fun Island to-do list to help you through school vacation.
The Ocean View in Oak Bluffs, where generations of Islanders met for family dinners, date nights and drinks before it burned to the ground in 2022, will not be rising from its ashes as a restaurant.
A subcommittee of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission got its first look Monday at property owner Charles Hajjar’s plans to rebuild the Ocean View Restaurant in Oak Bluffs with 10 apartments upstairs.
A plan to rebuild the Ocean View Restaurant in Oak Bluffs with additional apartments for working Islanders was filed for review at the Martha’s Vineyard Commission and could come under scrutiny in the coming weeks.
