Things to know about Lewes

LEWES CITY HALL:

  • City Hall is located on E. Third street, and is open Monday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

PUBLIC RESTROOM FACILILIES:

  • Zwaanendael Park: open year-round 24 hours a day.
  • Market Street Park: weather permitting open year-round, 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
  • Beach 31 and #2: open 7:00 a.m. -dusk, Memorial day thru Labor Day

NOISE:

  • Any unreasonable, loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise being detrimental to the life or health of any individual or contrary to the public welfare, especially between the normal sleeping hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., is prohibited.

PARKING:

  • It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stand, or store any boat, trailer, commercial vehicle, recreational vehicle or trailer on any street located within a residential district, unless loading or unloading of such vehicle.

BEACH RULES:

  • It shall be unlawful for any person to be on Lewes Beach (from Roosevelt Inlet to the Cape May-Lewes Ferry terminal) between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
  • Sleeping:It shall be unlawful to sleep, lie, loiteron, occupy as sleeping quarters or be underthe guise or pretending to sleep on any part of the publicbeaches within the corporate limits of the city between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
  • Fires: No open burning
  • Alcohol: None allowed
  • Permits: Required for activities on the beach
  • Dogs: No dogs are allowed on any beach strand between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6;30 p.m. any day between May 1st and September 30th.
  • Horses: It shall be unlawful for any person to ride, walk or exercise a horse upon any public beach located within the corporate limits of the city from April 1st thru September 30th.
  • Fishing: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to fish in the area of Lewes Yacht Club Between the hours of 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and for a distance offshore of 300 feet, from May 1st thru September 15th.
  • Jetskis: it shall be unlwaful for any person to operate jetskis whithin a distance of 300 feet of any beach strand within the corporate limits of the City of Lewes.

DOGS:

  • The owner or the person in control of a dog shall keep the dog underleash, and shall carry and use a bag or other device to pick up and remove from property any excrement which said dog shall drop.

CATS:

  • Please report feral cats to the following organizations:
    Lewes Historical Cat Society, 645-1575
    Marietta Virden Animal Foundation, 645-1732

EMERGENCY AND REFERENCE NUMBERS

Unless otherwise noted, all phone numbers on this site use the 302 area code.

EMERGENCY

  • Fire, Ambulance & Police..........911
  • Police (non-emergency)
    State Police...........................856-5480
    Lewes Police..........................645-6264
  • Poison Information Center.........1-302-655-3389
  • Suicide Prevention...................1-800-345-6785
HOSPITAL
  • Beebe Medical Center................645-3300

US COAST GUARD

  • Indian River station...................227-2121
  • MARINE POLICE BOATING...........1-736-4580

VETERINARIAN

  • Savannah Animal Hospital..............645-8757

TRANSPORTATION

  • Cape May-Lewes Ferry...................644-6030
  • Seaport Transportation.................645-6800
  • Unistate Bus System..............1-302-451-1187
  • Delaware Resort Transit..........1-800-892-7000

For additional information or questions, please contact City Hall at 645-7777.