What was once a few cars circling for a parking space during the peak summer season has become a recurring bottleneck: blocked driveways, painted curbs and commercial fleets crowding narrow streets; issues that pile up at municipal meetings and flood social media – each episode a small flare in a broader crunch of supply, enforcement and local policy.

“I have an issue when people park in my driveway,” Ship Bottom resident John Ahearn said during a public hearing last week before the land use…