Transparency – that’s the word Bill Creelman used to describe what he and his wife hope to achieve with the materials they use for the deck railings on the Surf City home they’ve been building for nearly a year.

They selected a glass panel that wouldn’t block views, Creelman told the borough council at its March 13 meeting. However, under an amended zoning ordinance exempting deck railings on residential structures from height restrictions set forth in the borough’s uniform construction code,…