[Adopted 9-3-1976 by Ord. No. 76-14C]
In order to provide the necessary funds to improve,
maintain and police such beaches, including the employing of lifeguards,
the purchase of necessary equipment for the protection and safeguard
of bathers, the regulation and enforcement of parking and the necessary
cleaning of the beaches and removal of debris, the following fees
shall be charged for use of all beaches in the Township of Long Beach:
A.
No fee shall be charged to or collected from any child
under the age of 12.
[Amended 3-5-2010 by Ord. No. 10-06C]
B.
No fees shall be charged to or collected from any
individual while attired in street clothing upon the beach, except
when a person so attired shall utilize the water for swimming or any
other recreational purposes.
C.
Thirty-five dollars per person per season, provided
that application is made to the proper authority on or before June
15 of the bathing season.
[Amended 11-2-1984 by Ord. No. 84-26C; 12-5-1986 by Ord. No. 86-23C; 2-3-1989 by Ord. No. 89-5C; 2-12-1992 by Ord. No. 92-3C; 12-6-1994 by Ord. No. 94-45C; 1-19-1996 by Ord. No. 96-2C; 2-20-1998 by Ord. No. 98-3C; 3-16-2001 by Ord. No. 01-3C; 2-21-2003 by Ord. No. 03-07C; 2-20-2004 by Ord. No. 04-03C; 2-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-01C; 1-20-2006 by Ord. No.
06-02C; 1-20-2006 by Ord. No. 06-02C; 2-16-2007 by Ord. No.
07-5C; 6-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-10C; 7-25-2014 by Ord. No.
14-23C; 11-4-2019 by Ord. No. 19-24C]
D.
Forty-five dollars per person per season subsequent
to June 15 for the remainder of the bathing season.
[Amended 11-2-1984 by Ord. No. 84-26C; 12-5-1986 by Ord. No. 86-23C; 2-3-1989 by Ord. No.
89-5C; 2-12-1992 by Ord. No. 92-3C; 12-6 1994 by Ord. No.
94-45C; 1-19-1996 by Ord. No. 96-2C; 3-17-2000 by Ord. No. 00-2C; 3-16-2001 by Ord. No. 01-3C; 2-21-2003 by Ord. No. 03-07C; 2-20-2004 by Ord. No.
04-03C; 2-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-01C; 2-16-2007 by Ord. No.
07-05C; 7-25-2014 by Ord. No. 14-23C; 11-4-2019 by Ord. No.
19-24C]
E.
Twenty dollars per person per week for any week or
a fractional part thereof but greater than one day, subsequent to
June 15 of the bathing season.
[Amended 11-2-1984 by Ord. No. 84-26C; 12-5-1986 by Ord. No. 86-23C; 2-3-1989 by Ord. No. 89-5C; 2-12-1992 by Ord. No. 92-3C; 2-19-1993 by Ord. No. 93-4C; 1-19-1996 by Ord. No. 96-2C; 3-17-2000 by Ord. No. 00-2C; 3-16-2001 by Ord. No. 01-3C; 2-20-2004 by Ord. No. 04-03C; 2-4-2005 by Ord. No.
05-01C; 1-20-2006 by Ord. No. 06-02C]
F.
Ten dollars per person per day for any one day subsequent
to June 15 of the bathing season.[2]
[Added 2-21-1992 by Ord. No. 92-3C; amended 1-19-1996 by Ord. No. 96-2C; 3-17-2000 by Ord. No. 00-2C; 3-16-2001 by Ord. No. 01-3C; 2-20-2004 by Ord. No. 04-03C; 2-4-2005 by Ord. No.
05-01C; 4-4-2016 by Ord. No. 16-08C; 11-4-2019 by Ord. No. 19-24C]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection G, concerning the fee for a single seasonal Bayview Park badge, added 1-24-1994 by Ord. No. 94-2C, as amended; Subsection H, concerning the fee per person per week for a single Bayview Park badge, added 1-21-1994 by Ord. No. 94-2C, as amended; and Subsection I, concerning the fee per person per day for a Bayview Park badge, added 2-1-2002 by Ord. No. 02-02C, as amended, which subsections immediately followed this subsection, were repealed 6-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-10C, which ordinance also stated that "regular badges will be used at Bayview Park."
G.
Five dollars per senior citizen per season upon presentation of valid proof of age for persons 65 years of age or older. Senior citizen beach badges issued prior to the adoption of this Subsection G shall be permanently valid unless lost or misplaced. The replacement senior citizen badge shall be obtained at a cost of $5 with valid proof of age and must be purchased annually.
[Added 3-5-2010 by Ord. No. 10-06C]
H.
One hundred
ninety-five dollars for the purchase of a reproduced, commemorative
collection of all prior beach badges issued by the Township and one
current seasonal beach badge as part of the collection and for access
to the beaches for the current season.
[Added 8-2-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-21C]
A.
No person over the age of 12 years and under the age
of 65 years shall bathe or otherwise use the lands, facilities or
privileges of any beach without having first acquired and then having
in his or her possession a proper and effective badge, license or
permit to use said beaches.
B.
Pursuant to N. J.S.A. 40:61-22.20, no person over the age of 12 years and under the age of 65 shall bathe or otherwise use the lands, facilities or privileges of any beach other than specified in § 51-18 of this chapter without having first acquired and then having in his or her possession a proper and effective beach badge, license or permit to use said beaches.
[Added 2-1-2002 by Ord. No. 02-02C; 6-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-10C]
No privilege, right, badge, ticket or other
evidence of right to use the said beaches issued or to be issued upon
the payment of any of the fees set forth above shall be sold or rented
to any other person, persons, firm, association or a corporation for
a fee, by the person to whom the same is issued.
The Board of Commissioners of this municipality
shall have the right to determine by resolution or order the period
during each year when a badge or permit shall be mandatory. In any
year in which the Board of Commissioners shall not adopt a resolution
or order fixing and determining the period when badges or permits
are mandatory, the period shall be from June 15 to September 15, between
the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The purchase, acquisition or
obtaining of a beach badge or permit does not, in any way, give the
holder the right to trespass or enter upon privately owned property
in the Township of Long Beach.
Fees and revenues collected from the sale of
such beach badges or permits shall be earmarked for expenditure only
on the beaches and beach programs of Long Beach Township for the maintenance
of said beach and beach-related problems, including but not limited
to lifeguard salaries, acquisition of lifeguard equipment, cleaning
and maintenance of beaches, supervision and implementation of parking
control, policing of beach and beach-related problems, including parking
patrol, beach protection and beach preservation work and the like.
