[Adopted 8-2-1974 as § 3-5
of the 1974 Code]
[Amended 5-18-1990 by Ord. No. 90-17C; 6-21-2002 by Ord. No. 02-7C]
Acts and activities prohibited on all beaches
in Long Beach Township:
A.
All of those areas of land along the oceanfront and
bayfront owned by the Township of Long Beach.
B.
All of those areas of land along the oceanfront and
bayfront wherein the Township of Long Beach has control of the use
by easement deed.
C.
All other areas set apart by consent of owners where
protected bathing areas have been and are established.
D.
Public street ends on the bayfront or oceanfront.
[Amended 6-17-1997 by Ord. No. 77-14C; 12-5-1980 by Ord. No. 80-34C; 5-18-1990 by Ord. No. 90-17C; 7-20-1990 by Ord. No. 90-23C; 6-21-2002 by Ord. No. 02-7C]
Acts and activities prohibited on any land on
the oceanfront or bayfront, all public street ends on the oceanfront
or bayfront and on all beaches in Long Beach Township:
A.
To throw, bat or catch a baseball, football, basketball,
softball, rubber ball, beach ball, Frisbee or any other object or
to fly kites or any other object in the protected beach areas where
bathing is supervised. No other activity or action shall be permitted
which will endanger or be likely to endanger the health, safety or
welfare of others or oneself.
[Amended 4-20-2015 by Ord. No. 15-16C]
B.
To swim or bathe beyond a safe depth in the ocean
in the supervised area, as indicated by yellow flags, determined or
regulated by the Township lifeguards.
[Amended 4-20-2015 by Ord. No. 15-16C; 3-7-2016 by Ord. No. 16-01C]
C.
To use any inflatable raft, innertube, water wings,
skimboard or any floating or inflated object of any kind or description
in guarded areas denoted by yellow flags on ocean beaches of the Township,
except as indicated, determined or regulated by the Township lifeguards.
[Amended 4-20-2015 by Ord. No. 15-16C; 3-7-2016 by Ord. No. 16-01C]
D.
To throw, place, deposit or leave any bottles, glass,
crockery, sharp or pointed article or thing, paper, refuse or debris
of any kind in the areas except in the proper receptacles provided
therefor on the beach or at the street ends. No trash cans are to
be taken from the streets and placed on the beach by unauthorized
persons.
[Amended 6-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-10C]
E.
To fail to immediately obey all orders, direction,
whistles or other signals used by the Township lifeguards and police.
F.
To sleep on the beach within the areas defined during
any time between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
G.
To change clothes, dress, undress or otherwise to
disrobe, except outer wraps.
H.
To picnic, which shall mean the carrying of or otherwise
transporting any box, basket, bag, tub or other receptacle in which
there is contained food or beverages, or both, and the consumption
of the food or beverages, or both, within the areas described. The
possession of nonalcoholic beverages for consumption not exceeding
one quart per person shall not be construed as picnicking on the protected
bathing areas.
I.
To ride or walk horses on the beach.
J.
To run on the beach within the guarded areas supervised
by the Township lifeguards and designated as protected bathing areas.
K.
To launch or land jet skis in the ocean or bay beaches
of the Township. It is further prohibited to launch or land any type
of boat within a guarded beach area. Anyone launching or landing any
type of boat at an ocean or bay beach does so at his or her own risk.
[Amended 6-20-2008 by Ord. No. 08-10C]
L.
To operate, ride or use a skateboard, or park or store
a boat, hobie-cat or boat trailer in the Township-owned ocean- or
bayfront parks.
M.
To windsurf in any Township of Long Beach areas other
than the Bayview Park windsurfing area.
[Added 2-1-2002 by Ord. No. 02-02C]
N.
The installation or placement of any device of any sort, kind or description in the dune area as hereinbefore defined in § 51-3 other than protective works approved or undertaken by the Township, county, state or federal government or protective devices, including dune walkovers approved by the New Jersey DEP, installed pursuant to approval issued by the Long Beach Township Building Department.
[Added 3-16-2007 by Ord. No. 07-09C]
O.
Walking on, sitting on, or standing on or otherwise occupying the dune area as that term is defined in § 51-3 in the Code of Long Beach Township.
[Added 9-18-2009 by Ord. No. 09-16C]
P.
There shall
be no feeding of wildlife.
[Added 9-18-2009 by Ord. No. 09-16C]
Q.
The erection of any tent, beach umbrella, sunshade or any other device of any sort, kind or description intended to shade people beneath it from the direct rays of the sun with the exception of collapsible monopole beach umbrellas which have a maximum diameter of the umbrella not exceeding eight feet and tents and other devices approved by the Long Beach Township Police Department for use by the holders of any permit issued pursuant to Chapter 131 of the Code of Long Beach Township.
[Added 7-23-2010 by Ord. No. 10-35C]
R.
The erection
of any beach umbrella between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
local time prevailing.
[Added 7-23-2010 by Ord. No. 10-35C]
S.
There shall
be no beach fires of any type.
[Added 2-1-2013 by Ord. No. 13-01C]
T.
The use of any electronic smoking device, vaping, or aerosolizing
or smoking, inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying of any lighted
cigarette, cigar, pipe, weed, plant, cannabis, or other combustible
substance in any manner or in any form, including but not limited
to tobacco, nicotine-based products, or similar products.
[Added 6-6-2014 by Ord. No. 14-18C; amended 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 21-16C]
U.
To place a table, or any object utilized as a table on the oceanfront
or bayfront beaches.
[Added 4-20-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-16C]
V.
There shall be no deliveries of food, beverages or refreshments of
any kind to the oceanfront or bayfront beaches.
[Added 4-20-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-16C]
W.
To sit, stand, walk, run or fish on any oceanfront rock jetty.
[Added 4-20-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-16C]
X.
To surf on any oceanfront beach, unless so designated by and between
blue flags.
[Added 3-7-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-01C]
[Added 7-18-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16C; amended 6-6-2014 by Ord. No.
14-18C]
