[1976 Code § 6-16]
Beaches, bathing and recreational facilities are hereby established
in the City for the public health, safety and recreation. Fees are
required for their use.
Such places shall be located at the oceanfront upon all lands
in the City on the Atlantic Ocean between 1st Street and 95th Street
within the City in the area commonly known as the "Beach," including
any inlet or bay beach.
[1976 Code § 6-17; Ord. No. 691 § 1; Ord. No. 714 § 1; Ord. No. 727 § 1; Ord. No. 883 § 1; Ord. No. 1063 § 1; Ord.
No. 1096 § 1; Ord. No.
1141 § 1; Ord. No. 1220 § XIII; Ord. No. 1285 §§ I, II; Ord. No. 1433 §§ I- IV; Ord. No. 1506 (2011) § I;
Ord. No. 1511 (2011) § 8; Ord. No. 1561 (2014); amended 10-24-2023 by Ord. No.
1705]
In order to provide the necessary funds to improve, maintain,
protect and police the beaches, the following fees shall be charged
for such facilities:
a. No fee shall be charged to or collected from person under the age
of 12 years.
b. $25 per person per season provided that application is made to the
proper authorities on or before the cut-off date of May 15th of each
year.
c. $30 per person per season in the event that application is made to
the proper authorities subsequent to the cut-off date of May 15th
of each year and for the remainder of the bathing season.
d. $15 per person per week for any week or fractional part thereof of
the bathing season. Weekly badges shall be valid from Saturday at
10:00 a.m. to the following Saturday (eight days later) at 5:00 p.m.
e. $10 per person per day for a daily bathing privilege subsequent to
the City observed day for Memorial Day.
f. All mail applications for seasonal beach badges pursuant to this
subsection shall be made upon written forms to be supplied by the
City.
g. Any person owning a motel within the City shall be entitled to purchase
an unlimited number of seasonal badges. Notwithstanding any provisions
contained herein to the contrary, the owner of a motel may lend, without
charge, any of the badges issued pursuant to this subsection to any
registered guest of the motel.
h. No fee shall be charged or collected from any person in active military
service in any of the Armed Forces of the United States, their spouse
or dependent children over the age of 12 years.
i. No fee shall be charged or collected from any persons who are active
members of the New Jersey National Guard who have completed Initial
Active Duty Training and to their spouse or dependent children over
the age of 12 years. As used in this paragraph, "Initial Active Duty
Training" means Basic Military Training, for members of the New Jersey
Air National Guard, and Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual
Training, for members of the New Jersey Army National Guard.
j. No fee shall be charged or collected from any persons who have served
in any of the Armed forces of the United States and who were discharged
or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable and
who either have served at least 90 days in active duty or have been
discharged or released from active duty by reason of a service-incurred
injury or disability.
[1976 Code § 6-18]
No person over the age of 12 years shall bathe at or otherwise use the beaches set forth in subsection
21-1.1 without having first acquired and then having in his or her possession a proper and effective badge, license or permit to use the beaches, which shall be worn conspicuously by the person during such use, so that it shall be visible at all times and shall be exhibited on demand to the Beach Inspector or other duly authorized representative of the City.
[1976 Code § 6-19]
a. No privilege, right, badge, ticket or other evidence of right to use the beaches, issued to or to be issued upon the payment of any of the fees provided for in subsection
21-1.2 shall be assigned, transferred, loaned, given, sold, rented or in any other way set over to another person by the person to whom the same is issued; however, nothing in this subsection will prevent the use of any badge purchased by a homeowner or tenant by any member of the family of such owner or tenant.
b. No person shall accept and use, upon such beaches, any badge or ticket
not issued to or for the person by the City and its duly constituted
representative, except as stated in paragraph a above.
c. No person shall conspire, aid, advise, abet or otherwise assist in
any violation of any provision of this subsection or any other subsection
of this section.
d. No person shall use the beaches without having in his or her possession
and prominently displayed at all times upon the exterior of his or
her clothing, a badge, ticket or other evidence of the right to use
the beaches.
e. The conduct of all persons on public beaches during the bathing season shall be controlled by the same regulations as outlined in Section
21-2 and Chapter
3, Police Regulations of this Code.
[1976 Code § 6-20; Ord. No. 1431 § LXXXVII]
a. Governing Body. The Governing Body is hereby authorized and empowered
to:
1. Adopt by resolution, in addition to the rules and regulations herein
enumerated, such other rules and regulations as may be necessary for
the proper control and regulation of the beachfront and the waters
adjacent thereto.
2. Designated by resolution the protected bathing beaches where boats
and lifeguards are to be provided by the City, and from which beaches
persons may bathe and swim, and to change or abolish the precise location
of any one or more bathing beaches from time to time, as safety and
attending circumstances shall require.
3. To determine and establish by resolution the period during each year
when each of the paid bathing beaches shall be opened and closed,
and the times during which such beaches will be protected.
b. Mayor. The Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to:
1. Employ inspectors, lifeguards and such other employees as may be
necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of this section
and all rules and regulations established herein or subsequently adopted
by resolution.
2. Purchase badges, checks or other insignia and such other supplies,
materials and equipment as may be necessary.
[1976 Code § 6-21]
The City reserves the right to revoke any beach privileges granted
under this section for any violations of its provisions, or other
rules, regulations, resolutions and ordinances and to retake and impound
any beach identification badge or permit which has been improperly
used or obtained.
Such revocation shall not preclude the imposition of any other
penalties provided for such violation.
[1976 Code § 6-3; Ord. No. 768 § 3]
It shall be unlawful and an offensive course of conduct to violate
or participate in the violation of any rule or regulation hereinafter
set forth, which rules and regulations are hereby adopted for and
shall apply to the government, supervision, use and policing of the
public beach areas, during the months of May, June, July, August and
September of each year.
[1976 Code § 6-1; Ord. No. 768 § 2; Ord. No. 1459 (2009) § IV; Ord. No. 1618 (2018) § 15]
The driving or moving of any vehicle on the beach, Promenade,
or approaches thereto, is prohibited, except in cases where a written
permit therefor, signed by the Chief of Police or by such person designated
by the Chief, has been issued. Vehicle beach access permits shall
be provided upon submitting a complete application and the application
fee. The application fee for a vehicle beach access permit shall be
$50. Vehicle beach access permits shall only allow for vehicle beach
access between September 15th and May 15th of each year.
[1976 Code § 6-4; Ord. No. 768 § 2; Ord. No. 1618 (2018) § 16]
a. No person, during the months of May, June, July, August and September
in each year, shall walk, drive, ride, bathe, sleep, swim or otherwise
be on any public beach area of the City from 10:00 p.m. in the evening
of any day to 6:00 a.m. in the morning of the following day, prevailing
time; except employees of the City, County, State or Federal government
in the performance of their duties as employees; and except any person,
persons, or group of persons who have been granted written permission
so to do in accordance with the provisions of paragraph b below.
b. The Chief of Police or any person designated by him/her is hereby
authorized to grant permission to any person, persons or group of
persons to be on the public beach areas of the City during the time
referred to in paragraph a hereof, for such purposes and under such
terms and conditions as are consistent with the general meaning, intent
and purposes of this section, namely, the protection of the people,
their property and rights, the protection of public property, and
the general public safety, health and welfare of the inhabitants and
guests in the City.
[1976 Code § 6-5; Ord. No. 786 § 3]
No person shall throw, bat, or catch a baseball, football, basketball,
softball, or engage in the playing of any game endangering the health
and safety of others. This subsection shall not apply to the playing
of beach tennis or reasonable playing "at catch" with a soft rubber
or beach ball; except at designated areas.
[1976 Code § 6-6; Ord. No. 786 § 3; Ord. No. 1243 § I]
No person shall swim or bathe beyond a safe depth in the ocean,
as from time to time indicated, determined or regulated, by the City
lifeguards, or to swim or bathe at other than designated areas. No
person shall be permitted on or shall dive, jump, or swim from any
stone groin located in the City of Sea Isle City.
[1976 Code § 6-7; Ord. No. 786 § 3]
No person shall use a surfboard, canoe, boat, noninflatable
raft, inflatable raft, inner tube, water wings or any floating or
inflated object of any kind or description except at designated areas.
[1976 Code § 6-8; Ord. No. 786 § 3]
No person shall throw, place, deposit or leave any bottles,
cans, glass, crockery, sharp or pointed article or thing, paper, refuse
or debris of any kind, in beach areas except in the proper receptacles
provided therefor on the Promenade and public beach.
[1976 Code § 6-9; Ord. No. 768 § 3]
No person shall revel, disport or behave in a loud, noisy, boisterous,
indecent, or obscene manner, or in any manner which inconveniences,
disrupts, or disturbs others and the general peace and good order.
[1976 Code § 6-10; Ord. No. 768 § 3]
No person shall climb upon or stand on the railings, fences
or benches on the Promenade, pavilions or approaches thereto and jetties
or tamper with or handle the lifeguard boats, stands or other equipment
used by the lifeguards.
[1976 Code § 6-11; Ord. No. 768 § 3]
No person shall hawk or peddle, sell or offer for sale any article,
goods, wares or merchandise within the beach areas. No person shall
hawk or peddle on the Promenade.
[1976 Code § 6-12; Ord. No. 768 § 3]
No person shall change clothes, dress, undress or otherwise
disrobe; except in outer wraps.
[1976 Code § 6-13; Ord. No. 768 § 3; Ord. No. 1431 § LXXXVIII]
No person shall use any public place, beach or area for picnics,
except at such places or areas as may be designated by resolution
of the Governing Body.
[1976 Code § 6-14; Ord. No. 768 § 3]
All orders, directions, whistles or other signals used by the
City lifeguards and Police shall be immediately obeyed.
[1976 Code § 6-15; Ord. No. 768 § 3]
Enclosures of any type or description on the public beaches
are prohibited.
[Ord. No. 1253 § II; Ord. No. 1504 (2011) § XIX]
There shall be established protection areas within the City
of Sea Isle City, pursuant to the City of Sea Isle City Beach Management
Plan, for the Protection of Federally & State-Listed Species,
dated March, 2011, prepared by Sea Isle City in cooperation with the
NJDEP, Division of Fish and Wildlife, and the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. The following activities are
prohibited in the management area during the times specified:
a. Beach raking shall be consistent with the approved Beach Management
Plan (referenced above) of any year.
b. Vehicle use on the beach shall be consistent with the approved Beach Management Plan and subsection
21-2.2.
c. There shall be no kite flying, pets, or fireworks, including public
fireworks displays, within the protected areas during the dates specified
in the Beach Management Plan.
d. No person shall alter, destroy, or in any way tamper with the nesting
enclosures established by the New Jersey Division of Fish, Game and
Wildlife Endangered and Non-Game Species Program (ENSP).
e. There shall be appropriate buffers around all piping plover (Charadrius
melodous) nests and beach nesting bird colonies (e.g. least tern (Sterna
antillarum)) free from all recreational activities (e.g. pedestrians,
joggers, sunbathers, picnickers, fishermen, boaters, or other recreational
users), consistent with the approved Beach Management Plan.
f. The City of Sea Isle City will allow the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection, or their agents, to implement a predator-control
program to reduce the threat of predators (e.g. red fox, feral cats,
Norway rats), if necessary.
[Ord. No. 768 §§ 6,7;
New; Ord. No. 1253 § I]
Any person who shall violate any provision hereof shall be liable, upon conviction, to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, Section
1-5. Any repetition of any prohibited act shall be declared a new offense.
[Ord. No. 678 Preamble; Ord. No. 1431 § LXXXIX]
a. N.J.S.A. 40-179:78 et seq. permits the City to lay out and open streets
along the beach or ocean.
b. The Governing Body deems it in the best interest of the City to dedicate
that portion of the public property bordering the ocean or beach between
29th Street and 57th Street as a public street with certain restrictions,
to be known as "Sea Isle City Promenade."
[Ord. No. 678 §§ 2,
3]
a. All that property described on the attachment hereto, which attachment
is incorporated herein by this reference thereto, is dedicated as
a public street, which street shall be known as "Sea Isle City Promenade."
b. Sea Isle City Promenade shall become a public street of the City
and shall remain open and shall be a public way.
[Ord. No. 678 § 4]
No person or persons shall operate or permit to be operated
a motor or other vehicle upon Sea Isle City Promenade except for the
following exceptions which shall be strictly construed:
a. Police, fire, ambulance or other emergency vehicles;
b. Lifeguard vehicles and Public Works vehicles;
c. Such other vehicles that obtain a permit from the Mayor or his/her
designee, which permit application shall state the name and address
of the applicant, the license number, make, year and model of the
vehicle, the purpose necessitating the application, the date and hours
applied for and such other information as the City may require in
ascertaining whether or not a permit for a specified time shall issue.
[Ord. No. 678 § 5]
a. Any person, persons, corporation or other legal entity which violates the terms of this section shall be liable, upon conviction, to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, Section
1-5. For the first offense, a fine shall be not less than $50.
b. A person need not be charged as a second or subsequent offender in
order to be prosecuted as such.
c. The Municipal Court shall have jurisdiction over this section.
[Ord. No. 678 § 7]
From time to time, as may be necessary or expedient, the City
may grade or otherwise improve Sea Isle City Promenade.
[1976 Code § 17-22; Ord. No. 662 §§ 2, 3, 5; Ord. No. 856 § 1; Ord. No. 927 § 1]
a. The use of roller skates, skateboards, scooters, bicycles and similar
means of conveyance upon the Promenade and its approaches within the
City from May 15 to September 15 of each year hereby are prohibited
except during the hours of:
5:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on weekdays, 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
on Saturdays and Sundays.
b. All places of business renting, leasing, selling, giving or in any
way transferring roller skates, skateboards, scooters and similar
means of conveyance within the City shall prominently display during
all business hours a sign, which shall state "The use of roller skates,
skateboards, scooters and similar means of conveyance upon the Promenade
and its approaches within the City from May 15 to September 15 is
prohibited except during the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. weekdays,
5:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Saturdays and Sundays."
c. Any person violating the terms of this subsection shall be liable,
upon conviction, for a fine for a first offense of not more than $50.
For each and every subsequent offense within 90 days of a prior conviction,
the penalty shall be a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100.
[1976 Code § 6-22; Ord. No. 889 § 1]
This section shall be known as the "Sea Isle City Beach Protection
Ordinance."
[1976 Code § 6-23; Ord. No. 889 § 2]
a. It has been clearly demonstrated that well established and protected
sand dunes, together with berms, beaches and underwater slopes of
suitable configuration and of proper grade and height are a durable
and effective protection against damage by the ocean under storm conditions
and are the natural protection of the coastal areas adjacent thereto,
and the State and its subdivisions and their inhabitants have an interest
in the combined protection thereof and the right to restore them in
the event of damage or destruction.
b. The dunes are vulnerable to erosion by both wind and water, but primarily
by wind since its attacks against the dunes are sustained for substantial
and frequently recurring periods of time; whereas, if protected by
typical berms, beaches and underwater slopes, the dunes are attacked
by water only at infrequent intervals. The best available means of
protecting the dunes against wind erosion is by preventing indiscriminate
trespassing, construction or other acts which might destroy or damage
the dunes, and through the use of native plantings, supplemented by
sand fencing and other devices designed to prevent the free blowing
of the sand and the maintenance of the surface tensions, root accumulations,
normal contours and other features found in typical natural dunes.
c. The immediate dune and beach area is not capable of rigid definition
or delineation or of completely firm stabilization so that particular
sites, at one time free of dunes, may, as the result of natural forces,
become part of the dune area necessary for the continuation of the
protection above outlined and persons purchasing or owning such property
do so subject to the public interest therein.
d. It is a purpose of this section to define the areas so affected and
to establish regulations to assure their continued effectiveness.
This section is declared to be an exercise of the police power in
the interest of safety and welfare and the protection of persons and
property.
e. Past storms have graphically illustrated to public and officials
alike that destruction of sand and other barriers protecting the adjacent
coastal areas creates an imminent and continuing threat and danger
to life and property. Such erosion and destruction make it necessary
to the health, safety and welfare of the City to maintain, repair,
restore, replace and construct protective barriers on both public
and private property within the City.
f. The interference with or the depletion of the beach and sand dunes
tends to permit encroachment by the sea and the conditions above recited
make it imperative that the Governing Body, with the City Engineer,
in consultation with the Environmental Commission, regulate and control
the removal of sand from the beach or dunes or any other interference
with or depletion of the protective barrier on the oceanfront of the
City.
[1976 Code § 6-25; Ord. No. 889 § 3; Ord. No. 1431 § XC; amended 11-22-2022 by Ord. No. 1691]
The City Dune Line shall be the western line of the Contractor's
Work Limit without consideration for street ends as shown on the map(s)
designed by the Philadelphia District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
for the project "Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet Ocean City,
Upper Township, Sea Isle City Cape May County, New Jersey IFB# W912BU-14-0011"
issued August 13, 2014.
The City recognizes areas west of the Contractor's Work Limit
may be dune under a state and/or federal definition and the public
is advised to check with all authorities before any work on an area
covered by sand near the City Dune Line.
[1976 Code § 6-24; Ord. No. 889 § 4]
As used in this section:
BACKSHORE
Shall mean that zone of the shore or beach lying between
the foreshore and the dune area and normally acted upon by waves only
during severe storms, especially when combined with exceptionally
high water.
BEACH
Shall mean the zone of unconsolidated material that extends
landward from the low water line to the place where there is marked
change in material or physiographic form, i.e. dune or bulkhead. Includes
foreshore and backshore.
BEACH DUNE AREA
Shall mean until the adoption of the "Sea Isle City Beach Dune Area Map Showing the Dune Line" as referred to in subsection
21-4.3, that the City Engineer will make a dune line determination in accordance with the provisions herein. Prior to the adoption of said map, the beach dune line area shall be that district set off by ordinance to include the dunes, beaches, strand, backshore and foreshore, and the area where, according to normal beach profile, the same would or should exist as determined by the City Engineer.
DUNE AREA
Shall mean the area actually or normally occupied by dunes.
For purposes of this section, it shall be construed to include its
actual dimensions or according to a computed profile with a height
of at least 12 feet above mean sea level.
DUNE LINE
Shall mean a row of dunes which may blend in with a berm
or berms, which blend in with each other, are roughly parallel to
the ocean, and serve as a protective barrier against the elements.
DUNES
Shall mean a hill of sand accumulated along the beachfront
usually by natural means. It shall extend from the backshore to the
line where the normal leeward slope intersects the established grade
of the hinterland.
FORESHORE
Shall mean this part of the shore lying between the crest
of the seaward berm and the ordinary low water mark; this is ordinarily
traversed by the uprush and backrush of the waves.
MEAN SEA LEVEL
Shall mean and include the term "sea level" and shall refer
to the 1929 Sea Level Datum established by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey or such other datum as may be established by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers or other properly authorized agencies.
NATURAL DUNE
Shall mean a dune created by natural forces or one that has
developed the contours, vegetation, root systems, etc., characteristic
of dunes so created.
NATURAL VEGETATION
Shall mean and include the terms "native vegetation" or "indigenous
vegetation." Specifically, it shall mean such plants as "beach grass"
(Ammophila breviligulata), dusty miller (Artemisin stelleriana), hudsonia
(Hudsonia tomentosa), sea rocket (Cakile endentual), seaside goldenrod
(Solidago sempervieuns), bayberry (Myrica Pennsylvanica), or beach
plum (Prunus maritima) which normally grow or may be planted on the
slope of dunes or behind them. No distinction is made as to how such
plants are introduced into their locations.
ROADWAY
Shall mean areas constructed at various designations across
the dune or berm(s) to connect the street ends or other property with
the open beach mainly for the use of such vehicular traffic as the
Department of Public Safety of this City may, from time to time, direct
and for such use as may have been designated by law or a court of
competent jurisdiction.
SAND FENCE
Shall mean and include the term "snow fence" and may mean
either of three types of barricade established in a line or a pattern
to accumulate sand and aid in the formation of a dune.
a.
Brush type. This consists of dead bushes, trees, reeds or similar
debris collected in bundles and fixed by stakes or similar means.
b.
Picket type. This shall be the commercial variety of light wooden
fence held together by wire and secured by posts.
c.
Plastic type. This shall be the commercial variety of slotted
plastic sheeting manufactured especially for the purpose of promoting
accretion of wind blown sand.
SLOPE LEEWARD
Shall mean the face or surface of the dune or berm going
from its crest or plateau away from the ocean.
STRAND
Shall mean the same included within the definition of beach.
WALKWAY
Shall mean a walk or steps installed for use by pedestrians,
built across the dune or berm(s) to connect the street ends with the
open beach. These shall be approximately perpendicular to the sand
dune and the height, width, length, material and type of construction
thereof shall be such as will be required by the City Engineer in
consultation with the Environmental Commission to carry out the intent
of this section.
[1976 Code §§ 6-27-6-29, 6-31-6-32; Ord. No.
889 § 5; Ord. No. 1431 § XC1; amended 11-22-2022 by Ord. No.
1691]
a. This section shall be applicable to the beach-dune area as hereinbefore
defined. See sketch attached hereto and made a part hereof (Schedule
A) as a representation of the definitions of subsection
21-4.4.
b. Access to the open beach shall be obtained only across street ends.
c. No permit will be granted and it shall be unlawful for any individual,
firm or corporation to authorize or participate in the removal of
sand or natural vegetation from any street end.
d. Removal of sand from any opening of a structure is permitted only
after notification to the Construction Official in writing requesting
an inspection by that Official in conjunction with the Environmental
Commission prior to removal. If removal is not approved, an individual,
firm or corporation may appeal to the Administrator, who shall determine
whether an error has been made and whether or not removal shall be
permitted. The provisions of this subsection shall apply only where
an applicant has followed all procedures under this section prior
to applying to the Administrator.
e. No individual, firm or corporation shall authorize or participate
in any manner in the moving or displacement of sand within the beach-dune
area unless a permit therefor shall have been issued pursuant to the
Administrator in consultation with the Environmental Commission. The
application issued by the Construction Office shall contain the following
information:
1. Name and address of the applicant;
2. Location of sand to be moved or displaced;
3. The nature and purpose of the proposed moving or displacement;
4. Proposed method by which the applicant desires to move or displace
the sand, including a description of the equipment, machinery or other
apparatus to be used;
5. Estimate in terms of cubic yards as to the quantity of sand to be
moved or displaced;
6. Such other information as may be required by the Governing Body with
the concurrence of the Environmental Commission.
f. No permit shall be issued without a determination by the Administrator
based upon an inspection of the area involved and a report thereon
by the City Engineer in consultation with the Environmental Commission
that such removal will not create or increase a danger or hazard to
life or property. No permit will be granted if the proposed moving
or displacement will:
1. Adversely affect the littoral drift of the beach-dune area;
2. Result in a reduction of dune protection and the dune area as defined in subsection
21-4.4 or reduce the safety of the property of others;
3. Interfere with the general configuration of the beach-dune area of
the subject property or neighboring properties.
g. No construction shall be allowed in the beach dune areas except:
1. Protective works undertaken by the City with the approval of the
Department of Environmental Protection of the State of New Jersey
and/or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the review of the Environmental
Commission of the City as applicable.
2. Walkways and steps to permit access across the dunes or berms to
the open beach at street ends only without damage to the dunes themselves
as established by the City Engineer in consultation with the Environmental
Commission.
3. Sand fences to encourage the accumulation of sand as established
by the City Engineer in consultation with the Environmental Commission.
4. Pavilions, platforms and other construction undertaken by the City
consistent with the Beach Open Space Program, provided it can be established
to the satisfaction of the City Engineer in consultation with the
Environmental Commission that the proposed design and construction
methods as applied to the particular site, situation and time will
not:
(a)
Adversely affect the existing dunes;
(b)
Be likely to create wind currents detrimental to the existing
dunes;
(c)
Be likely to create, increase or prolong any other hazard.
The design and construction of such pavilions, platforms or
structures shall be submitted to the City Engineer who, in consultation
with the Environmental Commission shall require where necessary any
features, device or provision to carry out the intent of this section.
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Final approval shall reside with the Administrator who shall
conduct a hearing and require the production of such proof as it shall
reasonably consider necessary, where the Administrator deems appropriate,
to establish the fulfillment of this section.
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5. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent surveyors
from placing survey stakes in the course of surveying property boundaries,
nor to prohibit the surveyors from going on and about the dune, berms
thereof, or the lands lying East of the acquisition line in the performance
of their professional duties, provided that such stakes be of no greater
dimensions than two inches by two inches by two feet high.
i. The designation, erecting, addition, removal, repair, maintenance,
etc., of the dune fence and cleaning of such beach shall be administered
by the City with the work being performed by the Department of Public
Works, Parks and Public Property or such other persons as authorized
by the City.
j. The removal, diverting, cutting, burning, trespassing on or other
destruction of snow fencing and other type of beach protection devices
placed by the City or its authorized agents on or in any portion of
the beach-dune in the City is prohibited.
[1976 Code § 6-30; Ord. No. 889 § 6; Ord. No. 919 § 1]
a. With reference to the map adopted in subsection
21-4.3 hereof, the City Engineer is authorized five years from the date of adoption of the map and in the event of a major storm to create a new map which shall be filed with the City Clerk, the Planning Board, the Environmental Commission, the Clerk of the County of Cape May and the Planning Board of the County of Cape May.
Any person, firm or corporation who disturbs the beach dune
area (beachfront property) prior to a dune line determination shall
be in violation of this section. Should the site be so disturbed,
the City Engineer in consultation with the Environmental Commission
shall determine the dune line.
b. The Police Department and the Construction Official shall jointly,
individually and in the alternative be responsible for the enforcement
of this section.
c. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be liable, upon conviction, to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, Section
1-5, for each separate offense, and each day any such violation continues shall be construed as a separate offense.