[Ord. No. 612, Preamble]
The Borough of Sea Girt is a municipality which owns lands bordering
the Atlantic Ocean used as a place of resort for health, recreation
and other public purposes. N.J.S.A. 40:61-22.20 gives to this municipality
the exclusive control, government and care thereof and of any boardwalk
and related facilities and authorizes the municipality in order to
provide funds to improve, maintain and police the same and to protect
the same from erosion, encroachment and damage by sea or otherwise,
and to provide facilities for safeguards for public bathing and recreation,
including the employment of lifeguards and may by ordinance, make
and enforce rules and regulations for the government, use, maintenance
and policing thereof and provide for the charging and collecting of
reasonable fees for the registration of persons using said lands and
bathing facilities, for access to the beach and bathing and recreational
ground so provided and for the use of the bathing and recreational
facilities. It is the judgment and determination of the Governing
Body that a Beach Utility whose revenues and appropriations are kept
separate and apart from the local municipal budget is the proper method
to be used in reflecting in an accurate manner the conduct and cost
of beach and beach-related activities.
[Ord. No. 612 § 2]
The membership of the Sea Girt Beachfront Utility shall consist
of the Mayor and Borough Council who shall have the power:
a. To promulgate regulations for the use of the Sea Girt beachfront
and boardwalk.
b. To establish and collect fees for the use of the beachfront.
c. To improve, maintain and provide for policing of the beachfront.
d. To protect the beachfront from erosion, encroachment and damage by
sea or otherwise.
e. To provide facilities and safeguards for public bathing and recreation.
f. To employ a Beach Manager and such other persons as are required.
g. To maintain and operate restaurant and toilet facilities at the beachfront.
h. To do all other acts necessary for safe, clean maintenance and operation
of the beachfront, boardwalk and related facilities.
i. And all other powers provided by law.