[Adopted 7-19-1991 as part of L.L. No. 4-1991]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
OCEAN BEACH AREA
Those premises along the Atlantic Ocean bounded on the north by the crest of the dunes, on the south by the low-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the easterly Village line and on the west by the westerly Village line.
A. 
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle on the ocean beach area from May 15 through September 15 in each year during the following hours: between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
[Amended 3-9-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
B. 
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle on the ocean beach area at any time unless said vehicle is registered and unless the driver or operator is covered by a liability insurance policy equivalent to that required by the State of New York for the operation of a motor vehicle upon public highways and unless said vehicle displays a permit on the front bumper issued by the Town Trustees to operate said motor vehicle on the ocean beach along the Atlantic Ocean in the Town of Southampton.
C. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles of governmental agencies in the performance of official duties nor to contractors working under the direction or supervision of the Village nor to emergency vehicles.
D. 
The provisions of Subsection A shall not apply to a commercial fisherman holding a valid New York State Department of Environmental Conservation resident marine commercial food fishing license actively engaged in a commercial fishing activity.
A. 
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle on the ocean beach area unless said vehicle is equipped with a jack, jackboard, tow chain or rope, air-pressure gauge, tire inflation device and shovel.
B. 
No person shall drive or operate any all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or motorcycle at any time on the ocean beach area.
C. 
No vehicle shall be operated on the ocean beach area at any time at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour.
D. 
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle on any dunes or beach grasses. Vehicles must operate waterward of the debris line. Vehicles shall not trespass on private property.
E. 
Vehicles shall cross the dunes within the Village only at the south end of Beach Lane and at the Quogue Village Beach.
F. 
The Village access gates to the ocean beach area at Beach Lane and the Village Beach will be closed between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. from May 15 through September 15 in each year. The Village Board of Trustees reserves the right to temporarily close the two Village access gates at any time.
[Amended 3-9-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
G. 
No person shall display or use a four-wheel-drive-vehicle permit unless said permit properly applies to the vehicle owner's residency status at the time of said use and is displayed only on the vehicle for which it was issued.
H. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles of governmental agencies in the performance of official duties nor to contractors working under the direction or supervision of the Village nor to emergency vehicles.
[Amended 7-3-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
A. 
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this article shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
B. 
For each and every violation of this article, the person or persons responsible for, causing, permitting, assisting in or refusing to abate or correct such violation shall be subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for each and every such violation. The continuation of a violation of this article shall constitute, for each day the violation is continued, a separate and distinct violation hereunder.