[Adopted by Ord. No. 1997-18 (Sec. 8-14 of the 1974 Code)]
[Amended 2-8-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-2]
The Beach Manager will regulate and control
the beachfront as to determine whether bathing and/or surfing is to
be permitted, restricted or closed after normal operating hours in
correlation with the Ordinances of the Borough of Bradley Beach. Lifeguards
will remain on duty under the direction of the Beach Manager and/or
the Lifeguard Supervisor. Beaches can be closed to bathing and/or
surfing completely whereby lifeguards and police would keep people
away from the dangerous surf or have restricted bathing and/or surfing
in designated areas as determined by the Beach Manager and/or Lifeguard
Supervisor or their designee during the summer beach season and by
the Chief of Police and/or the Office of Emergency Management or their
designee at all other times.
Under the direction of the Beach Manager and/or
Lifeguard Supervisor, when lifeguards are told to secure and depart
the beachfront, the lifeguards will advise the patrons that they are
going off duty and not to go near the dangerous surf to swim or surf.
The Beach Manager and/or Lifeguard Supervisor will notify Bradley
Beach Police Department that the lifeguards are off duty. The Rough
Surf Management Plan will remain in effect until the surf conditions
subside and normal beach operating conditions are in effect.
[Amended 10-25-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-25; 10-26-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
The Borough of Bradley Beach is hereby directed
to erect signs at appropriate locations along the beaches, which shall
state "Unprotected Beach – No Lifeguard on Duty," from
Labor Day to Memorial Day each year or whenever lifeguards are not
on duty.
Lifeguards shall have charge, control and supervision
of the bathing, swimming and surfing at the respective beaches for
the individual designated sports and generally on all the beaches
and beachfront of the Borough and in the waters adjoining the same.
It shall be a violation of this article for any person to refuse to
obey, or to disregard, the oral or visual command, whistle or signal
of any lifeguard not to enter the beaches, beachfront or waters adjoining
the same, not to surf in the waters, not to swim or bathe beyond the
designated swimming or bathing areas or in waters deemed hazardous
or dangerous by the lifeguard, not to leave the waters or the beach
or beachfront with or without paraphernalia or equipment, whether
swimming, bathing, surfing or being thereon, as the case may be.
During the nonsummer season, the Chief of Police
and/or the Emergency Management Coordinator or their designee shall
exercise all control, charge or supervision of the beaches, and any
person who violates their command shall be in violation of this article
and subject to the penalties identified herein.
Any person violating any section herein shall be subject to general penalties of the Ordinances of the Borough of Bradley Beach as set forth in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty. The penalty for violation of any provision of this article shall be as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Borough of Bradley Beach.
