[Adopted by Ord. No. 5-1989 (§ 2-40 of the Revised General Ordinances)]
N.J.S.A. 40:61-22.20 authorizes a municipality in which lands
bordering on the Atlantic Ocean are used for "public health and recreation
and for other public purposes" to charge and collect reasonable fees
"for the registration of persons using said lands and bathing facilities,
for access to the beach and bathing and recreational grounds so provided
and for the use of the bathing and recreational facilities," and it
is the judgment and determination of the governing body of the Borough
of Spring Lake 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.
Pursuant to the "Local Budget Law," namely N.J.S.A. 40A:4-1
et seq., a Beach Utility is established in the Borough of Spring Lake
which shall be known and cited as the "Beach Utility of the Borough
of Spring Lake."
The Beach Utility shall commence as of January 1, 1989, and
the same shall be retroactive to that date.
The Beach Utility budget shall set forth the anticipated revenues
from the operation thereof which shall be set forth in a separate
section of the budget.
The Beach Utility budget shall set forth the appropriations
in the form and detail prescribed by the regulations of the local
governing board and shall include, at least:
The anticipated revenues and appropriations for the maintenance
and operation of the North End Bathing Pavilion and the South End
Bathing Pavilion shall not be included in the Beach Utility budget.
The Borough officers and employees are directed and empowered
to adopt accounting procedures consistent with this article and the
aforesaid statutes in the creation of the Beach Utility.
The Spring Lake Beach Utility shall be governed by the governing
body of the Borough of Spring Lake.
All matters with respect to the operation and conduct of the
Beach Utility not determined by this article shall be determined by
resolutions to be hereafter adopted.
