HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No.20-1966MI -CROFILMED � REPEALED
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ORDINANCE NO. ?("GL•
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE USE OF
SURFBOARDS WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS OF
THE PUBLIC BEACHES; REPEALING ALL.ORDIN-
ANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, sitting as a legislative and deliberative body, have
found and determined that the use of surfboards in the surf
and on and about the public beaches of the City of Cape
Canaveral is dangerous and a hazard to the physical safety
and welfare of the citizens of Cape Canaveral while swimming
in the surf and walking on the said beaches; and,
WHEREAS, the public health, safety and welfare require
that the use of surfboards be restricted within the corporate
limits of the City of Cape Canaveral; and,
WHEREAS, under the general police powers of this state
delegated to this city by general law and the special act
creating this city, the city has power and authority to
properly restrict the use of surfboards in the surf and on
the beaches of the City of Cape Canaveral.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAI14ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, .FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any
person to use or operate a surfboard upon any beach or in the
surf or ocean adjacent to such beach, within the corporate
limits of the City of Cape Canaveral, except in locations de-
signated as follows:
a. An area north of a projected line extended
east into the Atlantic Ocean one thousand (1,000) feet from
the north edge of Buchanan Avenue to and including a pro-
jected line extending east into the Atlantic Ocean one thousand
(1,000) feet from the north edge of Polk Avenue, being an area
embracing approximately twelve hundred (1,200) lineal feet of
shore line.
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b. An area north of a projected line extended
from the north edge of Adams Avenue east into the Atlantic
Ocean one thousand (1,000) feet to a point approximately fifteen
hundred (1,500) lineal feet north of such extention of Adams
Avenue.
c. An area north of a projected line extended from
the north edge of Harbor Drive east into the Atlantic Ocean one
thousand (1,000) feet to a point approximately fifteen hundred
(1,500) lineal feet north of such extention of Harbor Drive.
SECTION 2. Attached hereto and by this reference made a
part hereof is a map depicting the permitted surfing areas as
described in Section 1.
SECTION 3. Any person found guilty of violating this
ordinance in the municipal court, upon conviction, shall be
punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) or
by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) days or by both such
fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the municipal judge.'
SECTION 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately
.upon its adoption.
ADOPTED by the City. Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, on this the 16Th day of August, 1966.
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