[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now City
Council) of the City of Atlantic City 6-14-1962 by Ord. No. 15-1962. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the policy and purpose of the City of Atlantic City to
cooperate with the United States and the State of New Jersey in performance
of emergency shore protection work along the Atlantic Ocean shorefront
of the City of Atlantic City, pursuant to P.L. 875, § 81,
through the Office of Emergency Planning and the Corps of Engineers,
United States Army, based on petition by the State of New Jersey.
In order to effectuate such policy and purpose, the Mayor, acting
for, on behalf of and in the name of the City of Atlantic City, is
hereby directed to execute such instruments and enter into agreements
to accomplish the following purposes:
A.Â
To hold and save harmless the United States and the State of New
Jersey for claims of damages as a result of the aforesaid emergency
shore protection work.
B.Â
To acquire all lands, easements and rights-of-way deemed necessary
by the United States for placement of beach fill and sand fences as
required and for the borrow of beach fill materials from waterways
and upland sources.
C.Â
To obtain and furnish to the United States and the State of New Jersey
all necessary releases and permits from all parties in interest for
removal by and at the expense of the United States of drift and debris
in advance of sand beach fill placement, including removal of any
buildings which have been damaged beyond repair, when such structures,
in the opinion of the United States, will interfere with proper beach
fill and dune placement.
D.Â
To do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the powers
expressly granted herein, including the furnishing of such police
protection as may be required.
The municipality shall acquire such privately owned lands pursuant
to all applicable laws of the State of New Jersey regulating municipalities
and the expenditure of municipal funds.
The municipality shall maintain, restore and construct protective
dunes and furnish and provide for the protection thereof in such measure
as prescribed by law, including the power to act in the acquisition
of privately owned lands in accordance with the provisions of appropriate
statutes of the State of New Jersey.
