[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now City
Council) of the City of Atlantic City 7-22-1976 by Ord. No. 23-1976. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A device or manufacture of a rigid, buoyant material of approximately
three feet in length, designed or suitable to be held or laid upon
for the purpose of riding ocean waves.
[Added 8-28-1991 by Ord. No. 58-1991]
The area of the ocean adjoining the shoreline in the public
park of the City of Atlantic City.
A device or manufacture of a rigid, buoyant material of approximately
six feet to 10 feet in length, designed or suitable either to be stood
or laid upon for the purpose of riding ocean waves.
[Amended 8-28-1991 by Ord. No. 58-1991]
Standing or lying on a surfboard for the purpose of riding
ocean waves; or lying on a body-board for the purpose of riding ocean
waves.
[Amended 8-28-1991 by Ord. No. 58-1991]
No person shall engage in the sport of surf-riding within the
City of Atlantic City or in the surf adjoining the public park, except
as provided in this chapter.
[Amended 8-28-1991 by Ord. No. 58-1991; 9-2-1992 by Ord. No.
90-1992]
A.
Between Memorial Day and the last Sunday in September:
(1)
Surf-riding with surfboards and stand-up paddle boarding shall be
permitted only in the surf at New Hampshire Avenue, Delaware Avenue,
between Raleigh Avenue and Annapolis Avenue and the area bounded by
Newton and Jackson Avenues, and beginning at Steel Pier South to a
point 100 feet south of the southern border of Pennsylvania Avenue
currently marked by the existing outfall pipe.
[Amended 9-21-2005 by Ord. No. 86-2005; 3-12-2014 by Ord. No.
9-2014]
B.
While surf-riding, all persons must use a tether or leash to prevent
the surfboard or body-board from leaving their control and injuring
others.
The above-mentioned areas set forth in § 227-3 of this chapter shall be designated and posted with signs near the high-water line, setting forth that surfing is permitted and that surf bathing is dangerous and is done at the risk of the bather. Lifeguards shall also announce at regular intervals with loudspeakers that the use of the beach in the areas set forth in § 227-3 is primarily for surfing and that bathers are using the surf at their own risk.
Surfing shall be prohibited in all other areas of the oceanfront
adjacent to the public park between Memorial Day and the last Sunday
in September.
[Amended 11-25-2008 by Ord. No. 104-2008]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof before the Municipal Court Judge of the City
of Atlantic City, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $2,000
or be imprisoned for not more than 90 days in the county jail, or
both, in the discretion of said Municipal Court Judge.
[Added 8-28-1991 by Ord. No. 58-1991]
A.
The Chief of lifeguards or designated officers may limit or prohibit
surf-riding at times they determine that prevailing weather or other
conditions may tend to make surf-riding unsafe to surfers or other
bathers.
B.
The Chief of lifeguards may regulate types and designs of surfboards
and body-boards allowed to be used for surf-riding and may prohibit
the use of equipment which he or she deems unsafe.
