In order to provide funds to support the maintenance
and operation of the Village Beach or beaches and to provide safeguards
for public bathing and recreation, including the employment of seasonal
personnel, fees may be charged and collected for the registration
of vehicles and/or persons using said bathing facilities. Amounts
of said fees shall be determined and authorized by resolution of the
Board of Trustees.
[Amended 6-11-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992]
A.
Only the following persons shall be permitted to use
the Village Beach, the adjoining parking field and other facilities
contained within, adjacent to or near said beach:
B.
Parking.
(1)
Only automobiles and trucks of the so-called "pickup"
type shall be permitted to park at the Village Beach. Other vehicles
may be admitted upon prior approval of the Parks and Recreation Advisory
Council.
(2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, at any
time, any vehicle in the parking fields adjoining the Village Beach
or elsewhere within the confines of said beach or its access road,
unless said motor vehicle has displayed thereon a parking sticker
duly issued for said vehicle by the Board of Park Commissioners of
the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson.
No beach parking sticker shall be transferable
to any person or vehicle other than to whom or for which it shall
have been issued.
In addition to any other fine or penalty prescribed
in this chapter, any person shall be subject to temporary revocation
of his or her parking sticker and, accordingly, suspension of his
or her right to use the beach and its facilities if such person shall:
A.
Fail or refuse to display his or her parking sticker.
B.
Fail or refuse to comply with any rule or regulation
governing the use of the beach or its facilities.
C.
Fail or refuse to obey the reasonable directions of
a guard, officer or employee charged with the maintenance of good
order on or at the beach and its facilities.
D.
Engage in any noxious or offensive conduct or use
any noxious or offensive language.
E.
Commit any other act which constitutes good cause
for curtailment of his or her parking sticker and beach privileges.
No motor vehicle shall be operated at a speed
in excess of 10 miles per hour on the access road to, the parking
area of or the driveways of the Village Beach. Vehicles shall stop
or park only in the areas marked for that purpose and shall be operated
according to the road markings or signs placed on or at the Village
Beach.
The Village of Port Jefferson shall not be responsible
in any manner for any article that may be stolen from bathhouses or
vehicles nor for any vehicle that may be stolen from or damaged while
at the beach of this Village.
[Amended 6-11-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992; 10-21-2002 by L.L. No.
9-2002]
Groups of 15 or more persons must obtain a permit
to hold a picnic or party or event at the Village of Port Jefferson
Beach. The applicant must be an adult resident (18 years of age or
older) of the Village of Port Jefferson and must file an application
for use of said Village facility with the Recreation Department, which
shall submit the same to the Board of Trustees. If approved by the
Board of Trustees, the permit shall issue subject to the conditions
specified therein. Any violation of one or more of the conditions
shall be cause for immediate revocation of the permit.
The following acts are absolutely prohibited:
A.
Walking on the slopes of the cliffs adjacent to the
Village Beach.
B.
Defacing, destroying or marring any public property
or structures, including shrubbery and planting.
C.
Littering, damaging, destroying or disfiguring any
part of said beach or any public or private property thereon.
D.
Fishing at or from any designated swimming area during
its hours of operation.
E.
Bringing upon or permitting to be brought upon any
portion of the public bathing area any animal, whether leashed or
unleashed.
F.
Operating a vehicle upon any portion of the public
bathing area, including the beach.
G.
Using any container, receptacle or bottle comprised
of glass or glassware or bringing, conveying, carrying or utilizing
the same at any beach, shore or other part of the waterfront properties
of the Village of Port Jefferson.
H.
Doing anything which shall endanger the life or safety
of oneself or any other person.
[Amended 6-11-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992]
No fires of any nature shall be permitted at
any area other than those areas, if any, designated by the Parks and
Recreation Advisory Council. No camps of any description are to be
maintained upon the beaches or other properties of the Village of
Port Jefferson without a written permit approved by the Parks and
Recreation Advisory Council.
[Amended 6-11-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992]
No person shall bring, by water or on trailers,
any boat into or onto the beach, bathing or parking areas belonging
to the Village of Port Jefferson, except in, at or upon those areas,
if any, designated for such use by the Parks and Recreation Advisory
Council.
No person shall peddle, vend, purvey or sell
any food, drink, goods, wares and/or merchandise on or near any Village
Beach unless authorized to do so by the Board of Trustees.
