[Amended 4-9-1996 by L.L. No. 10-1996]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
All that area, 75 feet in width, owned by the
Southampton Town Trustees, known as "Peconic Beach Road," bounded
on the east by Sebonac Inlet, bounded on the west by the entrance
of Red Creek Pond, bounded on the north by the high-water mark of
Peconic Bay.
All that area, 50 feet in width, owned by the
Southampton Town Trustees, known as "Shinnecock Beach Road," bounded
on the east by the entrance to Old Fort Pond, bounded on the west
by a point 300 feet west of Crab Road, Hampton Bays, bounded on the
south by the high-water mark of Shinnecock Bay.
All that area between the high- and low-water
marks, adjacent to Shinnecock Bay, Tiana Bay, Moriches Bay, Quantuck
Bay, Mecox Bay, Sagaponack Pond and all those inland creeks, bays
or harbors located from the Riverhead Town line to the East Hampton
Town line which border the Peconic Bay system, excluding incorporated
villages, and Suffolk County beach known as "Meschutt Beach." Said
areas are owned by the Southampton Town Trustees.
All that area owned by the Town of Southampton
which borders any tidal or fresh waters, including but not limited
to Foster Memorial Beach, Noyac; Circle Beach (Hallock's Beach), Noyac;
and Towd Point, North Sea.
The terminus of all Town or Town Trustee roads
leading to any body of water within the Town.
Those premises along the Atlantic Ocean bounded on the north
by the crest of the primary dune, on the east by the easterly Town
line, on the south by the high-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean and
on the west by the westerly Town line, excluding incorporated villages,
and the Suffolk County Beach known as "Shinnecock Inlet East." This
area is a right-of-way controlled by the Town Trustees.
NOTE: Any other parcels above the mean high-water
mark which are not described above are private property and are subject
to trespassing regulations. Nothing contained in the foregoing subsections
shall in any way be construed as a relinquishment of the Trustees'
right to regulate said property and easements.
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A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a motor vehicle on bay beach areas or on ocean beach areas between the Friday immediately preceding Memorial Day and the 15th day of September in each year between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no vehicles shall be allowed on Foster Memorial Beach (commonly known as "Long Beach," Noyac) at any time from May 15 to September 15. (NOTE: Exceptions in Subsections J, K, L and M.)
B.
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle on
bay beach areas or ocean beach areas unless said vehicle is registered
and unless the drive or operator is covered by a liability insurance
policy equivalent to that required by the State of New York for the
operation of a motor vehicle upon public highways and unless said
vehicle displays a permit on the front bumper to operate said motor
vehicle is said area from the Town Trustees. Such permit shall be
issued by the Town Trustees upon application therefor if the applicant
possesses a valid license to operate a motor vehicle on public highways
and executes an affidavit that said vehicle contains the following
equipment: jack, jack board, tow chain or rope, air pressure gauge,
tire inflation device and shovel. Permits will only be issued to four-wheel-drive
vehicles.
[Amended 4-12-1994 by L.L. No. 19-1994]
C.
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle on
bay beach areas or ocean beach areas unless said vehicle is equipped
as prescribed in the foregoing subsection.
D.
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle in
excess of 10 miles per hour on any bay beach areas or ocean beach
areas within the Town.
E.
No person shall drive or operate any all-terrain vehicle
(ATV) or motorcycle at any time on any bay beach areas or ocean beach
areas within the Town.
F.
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle on
any dunes, beach grasses or wetlands vegetation of any kind.
G.
The Town Trustees reserve the right to temporarily
close the ocean beach areas or any part thereof to vehicular traffic
during periods of severe beach erosion. Signs will be posted in conspicuous
access areas to advise the public of the location and duration of
any temporary closure.
H.
No person shall display or use a four-wheel-drive-vehicle
permit unless said permit properly applies to the vehicle owner's
residency status at the time of said use and is displayed only on
the vehicle for which it was issued.
I.
In addition to other penalties provided herein any person to whom a permit has been issued who violates a provision of Subsection A, B, C, D, E, F, G or H shall have said permit revoked when it is legally determined that any subsection has been violated. If such violation is the first violation of this section, such person shall be eligible to apply for, purchase and receive a new permit. A person shall not be eligible for the issuance of a permit if he has twice violated the provisions of this section within one year from the date of application.
J.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to
Town, county or state employees or contractors working under the direction
or supervision of the Town or emergency vehicles.
K.
The provisions of Subsection A shall not apply to a commercial fisherman holding a valid New York State Department of Environmental Conservation resident marine commercial food fishing license actively engaged in a commercial fishing activity. All other restrictions shall apply.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dress
or undress in the ocean or bay beach area, either by changing from
ordinary street clothes into bathing or beach attire or from bathing
or beach attire into ordinary street clothes.
It shall be unlawful for any person to bring,
carry, throw, break, cast, lay or deposit a glass bottle or pieces
of crockery or glass or glassware, garbage or refuse, or any part
thereof, or any injurious substance of any kind or nature on the ocean
and bay beach area or upon any parking area, roadway or pathway thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to come
upon any beach or remain within or use the ocean or bay beach area
or waters adjacent thereto, either in the daytime or at night, while
in the nude. For the purposes of this section, "nude" shall mean the
showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks
with less than a fully opaque covering or the showing of the female
breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof
below the top of the nipple.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to camp or sleep in the ocean or bay beach area or in any vehicle
therein after sundown or to erect or cause to be erected any structure,
temporary or otherwise, or any tent or other structure within said
area.