HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #343 ORDINANCE NO. 343 _.
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE AND CONTROL OF
THE MUNICIPAL PIER IN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH,
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain
as follows :
Section 1. That the control and management of the .'Municipal
Pier of the City of Huntington Beach shall be and is hereby placed
in the City Wharfinger.
Section 2. There is hereby created the office of City
Wharfinger. The said City Wharfinger shall be appointed by the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach and shall serve at the
pleasure of said City Council , and shall receive such compensation
as may be fixed by Resolution of the City Council,
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons while upon or
near the Municipal Pier, located at: the foot of Main Street and over
the Pacific Ocean in said City, to do or cause or permit to be done,
any of the following acts , to-wit :
(a) To cast a fishing line , either with or without a fishing
pole , by what is 'commonly known as overhead casting.
(b ) To place , cut. or clean any fish or bait or any other marine
life upon any bench or seat placed upon said Municipal Pier.
(c ) To leave said pier without disposing of any trash , shells
or other debris which may be placed upon said pier by said person or
persons.
(d) To drive or permit to be driven any vehicle of any kind or
character whatsoever upon Said pier., except by permission of wharfinger. °•�
(e ) To have more than two fishing lines to any one person in the
water under or near said pier at any one time.
:(f) To take , cause or permit to be taken upon said pier any dog
or other domestic animal.
(g) To deface, injure , mark or damage any benches , seats ,
buildings or equipment upon said pier.
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(h) To remove , use or tampe-�r with any life saving .equipment
upon said pier except in time of emergency.
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ro enter the water of the Pacific Ocean from said pier or to enter
the water of the Pacific Ocean within We hundred feet of said pier,
or any part thereof.
Section 3. The City Wharfinger shall cause to be posted and
maintained conspicuously upon said pier , notices in substantially
the following wording: Public Welcome. Observe Rules and Regulations.
(1) No overhead casting.
(2) No bait cutting or cleaning fish on seats.
(3) Fishermen throw your trash overboard.
(4) No vehicles allowed.
(5) Fishing with more than two outfits not allowed.
(6) No dogs allowed on pier.
(7) No tampering with life preservers.
(8) Do n t deface seats, �uildings' or equipment.
' '.. (10) Bathers keep JUO ft. from pier when bathing.
Violations are punishable by fine and imprisonment.
The City Wharfinger shall post or cause to be posted along the
line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean and at a distance of
approximately 100 -ft. from said pier , on each side- thereof , a sign
stating, "Danger, bathers keep .100 ft. from pier when bathing. "
Section 4. The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach -may .
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from time to time adopt and cause to be enforced such additional rules `
and regulations as may be necessary for the management and control of
said Municipal pier , and for the enforcement of quiet and orderly
conduct of persons using said pier.
Section 5. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions
of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed gutty of
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a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $100. 00" or imprisoned
in the County Jail of Orange County, for a term not exceeding 30 days ,
or shall be punished by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion
of the Court.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published by one insertion
in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper printed, published
and circulated in said City. This Ordinance is necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace , health and safety of the
people of Huntington Beach, for the reason that said pier is now open
to the public and many things are being done upon said pier which are
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dangerous to public life and property, and there are no adequate rules
or regulations controlling the same , therefore this. Ordinance shall
take effect from and after its adoption.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, Orange County, California, this 27 day of April 1931.
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:�. Mayor of the City , of ffuntingtoh
Beach, County of arm
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✓ City Clerk .,and x-officio Clerk
ofj ;the, City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I , C. R. Furr, City Clerk and Ex-officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach, do hereby certify that the foregoing
adjourned
Ordinance was introduced and read at a regular/meeting of the City
Council held on the loth day of April 1931 , and was again read
to said City Council on the LMbday of April 1931, at a regular
adjourned . )
/ meeting of the said Board, and that said Ordinance was adopted by the `-
following vote :
AYES: TRUSTEES Butcher,King,Stevens,Hus n o r
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NOES: TRUSTEES None
None City Clerk ari� Ex-of.ficNio Clerk of
ABSENT: TRUSTEES - 3- the City Council of the -City of
_ . , Huntington Beach: �.��