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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #344 i ORDINANCE NO. .' ' 344 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONTROL .AND SUPERVISION OF THE PUBLIC WHARF OR PIER AT ` THE FOOT OF MAIN STREET IN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, AND REGULATING ITS USE. The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain as f ollows: Section. I. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and such other Ordinances as the City Council may adopt from time to time, the City Wharfinger is- hereby given full power and authority to superintend, regulate and control the use of the public wharf or pier at the foot of. Main Street, in the- City of Huntington Beach. Section 2. There is hereby created the office of City Wharfinger of the City of Huntington Beach. The City Wharfinger shall be an ex-officio police officer of the City of Huntington Beach and shall be appointed by the Chief of Police of the City, i subject to the approval of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, and shall serve at the pleasure of said Chief and City Council, and shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by said City Council from time to time. Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons while upon or near the Municipal Pier, located at the foot of I 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. i (c) To leave said pier without disposing of any trash, shells or other debris which may be placed upon said pier by j said person or persons. ` \ (d) To drive or permit to be driven aAy vehicle of any kind or character whatsoever upon said pier. (e) To have more than two fishing lines to any one person in the water under or near said pier at any one time. ,I l I C (f) To take, cause or permit to be taken upon said pier any dog or other domestic animal, except upon a leash not more than six feet in length, 'L (g) . To deface , injure, mark or damage any benches , seats, buildings or equipment upon said pier, J (h) To remove, use or tamper with any life saving I ' equipment upon said pier except in time of emergency. Section 4. No person, firm or corporation shall conduct or carry on, upon said Municipal wharf or pier, or any part thereof, any business of any kind whatsoever, without first having obtained a permit from the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach so to do. Section 5. No permit shall be issued for the carrying on of any business upon said Municipal wharf or pier, except .in buildings constructed upon said pier. That space in any building located upon said pier may be rented by the City Council of said,. City upon recommendation of the City Wharfinger to any person, firm or corporation, for a period not less than twelve months from and after the date of the permit and lease therefor. No one person, firm or corporation shall be entitled to rent more than one space in any such building so constructed upon said pier. The permit for renting said space shall provide and specify the kind and nature of business to be conducted in said space and the goods, wares, merchandise or commodities to be sold therefrom, and such space when so rented shall not be used for any other purpose whatsoever® The terms for the payment of rental for such space shall be specifically 's*et forth in the permit therefor, created by the said City Council. Section 6, It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale any tickets for transportation upon any boat of any kind whatsoever, upon said pier, except from space in one of the buildings located upon said -2— pier. It shall be unlawful for any person in charge of any boat or other craft to permit, cause or allow such boat or other I craft to stand or remain at any boat landing upon said pier for a longer period than fifteen minutes at any onO time. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon any boat from said pier without first having obtained a ticket for transportation thereon. Nothing contained. in this section shall be construed to prevent the embarking or disembarking of passengers from privately owned or operated boats and other craft, when the same are not in any commercial business , but are operated by the owners thereof without profit, for their own pleasure and amusement, and without charging or receiving any compensation from persons or passengers riding upon said boats or other craft. Section 7. The City Wharfinger may appoint such deputies as may be necessary dnd conveni-ent for the management, control and. operation of said pier or wharf, subject to the approval of the. Chief of police and the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, and said deputies shall receive such oompensation as may be from time to time fixed by the said City Council. Section g. The Boat sanding upon said pier shall be under the exclusive charge and control of said City, hharfinger,/ and his deputies, and shall not be raised or lowered by any other person. Such charges shall be made for the use of said landing upon said pier as may from time to time be fixed by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach. The City Wharfinger shall have power to determine what portions of said pier shall be open to the public at any and all times, and also what portions of the pier shall not. be used for any specific purpose, and upon the posting of notices prohibiting the doing or performing of any acts upon certain portions of said pier, by said City Wharfinger, it shall be unlawful for any person to use said portion of said pier for the prohibited purpose or purposes. -3- i Section it shall be unlawful for any person to indulge in riotous or boisterous conduct, or to make loud or boisterous noises upon said. pier or to shout, yell or scream while engaged in selling or endeavoring to sell any tickets or merchandise upon said pier. Section 10. Ordinance No 34 . ' entitled "An ordinance Regulating the use and Control of the aaunicipal Pier in the City i of Huntington Beach" is hereby repealed. Section 11. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same; to be published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach Yews , a newspaper printed, published and ci'rcidat6d in said City of Huntington Beach, and thirty (30) days thereafter it shall take effect and be in force. i Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, at its regular meeting held on the day of /CJZ4ZA 1931.IIJ ..- Mayor of the City. of Buntigton Beach, Orange Count--E 1 orria. ' J TT Ci. C1 rk nd Ex-officio C erk of _ the Ci,tSr"Council of the City cf Hunt�i°ngton Beach. -lam STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE 88 CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I , Ca R. Furr, City Clerk and Ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance wgs introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the day of 1931, and was again read to said City Council on the day of 1931 , at a, regular meeting of the said City Council, and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote: AYES: TRUSTEES/d�'Z��� _ NOES: TRUSTEES �c . ABSENT: TRUSTEES e7 Cit Cler nd Ex®of icio Cler of the City Council of the City of Huntington -Beach. (77