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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1766 ORDINANCE NO . 1766 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTING- TON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 7511. 9 WITH RESPECT TO HAZARD- OUS WATER SPORTS WHEREAS, the summer season always brings an increase in beach and water activities ; and Certain water sports are hazardous to life and limb unless confined to specific times and places ; and The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach wishes to insure that all users of the city ' s beach may do so with perfect safety and enjoyment , NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby amended by amending Section 7511. 9 to read as follows : 7511. 9 . HAZARDOUS WATER SPORTS . During the period from June 15 to September 10 inclusive of each year, between the hours of 11: 00 a.m. and 5: 00 p.m. , no person in the water of the Pacific Ocean or within 300 yards of the mean high tide line thereof within the city limits of Huntington Beach, shall use or have in his possession any surfboard, paddleboard, belly- board, skimmer, canoe, boat , or any similar object made en- tirely or partially of wood, metal, hard plastic , or any other hard substance, provided, however, that the prohibition against surfboards, bellyboards, and paddleboards shall not apply to the area set apart therefor lying north of Sixteenth Street and south of the Bolsa Chica State Beach southern boundary line . SECTION 2. This is an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare, and shall take effect upon adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause same to be published within fifteen days of its passage in the 1. DJW:ahb Huntington Beach News, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington Beach, California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of July, 1972. ti Mayor ATTEST: PAUL C. JONES, City Clerk B Z2 Assistant City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: DON P. BONFA, City Attorney By WILLIS MEVIS , Deputy 2 .