HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3667 ORDINANCE NO. 3 6 6 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING CHAPTER 13.08 OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE PERTAINING TO BEACH REGULATIONS
The Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 13,08.005 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
13.08.005 Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings set forth herein, unless the context in which they are used clearly
indicates to the contrary:
(a) "Alcoholic beverage" includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer and every liquid
or solid containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer and which contains one-half of 1
percent or more of alcohol by volume and which is fit for beverage purposes
either alone or when diluted, mixed, or combined with other substances.
(b) "Beach" includes that strip of land owned and/or operated by the City of
Huntington Beach, lying between Pacific Coast Highway and the mean high tide
Iine of the Pacific Ocean. "Beach" also includes that portion of the State Beach
(Boisa Chica)which the City operates pursuant to an operating agreement with
the State of California.
(c) "Beach Parking Lot" means roads, driveways or parking area to service the
Beach, Pier or Pier Plaza, excluding those areas located on a street or highway.
(d) "Beach Service Road"means the paved roadway on the Beach that extends from
Beach Boulevard to Seapoint Avenue running parallel to Pacific Coast Highway
nearest to the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean.
(e) "Director"refers to the Director of the Community Services Department and/or
his/her designee.
(f) "Occupied" means used for the purpose of protecting human beings from wind,
sun, rain or public view.
(g) "Pacific Ocean" includes all waters of the Pacific Ocean to a point three miles out
from the mean high tide line, parallel to the three miles out from the Beach
whether or not the lands lying under said tidal waters are privately owned or
publicly owned including but not limited to the Water Activity Zone.
(h) "Person" means any individual, firm, copartnership,joint venture, association,
social club, fraternal organization, corporation or any other group or combination,
acting as a unit.
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(i) "Pier" means the appurtenance beginning at the intersection of Pacific Coast
Highway and Main Street on the Beach, which is a platform extending into the
Pacific Ocean and supported by piles or pillars.
{j} "Pier Plaza"means the developed area on the Beach immediately north and south
adjacent to the Pier bounded by Pacific Coast Highway and the Beach Parking
Lots adjacent thereto.
(k) Smoke or smoking means the carrying or holding of a lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette, or
any other lighted smoking product or equipment used to burn any tobacco products,
weed, plant, or any other combustible substance. Smoking includes emitting or exhaling
the fumes of any pipe, cigar, cigarette, or any other lighted smoking equipment used for
burning any tobacco product, weed, plant, or any other combustible substance.
(1) "Water Activity Zone" means the area that extends 1,000 feet seward into the
Pacific Ocean from the mean high tide line.
(m) "Wheeled conveyance" shall include, but not be limited to: automobiles, bicycles,
skateboards, rollerblades, rollerskates, and strollers.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 20tlday of September , 200q
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ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk 11 City A orney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
c -Yor
City Administrator City Attorney
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Ord. No. 3667
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE SS:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
1, JOAN L. FLYNN,the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk of the City of
Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 7th day of September, 2004, and was again read to said City
Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of September, 2004, and was
passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of
said City Council.
AYES: Sullivan, Coerper, Hardy, Green, Boardman
NOES: None
ABSENT: Cook, Vacant Position Unfilled
ABSTAIN: None
1,Joan L.Flynn,CITY CLERK of the City of Huntington
Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council,do hereby
certify that a synopsis of this ordinance has been
published in the Huntington Beach Fountain Valley
Independent on September 30,2004.
In accordance with the City Charter of said City 0069J
J L. Flym, City Clerk 4A Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
IN&d Deputy City Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California