HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 578 1961-05-16
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAl, BEACH
ADOPTING REGULATIONS TO CONTROL THE
OPERATIONS OF BOATS OPERATED ON WATER
WITHIN ITS TERRITORIAL LIMITS.
6 WHEREAS, the State of California Harbors and Navigation
7 Code, Chapter 5, Section 660, authorizes the adoption of local law
8 relating to the operation of vessels, the City Council of the City
9 of Seal Beach does ordain as follows:
Section l: All areas of the Pacific Ocean within 200
12 yards of the beach within the City of Seal Beach is designated as
13 a swimming area1 it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any
14 person to operate a power boat within such swimming area, except:
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(al For the purpose of entering or
leaving a channel at which time the speed of
such boat shall not exceed 5 miles per hour.
(bl Any boat engaged in rescue or
salvage operations.
(c) Any boat operating under the
control of or owned by a governmental agency
while in the course of official duty.
Section 2: It is unlawful for any person in command
of a power boat to allow said boat to drift closer than 200 yards
29 of a beach within the City of Seal Beach, except:
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(al When such drifting results from
conditions beyond the operator's control.
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section 3: There shall be established a seal Beach
Po~ice Marine Patrol charged with the enforcement of Federal and
state laws for the preservation of public safety and the provisions
of this ordinance within the territorial waters of the city of Seal
Beach.
Section 4: Any person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine of not more than $250.00 or be imprisoned in jail for not
more than 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
section 5: The city Council of the city of Seal Beach
does hereby find, determine and declare this to be an emergency
measure, the immediate adoption of which is necessary for the
preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare, and
the facts constituting its urgency are as follows: due to the
increased number of power boats frequenting the in-shore water
area adjacent to Seal Beach and the high percentage of boats
requiring assistance as a result of drifting into the breaker
line and/or endangering bathers, this ordinance, being one for
the preservation of the public peace, morals, health, safety and
welfare, shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
Section 6: The city Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance by a four-fifths majority
of the Council and shall cause the same to be printed and
published once in the SEAL BEACH POST & WAVE, a newspaper of
general circulation in the City of Seal Beach.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH by a four-fifths vote at a regular meeting
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thereof held on the 16th day of MAY. 1961.
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Mayor of the City of Seal Beach
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH
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I. F. W. HICKMAN. city Clerk of the City of Seal Beach
and ex-officio Clerk of the City COuncil, do hereby certify to the
passage and adoption of the foregoing ordinance by the City
Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of MAY.
1961, by a four-fifths vote as followsl 7~~~~ 4
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