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RESOLUTION NO. 9362
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH DESIGNATING SURFING
AREAS AND ESTABLISHING DATES AND HOURS
WHEN SUCH SURFING AREAS MAY BE USED AND
RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 8844
WHEREAS, Sections 11.16.020, 11.16.030 and 11.16.040
of the Newport Beach Municipal Code authorize the City Council
to designate certain areas of the Pacific Ocean where surfing
shall be both permitted and prohibited, specify the dates and
hours when such surfing areas may be used for surfing, regulate
the use of surfing areas by swimmers and adopt other regulations
relating to surfing; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Resolution No.
8844 designating surfing areas and establishing certain dates
and hours when such areas may be used for surfing; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to rescind Resolution
No. 8844 relating to the designation of surfing areas and
establishing dates and times and substitute the following
regulations;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach that the following surfing regulations
are hereby established:
SECTION 1. Surfing Areas Designated. The following
described areas of the Pacific Ocean are hereby designated as
surfing areas:
(a) County Surfing Area. That area generally
described as the mouth of the Santa Ana River.
(b) Surfing Area No. 1. That area between the
westerly boundary of the City to the West Harbor Jetty,
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excluding a four (4) block zone between 40th Street
and West Ocean Front and 44th Street and West Ocean
Front. No board surfing shall be permitted at any
• time in the 40th Street to 44th Street zone.
(c)
Surfing Area
No. 2.
That
area
adjacent
to
in all surfing areas except
the East
Harbor Jetty
in Corona
del
Mar,
no closer
than
twenty (20) feet and no further than two hundred (20.0)
feet from said Jetty.
(d) Surfing Area No. 3. That area commonly
known as Little Corona Beach.
SECTION 2. Dates Surfing Permitted. Effective June 15
through September 10 of each year, subject to any further limi-
tations as set forth herein, surfing shall be permitted in all
designated areas. After September 10 and before June 15 of each
year, surfing is permitted at all ocean beaches located in the
City.
SECTION 3. Hours Surfing Permitted. Surfing shall be
permitted in Areas 1, 2 and 3 between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and
12:00 noon and between 4:00 p.m. and sunset only. Surfing in
the County Surfing Area is permissible all day.
SECTION 4. Blackball Flag. The Blackball Flag consists
of a yellow field with a large black ball in the center. When
the Blackball Flag is flying from a lifeguard tower, regardless
of the date or time, the area is closed to surfing.
SECTION
5. Swimming
in Surfing Areas.
Swimming is
permitted during
surfing hours
in all surfing areas except
Surfing Area No. 2 where no swimming is allowed during surfing
hours.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 8844 is
hereby rescinded.
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ADOPTED this 12th day of June , 1978.
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