BOYNTON.16 Chapter 16
PARKS AND RECREATION*
Art. I. In General, §§ 16 - 1 — 16 - 17 Sec. 16 - 3. Officers of board.
Art. II. City Parks and Benches,
§§ 16 - 18 — 16 - 92 Within ten (10) days from the date of their
Div. 1. Generally, appointment, the director of recreation and parks shall
§§ 16 - 18 — 16 - 37 call a meeting for the members of the board to
Div. 2. Conduct Regulated, organize by electing one of their members chair man
§§ 16 - 38 — 16 - 68 and one of their members vice - chairman of the board.
Div. 3. Traff ic and Parking (Code 1958, § 2 - 53)
Regulations, §§ 16 - 49 — 16 -
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Art. III. Boats and Boating, §§ 16 - 93 — 16 - 95 Sec. 16 - 4. Meetings of board.
*Cross references - Enclosure of swimming
pools, § 5 - 125; recreational vehicles, boats and boat (a) In the performance of their duties set forth
trailers, Ch. 20; parks and recreational areas in in this article, the board shall hold at least one regular
subdivisions, App. C, Art. IX, § 8. meeting each month in the city hall. Special meetings
may be called by the board chairman or the recreation
department upon prior notification.
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
(b) Minutes shall be kept during all meetings
with a copy given to the city manager and the original
Sec. 16 - 1. Board created; appointment, terms, copy placed in the files of the recreation and parks
qualifications. department.
There is hereby established a recreation and (c) The recreation and parks department shall
parks board, hereinafter referred to as “board”, which prepare an agenda for each meeting and shall contact
board shall consist of seven (7) members. The city the chairman of the board regarding the agenda.
council shall appoint the members of said board. Two
(2) members shall serve for a term of one (1) year (d) Four (4) members in attendance shall
from the date of appointment; three (3) members constitute a quorum before an official meetin g is
shall serve for a term of two (2) years from the date declared in session. (Code 1958, § 2 - 53)
of appointment; two (2) members shall serve for a
term of three (3) years from the date of appointment.
Vacancies created after expiration of these terms Sec. 16 - 5. Powers and duties of board.
shall be filled by appointments for three - year terms.
Members of the board shall be residents and electors Subject to the control and direction of the city
of the city. (Code 1958, § 2 - 51; Ord. N o. 83 - 18, § 1, council, the board:
5 - 17 - 83; Ord. No. 85 - 25, § 1, 4 - 2 - 85)
Sec. 16 - 2. Removal of board members;
vacancies.
Members of the board may be removed by a
majority vote of the total members of the city
council. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the
city council. (Code 1958, § 2 - 52)
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maintenance of public recreation and parks of the
city. Sec. 16 - 6. Recreational and park fund
established; expendi tures.
(b) May acquire by gift or donation, any
property for public recreation or park There is hereby established as a part of the city
purposes. Any gifts or donations acquired treasury a fund to be known as the recreational and
shall go through the recreation and parks park fund. All monetary gifts or donations to the city
department and shall b ecome the property for recreation or park purposes shall be paid into said
of the city, and title of any real property so fund.
acquired shall be taken in the name of the
city. Expenditures from the recr eational and park fund
of the city shall be in the manner and form provided
(c) Shall make recommendations to the city by Laws of Florida or the city for expenditures of
manager and city council, through the municipal funds. No monetary gift or donation to the
recreation and parks director, concerning city for public park purposes shall be expended for
the purchase of p roperty by the city for any purpose other than r ecreation and parks. (Code
public recreation and park purposes, 1958, § 2 - 55)
concerning the establishment, maintenance,
and supervision of public recreation and Sec. 16 - 7. Use of portion of Boynton Canal and
parks, and concerning expenditures of the abutting property prohibited.
recreational and park fund hereinafter
established. All fishing, swimming, diving, trespassing,
parking or loitering in or about that certain portion of
(d) Shall annual ly, in an advisory capacity, the Boynton Canal and abutting property owned by
assist the recreation and parks department the South Florida Water Management District, lying
in preparing a proposed budget for public east of the easterly right - of - way line of U.S. Highway
recreation and parks for the city. No. 1 (State Road No. 5), more particularly described
as follows:
(e) Shall keep records and accounts of all the
activities of the board and make reports
through the recrea tion and parks
department to the city council and city
manager whenever requested to do so.
(f) Shall make recommendations to the
director of recreation and parks and the city
manager, to be submitted to the city council
for approval, concerning employmen t of
personnel to conduct, instruct and supervise
park and recreational activities, and the use
of public recreation and park facilities of
the city.
(g) In exercising their powers and performing
their duties as specified in this article, the
board shall act through a majority of its
members and the chairman of the board is
requested to sign all papers and documents
requiring the signature of the recreation and
park board. (Code 1958, § 2 - 54)
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Secs. 16 - 8 — 16 - 17. Reserved. parks. (Code 1958, § 19 - 1)
ARTICLE II. CITY PARKS AND BEACHES Sec. 16 - 19. Director to establish hours.
The director shall establish hours that the park or
DIVISION 1. GENER ALLY beach shall be open to the public use as may be
deemed reasonable and such opening and closing
tim e shall be posted for public information. (Code
Sec. 16 - 18. Definitions. 1958, § 19 - 2)
As used in this article:
Sec. 16 - 20. Interference with permittees.
Director means the recreation and parks director
of the city. No person at any beach or park shall disturb or
interfere unreasonably with any person or party
Park means a park, reservation, playground, occupying any area or participating in any activity
beach, recreation center or any other area in the city, under the authority of a permit. (Code 1958, § 19 - 3)
owned or used by the city, and devoted to active or
passive recreation.
Sec. 16 - 21. Showing of permits upon request.
Vehicle means any wheeled conveyance,
whether motor powered, animal - drawn, or self - Every person at a beach or park shall produce
propelled. The term shall include any trailer in tow of and exhibit any permit from the director he claims to
any size, kind or description. Exception is made for
baby carriages and ve hicles in the service of the city 2002 S - 17
have, upon request of any authorized pe rson who
shall desire to inspect the same for the purpose of
enforcing compliance with any ordinance or rule.
(Code 1958, § 19 - 4)
Sec. 16 - 22. Enforcement of regulations.
(a) The director and park or beach attendants
shall, in connection with their duti es imposed by law,
diligently enforce the provisions of this article. The
director and any park attendant shall have the
authority to eject from the park or beach any person
acting in violation of this article, and shall have the
authority to seize and con fiscate any property, thing
or device in the park or beach used in violation of this
article. Administrative authority is hereby granted to
the City Manager and/or his or her designee to
designate and post specific areas in city parks as
“Quiet Zones.”
( b) Penalties for violation of this section shall
be pursuant to the City Code of Ordinances Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article 1, Section 1 - 6.
(Code 1958, § 19 - 5) (Ord. No. 02 - 001, § 2, 1 - 15 - 02)
Sec. 16 - 23. Permit required to erect structure
or
ru n utility.
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct
or erect any building or structure of whatever kind,
whether permanent or temporary in character, or run
or string any public service utility into, upon or
across any beach or park, except on sp ecial written
permit issued hereunder. (Code 1958, § 19 - 19)
Sec. 16 - 24. Removal of sand or soil, shrubs,
trees, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dig or
remove any beach sand, whether submerged or not,
or any soil, rock, stones, trees, shr ubs or plants,
down - timber or other wood or materials, or make any
excavation by tool, equipment, blasting or other
means or agency upon any beach or park within the
city. (Code 1958, § 19 - 18)
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Sec. 16 - 25. Damaging trees, plan ts, grass. DIVISION 2. CONDUCT REGULATED
It shall be unlawful for any person to damage,
cut, carve, or transplant any tree or plant or injure the Sec. 16 - 38. Alcoholic beverages permitted only
bark, or pick the flowers or seeds of any tree or plant at designated places; sale;
in any beach or park. Nor shall any person attach any drunkenness.
rope, wire or other contriva nce to any tree or plant.
No person shall dig in or otherwise disturb grass No person shall drink nor possess alcoholic
areas, or in any other way injure or impair the natural beverages at any time at any beach or park except at
beauty or usefulness of any beach or park. (Code specifically designated recreation centers where
1958, § 19 - 20) meals or lunches are served under concession
privileges. The sale of alcoholic beverages by such
concessionaire will be permitted under the strict
Sec. 16 - 26. Pollution of waters. regulation and control of the director. Sales of
alcoholic beverages shall be made only in individual
It shall be unlawful fo r any person to throw, drinks (not in original packages or otherwise in bulk)
discharge or otherwise place or cause to be placed in and shall be served for consumption on the immediate
the waters of any fountain, pond, lake, stream, bay or premises of the concession. No person shall become
other body of water in or adjacent to any park or drunk or be under the in fluence of intoxicating
beach, or tributary stream, storm sewer or drain beverages. (Code 1958, § 19 - 6)
flowing into such waters, any substance, matter or
thing, liquid or solid, which will or may result in the
pollution of said waters. (Code 1958, § 19 - 22) Sec. 16 - 39. Animals prohibited.
Cross references - Throwing refuse into bodies of
water, § 10 - 24; littering generally, § 15 - 26 et seq. No person shall have, or be permitted to have,
any dog, cat or other domestic animals on any
designated beach or park area at any time whether
Sec. 16 - 27. Structures to afford open view; guy muzzled, leashed or no t; provided, that dogs, cats and
wires, braces prohibited. other domestic animals are permitted to remain in a
parked vehicle in properly designated parking areas
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, but no domestic animal shall be permitted to run at
maintain, use or occupy on or in any beach or bathing large. (Code 1958, § 19 - 7)
area any tent, shelter or structure of any kind unless
there shall be an unobstructed view into said tent,
shelter or structure from at least two (2) sides; nor Sec. 16 - 40. Fireworks or explosives.
shall any guy wire, rope or extension or exterior
brace or support be connected or fastened from any No person at any park or beach shall bring in or
such structure to any other structure, stake, rock or have in his possession, or set off or otherwise cause to
other object outside thereof. (Code 1958 , § 19 - 40) explode or discharge or burn, any firecracker,
torpedo, rocket or other fireworks or explosives or
inflammable materials, or discharge them or throw
Secs. 16 - 28 — 16 - 37. Reserved. them into any such area from land or highway
adjacent thereto. This prohibition includes any
substance, compound, mixture or article that in
conjunction with any other substance or compound
would be dangerous from any of the foregoing
standpoints.
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This section shall not prohibit fireworks displays areas; dropping inflammable
where permitted under the provisions of section 15 - 5. material.
(Code 1958, § 19 - 8)
No person shall build or attempt to build a fire
except in such areas and under such regulations as
Sec. 16 - 41. Use of facilities provided for may be designated by the director. No person shall
opposite drop, throw or otherwise scatter lighted matches,
sex. burning cigarettes or cigars, tobacco paper or other
inflammable material, within any park area or on any
No person at any park or beach shall occu py any highway, road or street abutting or contiguous
seat or bench, or enter into or loiter or remain in any thereto. (Code 1958, § 19 - 12)
pavilion or other park structure or section thereof
which may be reserved and designated by the board
for the use of the opposite sex. Exception is made for Sec. 16 - 44. Gambling.
children under four (4) years of age . (Code 1958, §
19 - 9) Gambling, or the participation therein or the
abetting thereof, is prohibited at any beach or park.
(Code 1958, § 19 - 13)
Sec. 16 - 42. Soliciting prohibited.
It shall be unlawful at any beach or park for any
person to solicit alms or contributions for any public
or private purpose. (Code 1958, § 19 - 10)
Sec. 16 - 43. Fires, permitted only in designated 2002 S - 17
Sec. 16 - 45. Entering, using closed area. cooperate in maintaining rest rooms and washrooms
in a neat and sanitary condition. (Code 1958, § 19 - 17)
No person shall enter an area on a beach or park
posted as “Closed to the Public” nor shall any person
use or abut the use of an y area in violation of posted Sec. 16 - 48. Climbing trees; standing or sitting
notices. (Code 1958, § 19 - 14) on
fixtures.
Sec. 16 - 46. Sleeping, lounging; disorderly It shall be unlawful for any person to climb any
conduct generally. tree, or walk, stand or sit upon monuments, vases,
fountains, railings, fences or gun carriages or upon
No person shall at any beach or park sleep or any other property on any beach or park which is not
protractedly lounge on the seats or benches or other designated or customarily used for such purposes.
areas, or engage in loud, bo isterous, threatening, (Code 1958, § 19 - 21)
abusive, insulting or indecent language, or engage in
any disorderly conduct or behavior tending to a
breach of the public peace. (Code 1958, § 19 - 15) Sec. 16 - 49. Refuse and trash.
It shall be unlawful for any person to bring in or
Sec. 16 - 47. Cooperation in keeping rest rooms dump, deposit or leave any bottles, broken glass,
clean. ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste,
garbage or refuse or other trash on any beach or park.
It shall be unlawful f or any person to fail to
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No such refuse or trash s hall be placed in any waters
in or contiguous to any park or beach, or left
anywhere on the grounds thereof, but shall be placed 2002 S - 17
in the proper receptacles where these are provided.
Where receptacles are not provided, all such rubbish
or waste shall be carr ied away from the park or beach
by the person responsible for its presence and
properly disposed of elsewhere. (Code 1958, § 19 - 23)
Sec. 16 - 50. Swimmers to conform to
regulations.
It shall be unlawful for any person in a park or
beach to swim, bathe, o r wade in any waters or
waterways in or adjacent to any park or beach, except
in such waters and at such places and during such
hours as are provided therefor, and in compliance
with such regulations as are herein set forth or may
be hereafter adopted. Nor shall any person frequent
any waters or places customarily designated for the
purpose of swimming or bathing, or congregate
thereat when such activity is prohibited by the
director upon a finding that such use of the water
would be dangerous or otherwise inadvisable.
(Code 1958, § 19 - 39)
Sec. 16 - 51. Reserved.
Editor's note - Ord. No. 85 - 45, Attach. (b),
adopted Aug. 20, 1985, repealed § 16 - 51, indecent
exposure, as derived from the 1958 Code, §§ 17 - 6,
19 - 11, 19 - 41.
Sec. 16 - 52. Dressing and undressing.
No person shall dress or undress on any beach or
in any vehicle, toilet or other place except in such
bathing houses or structures as may be provided for
that purpose. (Code 1958, § 19 - 41)
Sec. 16 - 53. Hunting; weapons; shooting.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, trap
or pursue wild life at any time on any beach or park;
nor shall any person use, carry or possess firearms of
any description, or air - rifles, spring - guns, bow and
arrows, slings or any other forms of weapons
potent ially inimical to wild life and dangerous to
human safety, or any instrument that can be loaded
with and fire blank cartridges, or any kind of trapping
device. Shooting into a park area from beyond the
park boundaries is forbidden. (Code 1958, § 19 - 42)
S ec. 16 - 54. Place for picnics; regulation
authorized.
It shall be unlawful for any person to picnic or
lunch on any beach or park in a place other than those
designated for that purpose. Attendants shall have the
authority to regulate the activities in such areas when
necessary to prevent congestion and to secure the
maximum use for the comfort and convenience of all.
Visitors shall comply with any directions given to
achieve this end. (Code 1958, § 19 - 43)
Sec. 16 - 55. Use of fireplaces and picnic are as.
The use of the individual fireplaces together
with tables and benches follows generally the rule of
“first come, first served.”
No person shall use any portion of the picnic
areas or of any of the buildings or structures therein
for the purpose of holding picnics to the exclusion of
other persons, nor shall any person use such area and
facilities for an unreasonable time if the facilities are
crowded. (Code 1958, § 19 - 44)
Sec. 16 - 56. Duties when leaving picnic area.
No person shall leave a picni c area before the
fire is completely extinguished and before all trash in
the nature of boxes, papers, cans, bottles, garbage and
other refuse is placed in the disposal receptacles
where provided. If no such trash receptacles are
available, then refuse and trash shall be carried away
from the park area by the picnicker to be properly
disposed of elsewhere. (Code 1958, § 19 - 45)
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Sec. 16 - 57. Camping. No person shall camp in any park in other than
permanent cabins for organize d camping, provided by
the director and used by groups of persons under the enumerated persons to enter said park between the
adequate supervision. No person shall set up tents, hours of 10:00 p.m. and dawn of the next day.
shacks or any other temporary shelter for the purpose (Ord. No. 82 - 21, § 2, 7 - 20 - 82)
of overnight camping, nor shall any person leave in a
park after closing hours any movable structure or
special vehicle to be used or that could be used for Sec. 16 - 61. Boat launching and trailer parking
such purpose, such as a house trailer, camp trailer, user fee at the Boat Club Park.
camper, camp wagon or the like. (Code 1958, § 19 -
46) (a) The purpose of this section is to establish an
annual and daily boat launching and trailer parking
user fee for the City's Boat Club Park.
Sec. 16 - 58. Games allowed only in designated
areas. (b) The City shall charge a $50 annual decal fee
and $10 daily fee for non - decal holders.
No person sh all take part in or abet the playing
of any games involving thrown or other propelled (c) The City shall not differentiate between
objects such as balls, stones, arrows, javelins or residents and non - residents of the County or the State
model airplanes except in areas set apart for such while processing decal applications.
forms of recreation. The playing of rough or
comparatively dangerous games such as football, (d) (1) Decals will be issued to an applicant
baseball and quoits is prohibited except on the fields on an annual basis Octo ber 1 to September 30 upon
and courts or areas provided therefor. Roller skating satisfactory completion of appropriate application
shall be confined to those areas specifically forms, commencing October 1, 2001. All decals shall
designated for such pastime. (Code 1958, § 19 - 47) be permanently affixed on the passenger side of the
trailer (on a conspicuous part of the winch post;
alternately the tongue, as close as possible to the
Sec. 16 - 59. Overnight bo at docking prohibited. ball). Decals placed on a trailer other than the one for
which it was originally issued shall be construed to be
It shall be unlawful for any persons to camp void.
overnight on the grounds of Boat Club Park or to
dock their boats on the shorelines or ramp area of (2) In the event that the trailer to which the
said Boat Club Park either overnight or on a permanent decal was issued has been sold or
permanent docking basis. (Ord. No. 82 - 21, § 1, 7 - 20 - otherwise chan ged ownership and/or in the event a
82) properly issued decal is mutilated and can be
identified, the decal will be replaced for a charge of
twenty - five dollars ($25.00) provided the holder can
Sec. 16 - 60. Establishing hours of use at city return an identifiable portion of the mutilated decal to
Boat Club Park. the city. In the event the holder of a lost or mutilated
decal cannot provide an identifiable portion or part of
The Boat Club Park shall be closed at 10:00 p.m. the decal, the charge for a replacement decal will be
to all persons, except for fishermen and boaters the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00).
actively engaged in fishing or boating or preparation
thereof and official permit holders utilizing the boat (e) Daily user fee will require the user to obtain
club building, and it shall be unlawful for any, except a daily de cal which expires 24 hours after issuance.
(f) Unpermitted boats, vessels and trailers are
subject to a $25 fine.
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(g) Enforcement: The City Police Department
is hereby given the power and duty to enforce this 2003 S - 20
article and sh all have the power to make lawful
arrests for the violation of the provisions hereof.
Anyone found to have violated any provision of this
section shall be punished as provided for in this
chapter or as otherwise provided by law.
(h) Should any section o r provision of this
section or portion hereof, any paragraph, sentence or
word be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the
remainder of this section.
(Ord. No. 00 - 72, §§ 1 - 8, 12 - 19 - 00; Ord. No. 02 - 048,
§ 2, 9 - 3 - 02)
Secs. 16 - 62 — 16 - 68. Reserved.
DIVISION 3. TRAFFIC AND PARKING
REGULATIONS
Sec. 16 - 69. Compliance required.
It shall be unlawful for any person at any beach
or park to fail to comply with all applicable
provisions of the state motor vehicle traffic laws in
regard to equipment and operation of vehicles
together with such regulations as are contained in this
Code. (Code 1958, § 19 - 24)
Sec. 16 - 70. Authority to direct traffic;
obedience
required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to obey
all traffic officers and park or beach employees, such
persons being hereby authorized and instructed to
direct traffic whenever and wherever needed in the
parks and on the highways, streets or roads
immediately adjacent thereto in accorda nce with the
provisions of these regulations and such
supplementary regulations as may be issued
subsequently by the director. (Code 1958, § 19 - 25)
Sec. 16 - 71. Observance of traffic signs. (Code 1958, § 19 - 28)
It shall be unlawful for any person on any beach
or park to fail to observe carefully all traffic signs Sec. 16 - 74. Parking to be in parking areas;
indicating speed, direction, caution, stopping or obedience to regulations.
parking, and all others posted for proper control and
to safeguard life and property. (Code 1958, § 19 - 26) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a
vehicle on any beach or park in other than an
established or designated parking area and such use
Sec. 16 - 72. Speed limit. shall be in accordance with the posted direction s
thereat and with the instructions of any attendant who
It shall be unlaw ful for any person on any beach may be present. (Code 1958, § 19 - 29)
or park to ride or drive a vehicle at a rate of speed
exceeding ten (10) miles an hour, except upon such
roads as the director may designate by posted signs Sec. 16 - 75. Night parking.
for speedier travel. (Code 1958, § 19 - 27)
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave a
vehicle standing or parked at night on any beach or
Sec. 16 - 73. Driving in prohibited areas. park without lights clearly visi ble for at least seventy -
five (75) feet from both front and rear on any
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a driveway or road area except in legally established
vehicle on any beach or park area except upon paved parking areas. (Code 1958, § 19 - 31)
roads or parking areas or such areas as may be
designated as temporary parking areas by the director.
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It shall be unlawfu l for any person to fail to
immediately notify an attendant of a vehicle
breakdown on any beach or park requiring assistance
of a towtruck, mechanic or any person. (Code 1958, §
19 - 32)
Sec. 16 - 77. Double parking.
It shall be unlawful for any person to double
park any vehicle on any road or parkway on any
beach or park unless directed by a park official.
(Code 1958, § 19 - 33)
Sec. 16 - 78. Where bicycles permitted.
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a
bicycle in any beach or park on other than a paved
vehicular road or path designated for that purpose. A
bicyclist shall be permitted to wheel or push a bicycle
by hand over any grassy area or wooded trail or on
any paved area reserved for pedestrian use. (Code
1958, § 19 - 35)
Sec. 16 - 79. Bicycles to keep to right, single file;
manner of riding generally.
All persons riding bicycles in any beach or park
shall ride such bicycles on the right - hand side of the
road paving as close as conditions permit, and
bicycles shall be kept in single file wh en two (2) or
more are operating as a group. Bicyclists shall at all
times operate their machines with reasonable regard
to the safety of others, signal all turns, pass to the
right of any vehicle they are overtaking and pass to
the right of any vehicles they may be meeting. (Code
1958, § 19 - 36)
Sec. 16 - 80. Passengers on bicycles; manner of
parking or leaving.
Sec. 16 - 82. Rules, regulations controlling
It shall be unlawful for any person on any beach parking of vehicles at municipal
or park to ride any other person on a bicycle, or to beach property located within the
leave a bicycle in a place other than a bicycle rack Town of Ocean Ridge.
when such is provided and there is a space available,
or to leave a bicycle lying on the ground or paving, so The city manager is hereby directed to
set against trees, or in any place or position where implement subject procedures at the earliest possible
other persons may trip over or be injured by them. d ate. (Said regulations are set out below.)
(Code 1958 , § 19 - 37)
POLICY NO. 1. PARKING PERMITS
Sec. 16 - 81. Headlights, reflectors on bicycles. Parking permits will be issued on an annual
basis (October 1 through September 30) with
It shall be unlawful for any person, on any beach issuance beginning September 1 each year to
or park to ride a bicycle on any road between thirty residents (see “definitions”) of the City of Boy nton
(30) minutes after sunset or before thirty (30) minutes Beach, for a charge of twenty dollars ($20.00) for the
before sunrise without an attached headlight plainly first decal issued to a resident vehicle, upon
visible at least five hundred (500) feet in front of the satisfactory completion of appropriate application
bicycle, and without a red tail light or red reflector forms. Applicants will be required to establish proof
plainly visible from at least six hundred (600) feet of
from the rear of such bicycle. (Code 1958, § 19 - 38;
Ord. No. 85 - 45, Atta ch. (b), 8 - 20 - 85)
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residency in the City of Boynton Beach (see Qualified nonresident: Anyone who is not a
“definitions”) and to present his official state motor resident but who resides in the agricultural reserve
vehicle tag registration certificate. area of unincorporated Palm Beach County bounded
on the south by lateral Canal No. 30, bounded on the
When application is made for more than one north by Hypoluxo Road, and bounded on the west by
permit, each separate individual vehicle registration the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
must be presented. Residents who are not property
owners must establish residency by some suitable City employees: All city employees,
means, such as voter's registration, executed lease, classified and nonclassified and retired regardless of
utility bills or other legal document. residency shall be eligible to receive one parking
permit. Proof of employment shall be established
Permanent beach parking permit decals shall through the personnel department of the city. Persons
be issued at a charge of tw enty dollars ($20.00) only who term inate (not retired) their employment with the
to residents owning, leasing, renting, occupying or city and who are not city residents shall be required to
residing in real estate in the city for at least six (6) scrape off their stickers and return remains to the
months of each year. Proof of six (6) months' issuing office.
residency, if property is not owned, shall be
established by lease agreeme nts, rent receipts or POLICY NO. 2. PROCEDURE FOR ISSUANCE OF
written lessor verification. PARKING PERMITS
Lost or mutilated parking permits. In the (1) Ensure that applicants are residents
event that the vehicle to which the permanent decal as defined in Policy No. 1.
was issued has been sold or otherwise changed
ownership and/or in the event a properly issued (2) Have applicant complete permanent
parking decal i s mutilated and can be identified, such application form.
decal will be replaced for a charge of ten dollars
($10.00) provided the holder can return an (3) Request proof of residency. Proof
identifiable portion of the mutilated parking decal to established in accordance with Policy No. 1.
the city. In the event the holder of a lost or mutilated
parking pe rmit cannot provide an identifiable portion (4) Request separate vehicle registration for
or part of such parking decal, the charge for a each parking permit to be issued.
replacement decal will be the sum of twenty dollars
($20.00). Lost decals will not be replaced until after a (5) Residents leasing automobiles should
thirty - day waiting period from the date the decal is provide contract documents establishing the lease
re ported lost. agreement or arrangement or company car
assignment.
Definitions.
(6) Issuing authority shall complete parking
Resident: Anyone owning real estate and/or permit application by listing separate permit number s
leasing, renting or occupying real estate or living opposite the make, model and year of each vehicle.
accommodations within the City of Boynton Beach
for a time period of at least six (6) consecutive (7) All parking permits shall be permanently
months each calendar year, as well as members of affixed upon the lower, left - hand side (driver's side)
their immediate family residing with them; provided, of the front windshield of such vehicle. Decals placed
however, for purposes of this section, the term “City on a vehicle other than the one for which it w as
of Boynton Beach” shall include all property within originally issued shall be construed to be void.
the corporate limits of the Town Ocean Ridge.
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(8) Parking permits issued to motorcycles, Class 2. A passenger vehicle designed for
motor bikes, and motor scooters shall be displayed on
the left front fork of such vehicle or other visible
location in the area of the left front.
POLICY NO. 3. TEMPORARY PARKING
PERMITS
Qualified nonresidents: Qualified nonresidents
may obtain beach decals which permit parking on
specified dates and times. The cost for such permit
and the dates they are valid shall be as set forth
herein:
The permit fee for Qualified nonresidents
shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) each, and shall be valid
seven (7) days a week, from May 1 to November 15.
PARKING FEES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
A daily parking fee is hereby established for al l
motor vehicles parking at the public beach except
those hereinafter excepted in accordance with the
following rates and charges.
Class 1. Automobiles, motor scooters, motor
bikes, motorcycles:
May 1 — November 15 November 16 — April
30
$ 4.76 $
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$ 5.00
$10.00
Class 2. Buses, trucks and other motor vehicles
not included or described in Class I
hereof $9.52
Tax 0.48
$10.00
Vehicle definitions.
Class 1. A passenger vehicle designe d for
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Parking permits will be available to all city Secs. 16 - 83 — 16 - 92. Reserved.
residents as outlined in Policies 1 and 2. Vehicles not
exhibiting the permit will be required to pay the
parking fee in accordance with this policy. ARTICLE III. BOATS AND BOATING*
PARKING AREAS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES *Cross reference - Parking of boats and boat
traile rs, Ch. 20.
(1) All motorcycles, motor bikes, and motor State law references - Regulation of boats
scooters shall park in the designated areas on the generally, F.S. § 371.011 et seq.; local regulation,
upper level of the parking area at the public beach. F.S. § 371.59.
(2) The parking spaces in the upper level of the
parking area at the public beach shall be used Sec. 16 - 93. Speed causing harmful wake.
exclusi vely by automobiles. Additionally, only
vehicles having affixed thereto a parking permit It shall be unlawful to operate any boat, vessel or
issued in accordance with the rules and regulations of other watercraft upon any waterway or body of water
Policies 1 and 2 may park in said upper level; within the corporate limits of the city at a rate of
provided, however, that handicapped persons may speed which causes waves to damage docks, wharves,
park in designate d spaces on the upper level without seawalls or boats moored or tied to a dock or wharf
having a parking permit affixed to their vehicles. along such waterways. (Code 1958, § 4A - 1; Ord. No.
93 - 15, § 1, 6 - 15 - 93)
(3) All other motor vehicles, including all vans,
campers, trucks, buses and trailers shall park in the
lower level spaces of the parking area at the public Sec. 16 - 93.1 . Boats, watercraft, personal
beach. watercraft; speed restriction
on C - 16 Canal (Pioneer
PE NALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH Park).
RULES AND REGULATIONS
(a) No person shall operate a motorboat or
It shall be unlawful for any person to falsify personal watercraft as further defined by Florida
information in the process of applying for a parking Statutes or permit a motorboat or personal watercraft
permit, for any person to sell a parking permit, for to be operated in the C - 16 Canal idle speed no wake
any person to transfer a parking permit to a zone at any speed greater than idle speed no wake.
nonre sident, or for any person to fail to follow the The C - 16 Canal idle speed no wake zone is hereby
rules and regulations pertaining to the use of the established to be all waters two hundred (200) feet
parking facilities at the public beach. (Code 1958, § east and west of the boat launch area of the C - 16
19 - 38.1; Ord. No. 79 - 21, Art. I, 7 - 17 - 79; Ord. No. Canal ( Pioneer Park).
80 - 42, § 1, 10 - 21 - 80; Ord. No. 80 - 47, § 1, 12 - 16 - 80;
Ord. No. 82 - 10, §§ 1, 2, 5 - 4 - 82; Ord. No. 82 - 23, § 1, (b) The C - 16 Canal idle speed no wake zone
8 - 3 - 82; Ord. No. 84 - 30, §§ 1, 2, 8 - 7 - 84; Ord. No. 86 - shall be marked on the canal with uniform waterway
6, § 1, 4 - 15 - 86; Ord. No. 86 - 32, § 1, 9 - 3 - 86; Ord. No. regulatory markers in accordance with applicable
89 - 33, § 1, 9 - 26 - 89; Ord. No. 89 - 37, § 1, 11 - 7 - 89; state and federal laws and regulations.
Ord. No. 90 - 45, § 1, 9 - 18 - 90; Ord. No. 90 - 56, § 1,
12 - 4 - 90; Ord. No. 91 - 13, §§ 1, 2, 3 - 19 - 91; Ord. No. (c) A violation of any provision of this section
93 - 32, § 1, 9 - 7 - 93; Ord. No. 93 - 34, § 1, 9 - 21 - 93; shall be punished pursuant to Section 327.73, Florida
Ord. No. 00 - 46, § 1, 9 - 6 - 00) Statutes.
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Sec. 16 - 94. Mufflers required.
It shall be unlawful to operate any watercraft
with outboard motor or inboard motor not having
properly muffled exhaust with in the city, in such
manner as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or
repose of any person or persons in any dwelling,
hotel, motel or any other type of residence, or of any
person in the vicinity. (Code 1958, § 4A - 2)
State law reference - Similar provis ions, F.S. §
371.56.
Sec. 16 - 94.5. Mooring, docking, fueling or
refueling of water craft
prohibited.
(a) No person shall at any park or beach fuel or
refuel any water craft. For purposes of this section
water craft shall include but is not limi ted to
motorized boats and jet skis. Furthermore, as used in
this section jet skis shall mean any personal water
craft designed for riding enjoyment of person(s),
being propelled by a jet pump with a fully enclosed
impeller.
(b) Anyone found to have vio lated any
provision of this section shall be punished as
provided for in this chapter or as otherwise provided
by law. (Ord. No. 84 - 20, § 1, 4 - 17 - 84; Ord. No. 91 - 9,
§ 1, 2 - 19 - 91; Ord. No. 97 - 23, § 1, 7 - 1 - 97)
Sec. 16 - 95. Enforcement.
The police departme nt of the city is hereby
given the power and duty of enforcing the provisions
of this article and shall have the power to make
lawful arrests for the violation of the provisions
hereof; and to prosecute offenders. In case a
violation is not committed n th e presence of a
member of the police department or cannot be
detected by observation of such member, he may
require an affidavit of any complaining person with
assurance that such complaining witness will appear
to testify at the trial before making any ar rest. (Code
1958, § 4A - 3)
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