Chapter 8.16
HORSEBACK RIDING AND MOTOR VEHICLE USE IN BEACH AND DUNE AREAS
I. Horseback Riding
Sections:
II. Motorized Vehicles
Sections:
I. Horseback Riding
8.16.010 Prohibited where.
Horseback riding is banned and prohibited on that certain area of city-owned property lying between the line of ordinary high tide and the westerly boundary line of Divisions 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17, 17A, 18, 19 and 19A, commonly known as the dune area, except upon designated and improved access roads. (Ord. 182 § 2, 1976)
II. Motorized Vehicles
8.16.020 Defined.
The term “motorized vehicles” includes all vehicles, regardless of the number of wheels which are propelled by a mechanical or chemical means. (Ord. 182 § 4, 1976)
8.16.030 Prohibited where.
All motorized vehicles are banned from and prohibited from driving on, over or across:
A. That certain area of city-owned property lying between the line of ordinary high tide and the westerly boundary line of Divisions 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17, 17A, 18, 19 and 19A, commonly known as the dune area, except upon designated and improved public access roads;
B. That area of land lying on the ocean or west side of the line of ordinary high tide, commonly known as the ocean beach, between the north side of the north jetty and one-quarter mile south of the right-of-way of Taurus Street beach approach.
(Ord. 182 § 1, 1976)
8.16.040 Exemptions.
Exempt from Section 8.16.030 shall be all police and fire vehicles being operated in the performance of police and fire duties. (Ord. 182 § 3, 1976)
8.16.050 Violation—Penalty.
Any person convicted for the first time of a violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C offense as defined in Title 7 of this code. Persons convicted more than once of a violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class B offense as defined in Title 7 of this code. Any sentence imposed for a violation of this chapter shall not be suspended in whole or in part or deferred in any manner. Subsequent offenses may be proven by the introduction of a certified copy of the previous judgment, sentence or transcript thereof, which proof shall not be offered until the conclusion of the trial or hearing on the pending charge. (Ord. 281 § 3 (part), 1979: Ord. 182 § 2, 1976)