§ 106-2. Vehicles on public beaches.  


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  • (a)

    The following terms and words shall have the following meanings for the purpose of this section:

    Authorized vehicles means vehicles of the fire department, fire patrol, police vehicles, and emergency vehicles of the county and the various municipalities located within the county; ambulances and motor vehicles that are authorized as emergency vehicles by the department of highway safety of the state, the county, and the various municipalities of the state; motor vehicles of the sheriff of the county; motor vehicles authorized by the county and the various municipalities located within the county to be exempt from the restrictions of this section in performing a public function; and vehicles designed to aid the physically handicapped.

    Bicycle means every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, either of which is over 20 inches in diameter, including any device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels.

    Motor vehicle means every self-propelled device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power.

    Operated means the actual physical control of a motor vehicle or the exercise over or steering of a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle.

    (b)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to park or operate any motor vehicle, excluding a bicycle and an authorized vehicle, upon the public ocean beaches in the unincorporated areas of the county.

    (c)

    Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished as provided in section 1-7.

(Code 1979, §§ 20-55—20-57)

Cross reference

Use of county property by track vehicles, § 74-1; park use, § 78-76 et seq.; waterways, ch. 122.