§ 14-315. Specific boardwalk restrictions.

(a)

Skateboards, roller skates, rollerblades, or similarly wheeled devices propelled by human action with or without a mechanical braking system, are prohibited from being brought onto or used on the boardwalk from terminus to terminus at all times and in all sections.

(b)

Bicycles are permitted on the boardwalk from terminus to terminus at all hours from Labor Day until May 1, and prohibited from May 1 through Labor Day except from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.

(c)

Segways are permitted on the boardwalk from terminus to terminus at all times.

(d)

Leashed dogs are permitted to be on the boardwalk only from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. during the period from May 1 through Labor Day of each year. It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of dog to take or permit any dog on the boardwalk from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. except for the purpose of direct and expeditious crossing of the right-of-way from May 1 through Labor Day of each year. Owners shall be subject to arrest and the dogs may be impounded.

(e)

At all times and in all sections, the feeding of birds and other feral animals is prohibited. This specific law does not affect the application of the general law regulating animals in chapter 4 of this Code.

(f)

Glass bottles and containers are prohibited on the boardwalk at all times and in all sections.

(g)

No person shall possess opened containers of alcoholic beverages or consume any alcoholic beverage at all times and in all sections, except within the confines of a boardwalk or boardwalk adjacent café as permitted in this Code. The term alcoholic beverage shall be construed to mean any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented, brewed (whether lager or rice beer) or other liquors, or any compound or mixture thereof, by whatever name it is known, which contains alcohol and is used as a beverage.

(h)

At all times and in all sections, no person on the boardwalk shall amplify sound by any means except under specific café, public performance, facility use or special event permit.

(i)

No person shall sleep or recline on the boardwalk.

(j)

No person shall sit upon the boardwalk except under the following exceptions. Exceptions. This prohibition shall not apply to any person:

(1)

Sitting or lying down on a public sidewalk due to a medical emergency; or as the result of an injury, condition or disability, utilizes a wheelchair, walker or similar device to move about the public sidewalk;

(2)

Participating in or attending a parade, festival, performance, rally, demonstration, meeting or similar event conducted on the public sidewalk pursuant to a valid city permit;

(3)

Sitting on a chair or bench located on the public sidewalk which is supplied by the governing authority, or regional transit authority; or

(4)

Sitting on a chair or bench located on the public sidewalk which is supplied by the abutting private property owner in accordance with this Code of Ordinances, and by permission of that property owner.

(k)

No person shall panhandle, beg, picket, distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbills, engage in off-premises canvassing or solicitation in exchange for contribution on the boardwalk.

(Ord. No. 2012-51, 8-28-12; Ord. No. 2013-27, 6-11-13; Ord. No. 2013-55, 8-27-13)