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A-24 vi \ 1 . t1 f~ ORDINANCE NO. -A. ' o/ AN ORDINANCE CREATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINUED MAIN; TWANCE OF SAFETY BATHINGAND RECREATION ZONES ALONG AND UPON OCEAN FRONT IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF ATLANTIC --BEACH, .FLORIDA:._ _ _ Section 1. That except as hereinafter provided, it shall be v unlawful to operate any motor vehicleor bicycle, or to ride or drive 3 any horse, pony or other animal, along or upon that section of the /-1 Atlantic Ocean floor between the high and low water marks of the said Ocean and within the corporate limits of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, and which is known and designated as "Ocean Front", from and during the following hours; to -:pit, from nine o'clock A. M. to four o'clock P. M. each several day of the week except Sundays and Holidays, 61 upon which ,latter occasions :the prohibited time for such operation :"or /D_riding.as_af.oresaid-sba,ll be -from nine -oIclock A: -M-. --until--two o' -clock -- - M. Section 2. The above section shall not be construed to apply to any or either portion or area of the said "Obean Front" as now des- cribed and limited; to..:nit, (a) That certain area, bounded on the east by the low water mark of the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the high nater mark of the said Ocean; on the south by the prolongation to the low water mark of the said Ocean of that imaginary line representing the northerly side of that cer- tain highway and thoroughfare in Duval County, Florida, known as Atlantic Boulevard; and on the north by that imaginary line running in an easterly-. a westerly direction from the low to the high water marks of the said Ocean, -and-,loca,ted exactly one hundred yards -north of the aforesaid prolongation ti of that imaginary line representing the northerly side of the said Atlantic Bouleiard. '°l" f u (b) That certain area bounded on the east by the low water mark of the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the high nater mark - o£ the said Ocean; on the south by the prolongation to the low water mark of the said Ocean of that imaginary line representing the southerly side of that certain street in the corporate limits of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, known as "Seventh Street"; and on the north by that certain woodsu - Cea uxe 'built -arid- extending in--an--eastorly;�westerly- direction upon and across the said Ocean Front, and which is known and ident if ied as the Atlantic Beach fishing pier. (c) That entire portion or area of the said Ocean Front extending and lying north of the prolongation;to the low water mark of the Atlantic Ocean of that imaginary line representing the southerly side of that certain street in the corporate limits of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, known as "Sixteenth Street". Section 3. That the Mayor and Marshal of the said Town be and they are here the authoriz®d and directed -to proce; in their discretion - the immediate installation and erection along and upon the said Ocean - Front of appropriate ropes or chains and inf ormative signs for use in indicating and showing to the public at large the exact portions and areas o the said Ocean Front in which the operation of motor vehicles or bicycles and the riding or driving of horses, ponies or other animals is made unlawful under the terms and provisions of Section I of this Ordinance as limited and qualified by Section II hereof. Section 4. That any person, firm, or corporation, found guilty of the violation of any provision of Section I of this Ordinance as limited and qualified by Section II hereof, shall be subject to a pecuniary fine not to exceed Twenty-five ( $25.00) .Dollars, or to _ imprisonment for a period of time not exceeding thirty (30) days, or to both fine and imprisonment within the respective limits as herein previously def ined. 4 r h 4 ti Passed by the Town on f irst reading Special Meeting May 10, 1937; passed �by the Town Council on second reading Special Meeting -May 10, 1937; passed by the Town Council on third reading Regular Meeting June 1, 1937; and presented to the Mayor June '-1dti, ,1937. ~� Town�Cle k, 'TO— of Atlantic Bea , F/tori Examined and approved this sI_day of June 1937. JAIV, Mayor, Tr&f—At lantic Beach, Florida. N d om; r.