§ 17.12.370. Fires prohibited.  


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  • A.

    A person shall not light or maintain any fire on any beach except within the following:

    1.

    A fire pit at Dockweiler Beach installed by the Department of Beaches and Harbors;

    2.

    One of the stationary barbecues located at, or any personal barbecue brought to, Dockweiler RV Park; and

    3.

    A personal barbecue brought to the Marina Beach picnic shelters;

    B.

    No material other than charcoal, firewood, non-treated lumber, lighter fluid, or newspaper may be used to ignite a fire in the fire pits at Dockweiler Beach, and no material other than charcoal, newspaper, or lighter fluid may be used to ignite a fire in any of the stationary or personal barbecues at Dockweiler RV Park, or any personal barbecue at the Marina Beach picnic shelters. All such ignition materials shall remain where they were ignited until extinguished except at the Marina Beach picnic shelters, where concrete hot coal containers can be used to deposit ignited materials.

    C.

    No self-made fire pits shall be allowed, and no hot or cold coals shall be disposed of in the sand of any beach.

    D.

    No private barbecue shall be allowed at the Dockweiler RV Park or in the Marina Beach picnic shelters unless it has at least 18 inch legs.

    E.

    No personal barbecue of any type shall be used on any picnic table or bench.

    F.

    No cooking shall be allowed in any beach parking lot unless a license or permit has first been obtained, which license or permit shall be available for inspection upon demand.

(Ord. 2012-0005 § 45, 2012: Ord. 10025 § 1, 1970: Ord. 9767 Art. 3 § 39, 1969.)