{"id":7801,"date":"2016-03-08T01:34:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T06:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=7801"},"modified":"2016-03-08T01:34:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T06:34:35","slug":"beach-alcohol-checkpoint-plan-up-for-public-hearing-vote-in-brick-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2016\/03\/beach-alcohol-checkpoint-plan-up-for-public-hearing-vote-in-brick-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Alcohol Checkpoint Plan Up for Public Hearing, Vote in Brick Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lifeguards<\/a>

Lifeguards could enforce a beach alcohol ban should a new ordinance be passed by the township council. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

An ordinance tightening the township\u2019s anti-alcohol policy at its ocean beaches is up for a public hearing and final vote Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The ordinance, introduced last month, allows lifeguards at the township\u2019s three public ocean beaches to inspect coolers and similar containers to check for alcoholic beverages when a beachgoer is accessing the sand. The ordinance was introduced by a 6-1 vote, with Councilman Jim Fozman saying he had concerns over allowing lifeguards, often young men and women, to confront those who might by trying to sneak booze onto the beach.<\/p>\n

Brick\u2019s plan, according to Councilwoman Andrea Zapcic, who helped write the ordinance, would involve setting up checkpoints at beach entrances where a lifeguard stationed there would check on coolers. Those who are\u00a0found to be in possession of alcohol would be asked to either put it back in their vehicle or leave the beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not going to inspect coolers as people\u00a0are sitting on the beach,\u201d said Zapcic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we need a 17-year-old lifeguard going up to someone with a water bottle and telling them it\u2019s something other than water,\u201d said Fozman, at the time the ordinance was introduced<\/a>. \u201cIf something is wrong like that, I believe he should call the police.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zapcic said confrontations such as the one Fozman described would be avoided since the alcohol would be removed at the beach access point.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose same 17-year-old lifeguards will be sent in the water to retrieve an inebriated swimmer who\u2019s putting their life at risk,\u201d Zapcic added.<\/p>\n

A separate\u00a0ordinance<\/a>\u00a0in town provides lifeguards with \u201cfull police power\u201d while on duty.<\/p>\n

Other Rule Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other portions of the same measure were aimed at requiring permits for barbecues at township parks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had some situations occur over the past several years where some of our picnic tables were set on fire,\u201d said Zapcic.<\/p>\n

The ordinance further prohibits those who use township parks from building, or attempting to build, a fire.<\/p>\n

Beyond the rules, the ordinance revision under consideration by the township council tweaked some fees for private parties to use township park and beach facilities for gatherings.\u00a0Of the 100 fees, just\u00a015 are changing \u2013 with some rising and some being reduced to bring all of the fees into a standard list.<\/p>\n

None of the fees for Brick resident were increased, Zapcic said.<\/p>\n

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An ordinance tightening the township\u2019s anti-alcohol policy at its ocean beaches is up for a public hearing and final vote Tuesday. The ordinance, introduced last month, allows lifeguards at the township\u2019s three public ocean beaches to inspect coolers and similar containers to check for alcoholic beverages when a beachgoer is accessing the sand. The ordinance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[1945,77,394,24],"class_list":["post-7801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-alcohol","tag-barrier-island","tag-brick-beach-iii","tag-brick-nj-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2015.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-21P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}