{"id":3883,"date":"2017-04-07T03:36:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T07:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2017-04-07T03:36:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T07:36:13","slug":"seaside-heights-will-post-lifeguards-until-9pm-this-summer-tighten-beach-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2017\/04\/seaside-heights-will-post-lifeguards-until-9pm-this-summer-tighten-beach-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaside Heights Will Post Lifeguards Until 9PM This Summer, Tighten Beach Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Seaside Heights Beach Patrol vehicle. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Lifeguards and beach badge checkers will be on duty until 9 p.m. this summer on Saturdays, Sunday and holidays under an ordinance approved by the Seaside Heights borough council this week.<\/p>\n

The same ordinance clarifies the borough\u2019s smoking ban to include so-called \u201ce-Cigarettes\u201d and prohibits\u00a0warm serving trays, pots, pans and other cooking devices from the sand. Measures in ordinance also bans bringing tables onto the beach.\u00a0The ordinance prohibits coolers, barrels or tubs on the beach that exceed 24 inches in length, or have a capacity of 36 quarts.<\/p>\n

The measures are in place to cut down on rowdy beachgoers as the town transitions to a family-style resort, shaking years of hard-partying images broadcast\u00a0over cable television.<\/p>\n

In addition to the rules on food preparation and coolers, the new ordinance regulates the size of tents that can be placed on the beach following complaints from beachgoers that they take up too much room at the height of the summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had problems with those in the last couple of seasons, in particular,\u201d said Borough Administrator Christopher Vaz.<\/p>\n

The town\u00a0will still allow baby tents that are up to 36-inches by 36-inches, and canopy tents up to 10-feet by 10-feet, but without side walls.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the problems we\u2019ve had in the past is people showing up with five of these at once, connecting them all together and taking up half the beach,\u201d said Vaz. \u201cIt sounds like we\u2019re killing fun, but the idea is that you\u2019re ticking off the 500 people sitting behind you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea to keep guards on duty, Vaz said, is both a matter of public safety \u2013 many people swim later into the evening \u2013 as well as preventing unruly parties from breaking out on the sand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to get a handle on the problem of dozens and dozens of people lining up at 5 p.m. to wait for the beach attendants to go home, then carrying large coolers of beer and\u00a0liquor on the beach,\u201d said Vaz.<\/p>\n

During the week, Seaside Heights will maintain lifeguard and badge checker hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

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