§ 20-203. Annual passes; vehicular approaches.

(a)

An annual pass may be used for motor vehicular access to the beach at no less than 15 vehicular approaches on weekends and 12 vehicular approaches on weekdays.

(b)

The county manager, or designee, and/or the beach director may temporarily reduce the number of ramps available if warranted by weather, environmental, beach, tide, or ramp conditions. In addition, the county manager, or designee, and/or the beach director shall have sole discretion to make changes to ramp locations on the beach when in his/her opinion such changes are necessary and important, and should be timely made to ensure public safety or convenience.

(c)

The charge for such annual pass to the owner of the vehicle shall be $25.00 for: (1) a bona fide permanent resident of the county demonstrating proof of such residency, (2) owners of real property on the most recent tax roll furnishing proof of identification, and (3) full-time college students with a current, permanently affixed parking pass from one of the following universities: Bethune-Cookman University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, or Stetson University. For all others, the charge shall be $100.00. The annual pass provided for under this section must be affixed to the driver's side of the windshield of each vehicle for which a pass is purchased prior to entry to the beach.

(d)

Annual passes may not be used by vehicles for hire. A vehicle for hire means any motor vehicle let or rented to another for consideration, offered for rent or hire as a means of transportation for compensation, advertised in a newspaper or generally held out to be for rent or hire or used for transporting people for compensation, but shall not include low-speed vehicles, golf carts or motorcycles powered by a motor with a displacement of 50 cubic centimeters or less as defined in Florida Statutes. Low-speed vehicles, golf carts or motorcycles powered by a motor with a displacement of 50 cubic centimeters or less that are offered for hire may be issued an annual pass for a charge of $100.00 per vehicle as set forth in subsection (c) above.

(Ord. No. 87-36, § 7.02, 11-16-87; Ord. No. 88-12, § I, 5-5-88; Ord. No. 89-6, § I, 3-16-89; Ord. No. 94-23, § II, 12-15-94; Ord. No. 95-14, § I, 3-23-95; Ord. No. 95-39, § I, 9-21-95; Ord. No. 02-03, § I, 1-17-02; Ord. No. 2015-01 , § II, 1-22-15; Ord. No. 2016-08, § IV, 4-7-16; Ord. No. 2017-28, § II, 11-16-17)