§ 8-32. Multi-use areas designated.  


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  • A multi-use area shall mean a defined area of beachfront that allows the use of hard-bottomed, nonmotorized, aquatic recreational devices including surfboards, hard bottomed boogie boards, wind-surfers, kayaks, surf-skis, surf boats, canoes, or other aquatic devices that are specifically approved by the Galveston Beach Patrol for use in multi-use areas. These devices shall not be allowed within fifty (50) yards of the shoreline in areas outside of the multi-use areas as designated by sections 8-32 and 8-33 of this code.

    The following multi-use areas are hereby designated:

    (a)

    Multi-Use Area No. 1. That area from the west end of East Beach Park to the east end of Stewart Beach Park, including the area known as the "Special Use Area of Stewart Beach."

    (b)

    Multi-Use Area No. That area south of the seawall from the west side of the 17th Street groin to the east side of the 21st Street groin.

    (c)

    Multi-Use Area No. 3. That area south of the seawall from the west edge of the Galveston Flagship Pier at 25th Street to the east side of the 29th Street groin.

    (d)

    Multi-Use Area No. 4. That area south of the seawall from the west side of the 29th Street groin to the east side of the 39th Street groin.

    (e)

    Multi-Use Area No. 5. That area south of the seawall from the west side of the 39th Street groin to the east side of the 53rd Street groin.

    (f)

    Multi-Use Area No. 6. That area south of the seawall and westerly of a line drawn perpendicular to the seawall and three hundred (300) feet west of the westerly end of the T-head of the 61st Street Fishing Pier, to the center line (extended) of 89th Street located approximately three hundred (300) feet east of the easterly end of the T-head of the Gulf Coast Fishing Pier.

    (g)

    Multi-Use Area No. 7. That area south of the seawall and westerly of a line drawn perpendicular to the Seawall and three hundred (300) feet west of the westerly end of the T-head of the Gulf Coast Fishing Pier, to the end of the seawall, and from the end of the seawall to the most westerly corporate limits of the city.

(Code 1960, § 4-22; Ord. No. 82-13, § 1, 2-11-82; Ord. No. 82-24, § 1, 3-11-82; Ord. No. 01-031, § 16, 6-14-01; Ord. No. 07-026, § 8, 4-12-07; Ord. No. 09-037, § 2, 5-28-09)