I.
BEACH & PIER AREA
A. Use
of the area. All residents
of Sunset Beach and their bona fide guests are eligible to use the community beach and pier area
provided that they abide by these official rules.
B. Beach
tags. Each guest must
have on his/her person a beach tag issued to the resident whom they are visiting. Anyone
without such a tag may be asked to leave the premises. Residents are responsible
for their guests actions while in the beach & pier area.
C. Parking. All vehicles parked within beach
& pier grounds must display a current Sunset Beach parking sticker. Vehicles without
this sticker may be towed to a towing company (To be determined) at
the owner’s expense. Only vehicles with boat trailers may park on the lower
(grass) lot. If this lot is full, please return the vehicle to your own property. Vehicles may pull down to the lower area for loading and unloading, but must return
to the upper parking area as soon as loading is completed.
D. No
bikes, skates, skateboards, scooters or motorized vehicles of any type are allowed beyond the chains.
E. Appropriate
behavior. Users of the
beach & pier area are asked to be considerate of their neighbors especially in the following ways:
F. Please
leave the area cleaner than you found it. Trash containers are provided for your
convenience while on the beach. Trash from boats should be taken home.
G. No
pets of any kind are permitted on the beach or adjoining community property.
H. Please
remember that neighbors live close by. Noise, particularly in the evening, should
be kept to a reasonable level.
I. Use
of the Porta-Pot. The Porta-Pot has been placed at the beach for your convenience,
but will be removed if misused. Please keep it clean so that everyone may use
it.
J. Hours. The beach & pier area closes at 10 PM each evening.
II.
BOAT SLIPS & LAUNCHING RAMP
A. Fees. The following fees have been
established for the year:
1. Ramp
key -- $50
2. Small
boat pier slip rental -- $10 per LOA foot
3. Large
(locked) pier slip rental -- $18 per LOA foot
4. Lost
key replacement -- $30 per key
5. Seasonal
(Apr. 1 through Oct. 31) fee for electricity use on large pier-- $75
6. Fee
for the use of the ice machine -- $40
B. Slip
rental eligibility. Only
residents of Sunset Beach who have either joined the Improvement Association (resident homeowners) or paid
the current membership/donation fee are eligible to rent boat slips and ramp keys.
C. Slip
assignment procedure. The
Beach & Pier Committee reserves the right to assign slips as necessary to accommodate boat sizes. Every effort will be made to reassign regular users their same slips each year. Boat slip assignments will be made as follows:
1.
Resident Homeowners who have held a slip in the previous season must notify the Beach and Pier Chairman
of their intent to renew their slip rental by returning the survey mailed out to each slip holder of record for last season.
2.
Slips that become available will be offered to the Resident Homeowner on the top of the waiting list.
After the April meeting any remaining slips will be offered to renters. This will also be done on the basis of the waiting
list.
3.
After all residents are satisfied, residents may rent a second slip on a first come first serve basis
for that season only.
4.
All reserved slips must be paid in full by April 1st. Slips rented after that time must be paid in
full at time of rental.
5.
Any slipholder who sells his/her Sunset Beach property
automatically releases any and all slips to the next person on the waiting list.
6.
Anyone violating any of the Beach and Pier rules can and will lose the right to rent a key to the ramp
and to rent a slip on the piers. If you have a key or a slip, you will forfeit your right to the one which you have.
7.
Ramp keys must be returned to the Beach and Pier Chairman or the lost key fee paid before anyone may
receive another one.
D. Use
of the locked pier. Slip
holders on the locked pier will be issued keys to open the gate. The gate is
to be locked when not in use. Only those slip holders and their guests are permitted
on the locked pier. Anyone who climbs over or around this gate is trespassing
and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
E. Electricity
& water at the pier. Electricity
will be available on the locked pier from April 1 to November Boats using shore power will be charged the seasonal of $50. The Association will not provide electricity during the winter. Boaters who winter at the pier (November to April) are required to form a committee and appoint a chairman
who will be responsible for paying for any electric usage during the winter months.
If a bill goes unpaid, the electricity will be turned off. Water will
be available at no charge from April 1 until all boats are pulled or freezing weather occurs.
F. Use
of the launch ramp. Ramp
key holders may occasionally let bona fide guests use the ramp as long as they are accompanied by the resident and have prior
permission from the Beach & Pier committee.
G. Use
of keys. Gate and ramp
keys are not to be loaned to anyone or copied. Anyone who is found to have loaned
or copied a key will have his or her ramp privileges revoked.
H. Return
of keys. All Beach &
Pier keys are the property of the Association and must be returned each year to receive a new key. If an old key is not returned, it will be considered lost and the holder will be charged the designated
fee.
I. Security. The
lower gate (at the entrance to the lower lot ) must, without exception, be locked after each use.
