there are single weekend passes available as well. the cost is $10 but you need to pick it up at the rec center prior to overnight storage. the rec center is about 2.5 miles south/east of the causeway.

Originally Posted by dacarls
Why?

A couple reasons. there are a bunch of people who live in condo's at the end of the causeway that complain (often) that this is a public beach and not a parking lot or marina. they stop and complain to the cops. apparently they also send lengthy emails complaining about it. Also the police told me they had no "powers" to ticket or tow boats that are left there (the previous laws only stated the park/causeway was closed after 11) and they had no idea if boats were abandoned or what (there have been many cats left there for weeks and longer over the years. one year a guy left his Hobie there all summer and it eventually ended up in the middle of the road after a storm). Also some people either don't have tags for their trailers or they remove them when they leave at night so the police have little way of knowing who owns them.... etc

local police were at the beach yesterday telling all the boat owners (that had left their cat overnight) about the new permits. the officer was very nice and polite and just wanted the word out (and hopefully the locals who wrote him a 2 page email about the boats will stop giving the police a hard time... so it doesn't trickle down to us)

Last edited by andrewscott; 06/20/10 07:46 AM.