271-4. Park Property.
No person in a park shall:
(a) Enter any park area posted closed. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(b) Willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper with, displace or remove any building, bridges, tables, benches, fireplaces, railing, paving material, water lines or other public utilities, or parts or appurtenances thereof, signs, notices or placards whether temporary or permanent, monuments, stakes, posts, fences, gates, or other boundary marker, other structures or equipment, facilities or park property, or appurtenances whatsoever, either real or personal. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(c) Remove any beach sand, whether submerged or not, or soil, gravel, rocks exceeding four inches (4") in diameter, trees, shrubs or plants, or make any excavation by tool, equipment, blasting or other means or agency unless authorized by permit obtained from the Director. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(d) Damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove a tree or plant, or injure the bark or pick any flowers or seeds of any tree or plant; attach any rope, wire or other contrivance to any plant nor attach any wire, nail or other contrivance to any tree; dig in or otherwise disturb grass areas or in any other way injure or impair the natural beauty or usefulness of any area, unless authorized by permit obtained from the Director. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(e) Appropriate, excavate, injure, destroy or remove any historic or prehistoric ruin or monument or any object or antiquity unless authorized by permit obtained from the Director. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(f) Remove wood from any County park or collect firewood within any County park, except at ocean beach parks, where limited wood collection is allowed according to the provisions of § 271-4(g). (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(g) At ocean beach parks, wood collection is allowed as follows:
(1) Without obtaining a permit, the size of wood and the amount that may be collected are restricted to that which can be collected and carried manually in one armload. The use of tools, vehicles, or other equipment to collect wood requires a permit as specified below. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(2) A permit may be obtained from the Director allowing removal of limited sizes and quantities of wood from certain ocean beach areas during certain times of the year as follows:
(A) The season for wood collecting is limited to October 1 through February 28(29) of the following year. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(B) The driftwood collection area includes the waveslope and open sand areas seaward of the dunes. No wood may be collected in the dunes or in vegetated areas. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(C) Pieces of wood that are larger than 8 feet in length and/or 3 feet in diameter within any portion thereof must be left intact on the beach. Smaller pieces of wood may be cut on-site to make them easier for transport. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(D) Dragging wood is prohibited. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(E) The maximum amount of wood that may be collected is three cords per year. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)
(3) All wood collecting shall be conducted in accordance with other provisions of this chapter, with the exception that, for the sole purpose of loading wood, permit-holders may drive street-licensed four wheel drive vehicles perpendicular to the shoreline above the waveslope to wood on the beach (but not in the dunes, or on the vegetation), at times and locations authorized under the permit. (Repealed and reenacted by Ord. 2265, § 1, 3/5/2002)