HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1392ORDINANCE No. 1392
URGENCY
ORDINANCE
PROHIBITING
CERTAIN
TRESPASSES
UPON
OF SANCHEZ
LAGOON AND
SANCHEZ
CHANNEL
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does
hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. The title of Chapter 10.36 of the
Burlingame Municipal Code is hereby amended to read:
"WATERWAYS, CREEKS AND DRAINS."
Section 2. Section 10.36.030 is hereby added to
said code to read as follows:
"10.36.030.
Sanchez
Lagoon and Channel.
(a)
Sanchez Lagoon is
that area of
wetlands, creek and
banks
between Bayshore
Freeway on the
south, Sanchez Creek
on the
west, Anza Airport
Park
No. 6 and
the Burlingame land fill
on the north, and
Anza
Airport
Park No. 2 on the east.
Sanchez Channel is
that
waterway
connecting Sanchez Lagoon
and San Francisco Bay.
(b) It is unlawful to use Sanchez Lagoon and
Sanchez Channel except in accordance with all local, state
and federal laws.
(c) No person shall enter in or upon the banks or
waters of Sanchez Lagoon west of the Anza Boulevard Bridge
for any purpose whatsoever, except in cases of emergency to
protect life and/or property.
(d) No person shall launch a motorized watercraft
from the banks of Sanchez Lagoon or Sanchez Channel or
operate a motorized water craft upon the waters of Sanchez
Lagoon or Sanchez Channel, except in cases of emergency to
protect life and/or property."
Section
3,
Urgency. It is
hereby declared
that
this ordinances
is
an ordinance
for the immediate
and to provide water -side recreation
preservation of
the
public peace,
safety, health
and
welfare, and is an
emergency measure as
provided by law,
and
shall take effect
upon
its adoption.
the
taking of immediate steps
The facts
constituting such
urgency are
as
follows:
Sanchez Lagoon is a habitat for a variety
of
wildfowl and animals,
some of which are endangered.
The
City of Burlingame is
spending public funds to conserve
and
enhance these habitats
and to provide water -side recreation
areas for the public.
Powered boat are causing damage
to
such areas, both from
launching from banks and use of
the
waters. Such powered
water craft are also hindering
and
interfering with the
current construction of the Anza
Boulevard Extension overpass, thereby necessitating
the
taking of immediate steps
to control use of the lagoon
and
channel.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be published as
required by law.
c --
Mayor
I,
JUDITH
A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the
City of
Burlingame, do
hereby
certify that the foregoing
URGENCY
INTERIM
ORDINANCE was
introduced and adopted at a
regular
meeting
of the
City
Council held on the 19th
day of
June
, 1989,
by the
following vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
AMSTRUP, BARTON, LEMBI, MANGINI, PAGLIARO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
City Clerk PSI