(A) The city recognizes and accepts its duty to clean and maintain the public beach within its corporate boundaries as provided for in Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.065(a). Public beach management includes providing beach related services such as recreational and restroom facilities, police patrol, beach cleaning and maintenance, control of vehicular access, and the collection of entrance or user fees. Through a reimbursement agreement between the city and the county, the county shall clean and maintain that portion of the public beach within the city's corporate boundaries. The city shall reimburse the county its cost for the cleaning and maintenance for the city's percentage of the county's total cleaning and maintenance costs on a front footage basis. The city's reimbursement shall be paid from the city's share of beach user fees, as set forth in § 92.16 herein, as well as that portion of reimbursement received by the city from the General Land Office pursuant to Tex. Natural Resources Code §§ 61.061 through 61.083 for the cleaning. At a time as the county seeks to discontinue its beach maintenance agreement with the city, or at a time as the city's control and maintenance will better promote and enhance public beach access, the city shall assume full responsibility for maintenance and cleaning of the public beach.
(B) The city shall apply the standards set forth in Tex. Administrative Code Title 31, Part 1, Chapter 15, Subchapter A, §§ 15.7 for the management of the public beach concerning:
(1) Construction of coastal and shore protection projects;
(2) Monitoring of the effects of a coastal and shore protection project;
(3) Beach nourishment projects;
(4) Creation and restoration of dunes; and
(5) Dune walkovers.
(Ord. 663, passed 2-22-2005)