A. Valley County has a public responsibility to ensure the health and safety of visitors to Ponderosa State Park, which is in the jurisdiction of the Valley County sheriff.
B. During the Fourth Of July holiday, crowds at the North Beach unit of Ponderosa State Park have exceeded the reasonable capacity of the unit and have become unmanageable, with numerous instances of intoxication and underage drinking, resulting in threats to the health and safety of park visitors and to recreationists on Payette Lake.
C. The possession and consumption of alcohol is a major contributing factor to the unruliness of crowds at the North Beach unit during the Fourth Of July holiday.
D. The county has an interest in managing such crowds by temporarily banning the possession and consumption of alcohol at the North Beach unit of Ponderosa State Park during the Fourth Of July holiday.
E. The Idaho department of parks and recreation has previously adopted an interim rule pursuant to IDAPA 26.01.20.075.02 temporarily banning the possession and consumption of alcohol at the North Beach unit during the Fourth Of July holiday, in order to ensure the public safety, use, and enjoyment of the North Beach unit (hereinafter "interim rule") and has recognized the authority of the Valley County sheriff to enforce the same. (Ord. 16-04, 6-6-2016)