§214.5.8. Certain activities on dunes prohibited; penalties; speed limits on beaches
A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, unless operating under a permit issued by a state or federal agency, no person shall engage in any of the following activities on any dune located on public or private land in the coastal area:
(1) Willful or malicious cutting, altering, breaking, or destroying a dune in any manner or attempting to cut, alter, break, or destroy a dune in any manner.
(2) Riding, driving, operating, or hauling any motorized or mechanical vehicle except on public roads.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, private owners of land located in the coastal area, their employees, or independent contractors hired by the landowner may traverse dunes located on land owned by that landowner using motorized and mechanical vehicles during the course and scope of inspection, repair, construction, or other improvements to the land.
C. "Dune" shall be defined as a natural or man-made mound or bluff of sand, located landward of the beach, that has sufficient vegetation, height, continuity, and configuration to be of protective value.
D. Violation of this Section shall be punishable as follows:
(1) For the first offense, the fine shall be one hundred dollars.
(2) For the second offense, the fine shall be five hundred dollars.
(3) For the third and all subsequent offenses, the fine shall be one thousand dollars and imprisonment for not less than thirty days, nor more than sixty days.
E. The governing authority of Cameron Parish may enact speed limits on beaches.
Acts 2009, No. 523, §3, eff. July 10, 2009; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
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