Florida Residents Push Back On Town's Beach Umbrella Ban

A small Florida town's new controversial ordinance outlaws umbrellas and other “temporary shade structures” from the community’s mile-long beach. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin reports on how residents are now taking legal action amid the states blistering heat. 

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[mrot]

Rich people never want to share the beach to the public. Parking fines, umbrella fine it’s just plain evil.

[steveanimatrix]

Oregon banned private beach ownership in the 1970's I believe. All shorelines, beach and rivers, belong to the public.

[Yarmox]

Belair beach properties did NOT buy the shore in front of the property. The sand is as public property as any other beach in the state. Golden Beach is also pushing this scheme. Florida residents, unless they bought the sand and water(which they didnt), the beach is yours. The ones enacting these ordinances should be brought to justice in court and taken off of their duties.

[accordingtoangela]

Nah! The beaches belong to the public. Here in California, I go to a small public beach with a gated public park entrance in between some houses and the owner of the house I was in front of, tried to call the cops on me from his precious balcony; I told him he can try, then this group of 4 women showed up to enjoy their day at the beach and they just happened to be lawyers. It was a GREAT DAY 😌

[joeb]

Imagine banning umbrella over "safety concerns" while fighting gun reform

[deepbluefl]

Beachfront property owners hugely benefit from taxpayer money that is used to renourish the beach. There likely wouldn't be a beach without this--it would be eroded away. If they want to pull crap like this, pull the funding to renourish these beaches. Beachfront property owners in most cases don't have ownership over the actual beach, especially when the govt puts sand out to extent it.

[who_wantsit]

It's a sly way to keep people off the beach, so the wealthy residents can have the beach to themselves.

[Knkitty]

Beaches are a natural beauty that no one has the right to own or control. Everyone has the right to enjoy going to the Beach not just the snobby people.

[that_dudeincarshow]

Maybe they need to move those wealthy properties, i dont know 100 yards away from the beach perhaps. And let the local Florida residents use the beach like how it was ago..

[TacomaDR]

To prevent flying umbrellas. You could have a bag which you fill with sand from the beach attached to the pole. Then when you leave empty the sand back on to the beach

[tarabooartarmy]

They really think people are stupid. Banning them over one terrible accident? No. It's more of a risk to be in the sun with no shade.

Everyone knows those rich property owners don't want their beach crowded with "ugly" umbrellas and poor people. 😡

[kalbs]

It’s a health issue, shade is important. I’m sure the wealthy don’t want their view disturbed

[marioreds]

Lol this is absolutely insane. How can such a ban even be legal?

[Iconoclasher]

OMG someone was killed by a flying umbrella. I heard someone was killed in a car crash 32 years ago. Maybe cars should be banned too!

[missyyy-]

The worst part is that half of those expensive beach front homes probably only have seasonal residents, yet they’ll be the ones spoiling year round access and use of the beach for everyone else.

[DavidJoe-tcgn]

They should plant more palm trees in the beach. Beaches in the carribean are full of them and provides natural shade

[accutronitisthend]

But Ronny is always saying how FREE Florida is?!? but all I keep hearing is this is banned, and that is banned, you can talk about this, and you can't talk about that, this sure isn't "FREEDOM" to me???

[johnwattdotca]

The first thing I'd like to know is if the property rights of the beach home-owners extend to the water-line.

[michaelt]

Pretty soon in Florida you can go to the beach but can't sit on the Sand. Really Florida?

[hamfistsman]

As a cop there is no f*cking way I'm enforcing that.