NEWPORT BEACH— The Orange County Parks Department has sought California Coastal Commission approval for after-the-fact changes made to the visitor dock shared by the Orange County Sherriff Harbor Patrol and the boating public in Newport Beach Harbor.
OC Parks is seeking after-the-fact approval to amend a coastal development permit to change...
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Something doesn’t add up: The visitor dock and dinghy dock were closed in June of 2018 at the direction of a new OC Sheriff’s Harbor Master that was appointed to the position in April of 2018. Yet, the County is trying to justify the closure on an emergency action related to a purported May 2017 Sheriff’s Security Assessment? If that assessment truly existed and there was such a big threat, why didn’t Sheriff’s Department shut it down in May of 2017?
By the way, how does the Harbor Patrol offer assistance to boaters if they don’t have a courtesy dock to tie-up to? The only other public dock there is the pump-out dock which is restricted to pump-out only and is much further from their office?
Clearly there was no thought put into the dock closures. What a mess…….