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Mexico Is Keeping Its Public Beaches Accessible with New Fines

Lost Roadie - 10-2-2020 at 10:20 AM

Came across this today I thought to share it here.


"In a bid to ensure its shorelines remain accessible to everyone, the Mexican government this week voted to introduce hefty fines against hotels, restaurants, nightclubs or other coastal businesses who block public access to the country’s beaches.
In Mexico all beaches are public by law. Coastal property owners are not allowed to build any permanent structure within 20 meters of the high tide line or restrict public access to the beach. But that hasn't stopped some from violating the rules. It's an issue that has long angered locals. Complaints have been streaming in, particularly during the pandemic, about hotels or private beach club owners erecting barriers or hiring security guards to restrict the public from "exclusive" stretches of public beaches with claims that they are private, according to the Associated Press.

That unfair treatment could soon be a thing of the past as the Mexican government voted unanimously in favor of fining property owners who break this rule up to one million pesos or $47,000. The bill was passed on Tuesday and will now go to the president for his approval. Businesses that repeatedly break the law could lose their permits to operate on any part of the beach.
In a statement, Labor Party senator Alejandra del Carmen León Gastélum said the hotel industry and condominiums regularly harass people who aren't their customers at the beaches, so it is “fundamental to end this abuse and flagrant fraud against the Constitution".


https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/mexico-public-beach-ac...

Lee - 10-2-2020 at 12:52 PM

Fluff from the MX government. Makes it look like they're working. And that they care.

MX has laws it doesn't enforce. This'll be another one.

chippy - 10-2-2020 at 02:19 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Lee  
Fluff from the MX government. Makes it look like they're working. And that they care.

MX has laws it doesn't enforce. This'll be another one.


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bajatrailrider - 10-2-2020 at 02:47 PM

hahaha the big cult west of santa tomos . Has blocked off 7 miles beach. I'm going to ride my bike to the guard there tell him open up:light::light:

ehall - 10-2-2020 at 02:55 PM

Quote: Originally posted by bajatrailrider  
hahaha the big cult west of santa tomos . Has blocked off 7 miles beach. I'm going to ride my bike to the guard there tell him open up:light::light:



Hahah Wait till I get there so I can hear his answer.

beach lease

akshadow - 10-2-2020 at 03:25 PM

Since the Mexican government will let you lease the "federal zone" I wonder if it will impact the land they have leased.

del mar - 10-2-2020 at 04:06 PM

particularly sad in big cities that just don't have that much sandy beach to start with like Rosarito where beaches were closed during these hot summer months forcing the locals and folks from Mexicali here to cool off into a couple packed beaches like a petri dish :( and yes even if AMLO signs it it'll never be enforced....but maybe a start

freediverbrian - 10-2-2020 at 04:07 PM

If you found a federal zone lot that that was not leased , and leased it would the other lessors have to provide an access to that lot? Some rentors in my camp do not pay the fed lease in front of their home. I think that is stupid someone could lease it for camping.

SFandH - 10-2-2020 at 05:29 PM

There is probably a reasonable fee for a zoning variance payable to a local federal official, or five.

elgatoloco - 10-3-2020 at 12:02 PM

Things are evolving in regard to Federal property and the Federal Maritime zone and how it is classified. The federal government is paying more attention to who has what where along the coast. Who knows how it will be managed and enforced but it is changing. That is fact.

bajatrailrider - 10-3-2020 at 01:28 PM

please clarify is the new law stating . All beaches in the country of Mexico . Must have public access not to be smart. Is that what the new law is . Or you can lease it and block the public. ?

vacaenbaja - 10-5-2020 at 01:51 PM

Aw we have the same thing. It's called Malibu. Brought to light a few

times when the police/ private security guards chased out the

"wrong intruding citizen " from going to the "private beach" The

expelled citizen happened to be an in office state

politician. After which a few costal access ingresses were created to

drive the point home. Don't know if much really changed though.

del mar - 10-5-2020 at 02:19 PM

Quote: Originally posted by vacaenbaja  
Aw we have the same thing. It's called Malibu. Brought to light a few

times when the police/ private security guards chased out the

"wrong intruding citizen " from going to the "private beach" The

expelled citizen happened to be an in office state

politician. After which a few costal access ingresses were created to

drive the point home. Don't know if much really changed though.


that be David Geffen's Malibu compound, after a long battle we won, Hollister Ranch? probably never:no:

vacaenbaja - 10-5-2020 at 03:53 PM

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-hollister-ranch-20...

BajaBlanca - 10-6-2020 at 07:13 PM

Boy, I was so surprised in Cancun when the hotel did not want to allow me to go to the beach via the hotel (no other pathway that I could see).

:o


That was my face as I told them that I was going to put my feet in the water ... they followed me the whole way LOL But I did it! Both feet in the wonderful water within an hour of arriving there!

Then we got in our rental car, went to lunch and headed south.

It would be nice if all beaches were protected and for the public. In Brazil, there is usually a beach, then the road and then hotels etc.

AKgringo - 10-6-2020 at 07:32 PM

You sure wouldn't want to be in Cancun right now, hurricane Delta is gonna smack them! :o

The Delta effect in Cancun

AKgringo - 10-7-2020 at 08:23 AM

Yup, they got flooded, and with hundred mile an hour winds! I wonder what the beaches are like now?

cactuspete1970 - 10-7-2020 at 11:25 AM

The cane weakened, very little damage.