The Coronado City Council has adopted new boundaries for beach fires near residential highrises on the city’s oceanfront.
The council previously decided to limit fires at South Beach – outside the Coronado Shores apartments – to just propane fires due to complaints of smoke reaching residents at the complex.
However, wood and charcoal fires were still allowed at North Beach under the ordinance.
Residents complained that smoke continued to rise and drift from adjacent beaches into the Coronado Shores buildings.
On May 6 of this year, Council member Amy Steward submitted a request to reconsider the boundaries of South Beach.
The original border of the beach stretched out from Avenida Del Sol, the street directly parallel to the Shores.
The updated boundary would move the border around 550 feet north to the tip of the rock jetty in front of the Hotel del Coronado. That would be around 600 feet away from the closest Shores tower.
Wood and charcoal fires would now be 600 feet away from residents of the beachfront complex.
If the ordinance is approved at a second reading on June 3, it will take effect July 3.
