Tonight the Encinitas City Council will debate regulating businesses that operate on city beaches and parks. If an ordinance is passed it could mean surf camps, fitness and yoga classes would have to bid on use of the beaches to conduct business. The issue was brought to the city council after complaints the beach was becoming too crowded with surf schools.

Mayor Jerome Stocks said the goal is "to make sure the general public isn't being cut out of access to the beach."

Some say that Encinitas is becoming a surf-camp hub because it's a rule-free zone. There are rules governing surf camps in San Diego, Del Mar and Coronado, as well as at Carlsbad and San Elijo state beaches. Solana Beach, Encinitas' southern neighbor, doesn't allow surf camps.

This summer, more than a dozen surf camps were operating on Encinitas beaches – prompting complaints from beach-goers such as Don Lee, a surfer who said it's difficult to find a parking space at Beacons Beach because surf schools operate out of that lot.
The Encinitas City Council will hold its meeting at 6:00 P.M. today at Encinitas City Hall, 505 S. Vulcan Ave.

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