Seaside restricts access to hotels, parks, beach

Published 6:12 pm Sunday, March 22, 2020

Shut down. After a a heavy influx of visitors over the weekend, the city of Seaside will restrict access to all public buildings, city parks and the beach.

The area covers the Cove in the south to the edge of the estuary separating Seaside and Gearhart to the north. The order becomes effective Sunday.

“With these measures, Seaside and Clatsop County take mutual steps to protect all of the citizens in our community on the North Coast,” Seaside Mayor Jay Barber said in a statement.

The resolution follows a vote by the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners at a special meeting via teleconference on Sunday afternoon to close campgrounds, hotels, short-term rentals and homestay lodging for two weeks starting at noon on Monday.

All lodging, hotels, short-term rentals, homestay lodges, and campgrounds in Seaside and reservations are not allowed until the end of the emergency.

This order does not include reservations of 30 days or more and campground staff, hosts, and people employed in Clatsop County on a temporary basis, including short-stay guests employed by the county or city.

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