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rims members do not need to have a ri crmc barrier beach sticker to access their property. they owned it before the "beach sticker" laws came in and were grandfathered in. that doesn't mean they should not have the necessary equipment tho.
non-members/non-property owners need a ri barrier beach sticker to drive on the sand trail and onto the front beach, which by the way, is not on the list of available open beaches for vehicles to drive on. the front beach is all private property. however, the court ruling from 2 years ago says that you can drive to the breachway thru use of the sand trail, as there is state property at the end. from early spring - mid-summer, the sand trail and beach can be closed by usf&ws with little notice except for property owners due to nesting birds. that's not just plovers either. both sides work with usf&ws, dem, town police, etc., on this issue.
just to give people an idea of what this court order is about, it has nothing to do with rims current property you always see vehicles parked on. it is about a piece of property just west of their currently used property and north of the sand trail that they purchased in '99 and were slapped with a trespassing order by nopes island since in order to access this property, they had to drive over nopes property. this ruling now allows them vehicle access to this property. nopes just controls where the access will be to this property.
the classes between rims and qbcc/nopes/et all will continue. there will be more court challenges by the property owners under the umbrella of qbcc. it's white collar vs blue collar. yes, many groups and members of qbcc own property north of the pond and what is in their view, rims campers. yeah, it's nimby.
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