Plans for a new Order tackling anti-social behaviour on Exmouth's Shelly Beach and Belshers Slipway have been dropped. Instead a code of conduct will be drawn up for jetskiers using the area.
Complaints about some jetskiers making too much noise and putting other water users at risk led to East Devon district council consulting on a Public Space Protection Order covering the beach and slipway.
But one problem was that it wouldn't apply once the jetskiers were out on the water.
And while nearly a third of local residents who responded said the launching of personal watercraft on the beach and slipway was a fairly big problem, more than half thought the Order would have a negative impact on THEM.
Now the council plans to meet the jetskiers and agree a code of conduct with them - there are also plans for a new harbour patrol boat to carry out more on-water enforcement.
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