South Pointe Park Miami Beach is closed after nearly 8,000 damaged face masks and distance regulations

The Miami Beach Police Department announced Monday that the park was closed until further notice after they issued 7,329 verbal faceplate warnings and more than 470 warnings for failing to maintain social distance between Friday and Sunday. Most violations occurred in South Pointe Park, according to the MBPD.

Visitors are welcomed as long as they wear face coverings at all times, keep their groups of less than 10 people, six feet apart from other groups and not participate in organized activities, sports, or classes.

But City Manager Jimmy Morales said the efforts of the city government to enforce the rules were met with hostility, and while officials tried to reduce the crowd by closing the park’s parking lot on Sunday, it did not help.

“We are trying in good faith to open our park to help people get out and get in safely. In almost every park in the city, this trial has been successful. South Pointe Park is the most terrible exception,” Morales said in a statement to CNN. “We have city staff in the park to encourage people to obey, but they are welcomed with hostility and disobedience.”

“There is no way to effectively enforce social distance when hundreds of people refuse to do so. The best way to protect our population and first responders is to keep it closed until further notice,” Morales added.

In Southern California, two coastal cities are taking legal action against Governor Gavin Newsom after he ordered all beaches in Orange County to be closed starting last Friday. Newsom’s decision to meet with nearly 3,000 people gathered in Huntington Beach to protest.

Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt from CNN contributed to this report