I'm glad this rule exists. Unsure if OP simply didn't know about the ban or didn't care; too late now. I'm really not trying to persecute OP, either; just interested in keeping great beaches great. Too few campers follow the golden rule of leaving the campsite cleaner than they found it (again, not saying OP is a bad person, just that they might want to rethink their practices).
Just curious, are exceptions made for portable fire pits?