With the Easter weekend forecast calling for sunny skies, public officials are hoping to prevent another crush of West Marin beach visitors defying the coronavirus sheltering orders.

Acting as the Marin County director of emergency services, Supervisor Dennis Rodoni issued an emergency parking resolution Thursday designating no parking zones around parks and open space in unincorporated Marin.

“We are attempting to address specific issues of noncompliance by posting, warning, and ultimately citing violators,” Rodoni said in an email. “We all as individuals, have a (role) in social distancing and sheltering in place, to protect our families, neighbors, and communities.”

The new rule, which imposes a $100 fine on violators, aims to stop non-essential driving and parking in coastal Marin, Marin County sheriff’s Sgt. Brenton Schneider said.

The sheriff’s office “has provided a lengthy period of public education and warnings in relation to the shelter-in-place order,” Schneider said.

Deputies and parking enforcers have issued thousands warning citations since the agency started cracking down on the issue last week, he said.

The sheriff’s office is asking residents to recreate near their home within their own neighborhoods and to refrain from driving places to be outdoors.

“Unfortunately, we continue to see a deluge of visitors and residents driving and parking near our parks and open spaces,” Schneider said. “We all have a responsibility to do our part to flatten the curve, and we plan on enforcing these parking regulations with citations.”

The weekend after the Marin shelter order was issued in mid-March, throngs of people flocked to the coast, congregating on beaches. Public health officials ended up shuttering parks and opens spaces.

Despite the effort, some people continued to defy the rules, prompting the sheriff’s office to close Fairfax-Bolinas Road, a main route to West Marin.

Marin cities and towns followed suit by closing playgrounds, dog parks and parking lots to parks that attract out-of-town visitors.

The highs are expected to remain in the low 60s along coastal Marin on Saturday and from the mid- to high-60s inland, according to the National Weather Service. Some spots will hover up to the low 70s.

“It’s going to be drying and warming,” said Anna Schneider, a meteorologist with the weather service. “It’s going to be really nice.”

In Novato, police Chief Matt McCaffrey said the agency has been receiving fewer and fewer calls related to shelter violations as the days go by.

“People think it’s starting to level out, and people tend to get out when the weather is good,” he said. He said patrol officers have not had to issue any citations for shelter violations to date.

“This weekend is going to be a big test,” he said.