File #: ID 2024-260    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance - 2nd Reading Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/8/2024 In control: Regular City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 9/4/2024 Final action:
Title: ORDINANCE - AMENDING CHAPTER 33 - POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT; OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 1 - OFFENSES, MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, ADDING NEW SECTION 33-34 PUBLIC CAMPING OR SLEEPING PROHIBITED; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
Attachments: 1. ORDINANCE
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TO:                     Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:                     Cale Curtis, City Manager

 

DATE:                     September 4, 2024

 

 

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ORDINANCE - AMENDING CHAPTER 33 - POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT; OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 1 - OFFENSES, MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, ADDING NEW SECTION 33-34 PUBLIC CAMPING OR SLEEPING PROHIBITED; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE

 

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BACKGROUND:                     Florida Statute Section 125.0231, effective October 1, 2024, prohibits counties and municipalities from authorizing or otherwise allowing public camping or sleeping on public property without certification of designated public property by the Department of Children and Families and related requirements. This proposed ordinance adds a new City Code section to prohibit public camping or sleeping on public or private property, including rights-of-way, except as may be specifically authorized by the appropriate governmental authority and/or property owner.                     

 

 

RECOMMENDATION:                     For approval.

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT:                     None

 

 

CONTACT PERSON:                     David N. Tolces, City Attorney