Cocoa Beach commission adopts first-reading ban on vehicle "booting" on private property
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On first reading the Cocoa Beach City Commission approved Ordinance 17‑04, which would prohibit immobilizing devices ("boots") on private property within city limits. The measure passed 3‑0 on first reading; staff recommended approval.
The Cocoa Beach City Commission on first reading adopted Ordinance 17‑04, a measure that would prohibit the use of vehicle immobilization devices, commonly called "boots," on private property within city limits. The ordinance passed on a 3‑0 vote.
David Dickey, the city's development services director and staff representative for the item, told commissioners the ordinance provides findings, definitions, exceptions and enforcement provisions, and includes penalties and severability language. The staff recommendation was approval.
The ordinance text would prohibit the "immobilization, 'booting' of vehicles by the use of an impoundment device on private property within the city," and establishes enforcement and penalty mechanisms if adopted on subsequent readings.
No public comment on the ordinance was recorded in the meeting transcript. The first-reading approval starts the formal legislative process; the commission will need to take subsequent steps before the ordinance becomes final and enforceable.
The commission voted "Aye" and the clerk announced the item "Passes 3 0."