The Parks & Recreation Advisory Board voted to recommend that the Fort Lauderdale Police Department be authorized to impose a juvenile curfew for high‑impact beach events requiring anyone under 18 to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The motion, approved by roll call, applies only when the city manager requests the high‑impact event designation, not to ordinary weekend activity.

Board members said the change is intended to reduce disturbances that board staff and police have attributed to unsupervised juveniles at recent large beach events. Monica, a parks staff presenter, told the board, “we're wanting to add, a juvenile curfew because all our beach events so far this year have had numerous juvenile disturbances.” She said the measure would be flexible by event: “We would determine on the event and what time the event ends,” and that the policy would allow staff to tailor curfew hours to each event’s schedule.

City legal staff recommended standardized wording for age limits. The city attorney recommended “having the language, under 18 rather than 17 and under,” noting that under‑18 is the commonly used definition of a minor. A board member who moved the measure clarified the scope in the motion: the recommendation is for FLPD authority to impose a curfew for children under 18 at high‑impact beach events, and the curfew would require a parent or guardian to be with minors at the event.

Board discussion and the motion made clear this is a recommendation to give FLPD authority in specific circumstances, not a citywide juvenile curfew. Board members and staff said enforcement would be handled by police at events where the city manager requests the high‑impact designation. The motion passed on a roll call vote.

The recommendation next goes to the city commission for consideration of any ordinance or rule change required to implement the policy. If the commission approves, staff said individual event orders would specify the hour of the curfew based on the event timeline and that police would enforce the requirement.

Public safety details — such as fines, officer deployment, and exact enforcement procedures — were not set in the advisory board discussion and would be determined if and when the commission adopts implementing language.