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Palm Coast council approves first reading of ordinance prohibiting camping or sleeping on public property
Summary
City council approved on first reading an ordinance to align local code with Florida House Bill 365 (2024), adding a prohibition on regular public camping or sleeping on city-owned property. The measure establishes trespass warnings, an appeal process to the special magistrate and will return for a second reading before taking effect.
The Palm Coast City Council on Thursday approved on first reading an ordinance that prohibits regular public camping or sleeping on city-owned property, bringing local code into alignment with 2024 state law.
City staff said the ordinance implements portions of House Bill 365 (2024) and adds an enforcement mechanism allowing the city manager, a designee or a law enforcement officer to issue a two-year trespass warning to people found regularly camping or sleeping on public property under the city’s jurisdiction. Barbara Grossman, the city’s code enforcement manager, told the council the warning may be appealed in writing to the city clerk…
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